Oldest person to scale Mt. Everest returns to Japan

Oldest person to scale Mt. Everest returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Katsusuke Yanagisawa returns to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, May 31 after becoming the oldest person to reach the 8,850-meter summit of Mt. Everest. Yanagisawa was 71 years, 2 months and 2 days of age when he reached the world's highest peak May 22, eclipsing the previous record held by Takao Arayama who was 70 years, 7 months and 13 days. (Kyodo

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