Man, 80, oldest to climb Everest

Eighty-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Mr Miura, who also conquered the 29,035ft peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9.05am local time today, according to his support team in Tokyo. Mr Miura called them from the summit to report the news.