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

70-yr-old Japanese becomes oldest to reach Everest's summit

70-yr-old Japanese becomes oldest to reach Everest's summit

TOKYO, Japan - The daughter of Japanese professional skier Yuichiro Miura, Emiri, receives a phone call in Tokyo from her father via satellite from the summit of Mt. Everest on May 22. Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit of the 8,850-meter peak.

63-yr-old Japanese becomes oldest woman to climb Everest

63-yr-old Japanese becomes oldest woman to climb Everest

TOKYO, Japan - Tamae Watanabe, 63, a resident of Yokohama, is seen in this photo taken on May 9 at a base camp on Mt. Everest. Watanabe reached the summit of the 8,850-meter mountain at 9:55 a.m. on May 16, becoming the oldest woman to climb the world's highest mountain. The photo is listed on the Web site of Japanese mountaineer Ken Noguchi.

(2)Eight tons of garbage cleared from Mt. Everest in 4 years

(2)Eight tons of garbage cleared from Mt. Everest in 4 years

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese mountaineer Ken Noguchi (C) examines one of a pile of discarded oxygen tanks on Mt. Everest in May. He said in Tokyo on June 4 that he and his expedition teams have cleared nearly eight tons of garbage and over 400 oxygen tanks from the 8,850-meter summit in the past four years. Photo was provided by Office Seven Summits. (Kyodo)

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