Mount Everest Achievements

When you think of climbing Mount Everest, you never imagine doing it at an old age. When it does cross your mind, you may wonder, is it hard or easy, does it take longer to reach the top when you’re older? Follow along as i tell you about the two oldest people to summit Mount Everest

Meet Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese man. Before Yuichiro started climbing he broke his hip in an accident. Later he underwent surgery for his hip, he also had to have heart surgery. After all of this, Yuichiro thought he would never be able to climb. “I have a dream to climb Everest at this age” says Yuichiro “If you have a dream, never give up. Dreams come true”. This inspired him to take the risk and climb Everest. To prepare for climbing Mount Everest,Yuichiro walked three times a week with loads from 25 to 30 kilograms on his back. That’s 55 to 65 pounds!!
Not once, not twice but 3 times! Yuichiro first summited Mount Everest at age 70 on May 22nd, 2003, he summited again in 2008 on May 26th, at the age of 75, and became the only man on earth to summit Everest twice after becoming 70! He then summited one last time at the age of 80 in 2013. Miura’s achievement eclipses that of a Nepali man who climbed Everest at age 76 in 2008, so of course Yuichiro had to summit again. When Yuichiro summited in the 2013 expedition, Yuichiro was the team leader, his son Gota was expedition Sub Leader, sherpas also climbed with