70-year-old climber returns home after scaling Mt. Everest

70-year-old climber returns home after scaling Mt. Everest

NARITA, Japan - Takao Arayama, who climbed Mt. Everest on May 17 to become the oldest person in the world to reach the summit, speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, after returning home May 28. (Kyodo)

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