Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - Emiri Miura (L), daughter of Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, and his wife Tomoko speak with the 80-year-old climber over the phone at his management office in Tokyo on May 23, 2013, shortly after he reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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