Nepalmountainnews Report | 27 May 2008
A 75-year-old Japanese climber and five others scaled Mt Everest Monday on Monday.
Yuichiro Miura reached the summit with Miura Everest 2008 expedition Monday morning, according to the Tourism Ministry. His ascent follows a record climb by 76-year Min Bahadur Serchan Sunday.
Miura has achieved this feat even though he has undergone two heart surgeries -- in 2006 and in 2007, states Japanese media.
In 2003, he made it to the summit of Mt Everest at the age of 70. A doctor accompanied him on the climb and took care of his health, monitoring his heart with electrocardiograms.
A number of records have been set this spring season, as 32 mountaineering teams pushed for the summit.
The climbing season is coming to an end from May 30 when monsoon rain sets in. Nearly 2,200 mountaineers have set foot on the top of Everest from the Nepali side since 1953 when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary first conquered it.
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