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90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use as he begins his ascent of the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use as he begins his ascent of the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (C) is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use to ascend the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (C) ascends the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (front, R) ascends the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (front) begins climbing the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura ascends the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (R) begins climbing the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 2 Kyodo - File photo taken in May 2013 shows Mt. Everest. The Nepalese government has decided to ban solo and blind climbers as well as double amputees from the world's highest mountain from the spring of 2018 in a bid to reduce accidents.

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Alpinists join hands to protect Mt. Fuji, Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - Ang Tshering Sherpa (L center), president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi (R center) pose for a photo at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on June 3, 2014, following the signing of a document on the cooperation to protect the environment of Japan's Mt. Fuji and the world's highest peak Mt. Everest.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (pictured from behind) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) exchange words with Yuichiro Miura (facing emperor), a pro skier who became the oldest person to scale Mt. Everest at age 80 in May 2013, during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - Adventurer Yuichiro Miura (far R), the oldest person to scale Mt. Everest, and other people involved in Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics celebrate in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires, beating Istanbul and Madrid.

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Japanese adventurer Miura

HIROSAKI, Japan - Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, who in May 2013 became the oldest person in the world to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on July 28, 2013.

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Japanese adventurer Miura

HIROSAKI, Japan - Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, who in May 2013 became the oldest person in the world to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on July 28, 2013.

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Japanese adventurer Miura

HIROSAKI, Japan - Photo shows Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on July 28, 2013. Miura became the world's oldest person to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 on May 23, 2013.

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Japanese adventurer Miura

HIROSAKI, Japan - Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, who in May 2013 became the oldest person in the world to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on July 28, 2013.

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Japanese climber Miura

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, who became the world's oldest man to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 on May 23, 2013, holds a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on June 14. Miura lives in Sapporo.

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Japanese climber Miura

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. Miura became the world's oldest man to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 in the previous month.

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Japanese climber Miura, son Gota

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura (R), and his son Gota, hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. The elder Miura became the world's oldest man to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 in the previous month.

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Miura Award

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura at Abe's office in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. Abe told Miura that Japan will establish a new honor called the "Miura Award" to recognize people who have accomplished their dreams and goals regardless of age. Miura became the oldest person to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 in May.

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60th anniv. of Mt. Everest 1st conquest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Family members of late Edmund Hillary and late Tenzing Norgay, who reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 29, 1953, take part in a parade in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 29, 2013, to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the first conquest of Mt. Everest.

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60th anniv. of Mt. Everest 1st conquest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - A parade is held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 29, 2013, to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the first conquest of Mt. Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953.

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Japanese alpinist Miura, son

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Japanese alpinist and professional skier Yuichiro Miura (L) and his son Gota visit the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 27, 2013, after jointly climbing Mt. Everest. At 80, the elder Miura became the oldest person on May 23 to reach the summit of the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura after climbing Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura holds a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 26, 2013, after traveling from a base camp of Mt. Everest. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura after climbing Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura (L) holds a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 26, 2013, after traveling from a base camp of Mt. Everest. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain. To the right is his second son Gota, who also climbed the mountain peak.

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Miura after climbing Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura holds a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 26, 2013, after traveling from a base camp of Mt. Everest. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura at Everest base camp

EVEREST BASE CAMP, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura celebrates after arriving at the base camp of Mt. Everest in Nepal by a helicopter on May 26, 2013. He arrived in Kathmandu later the same day. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura arrives at Everest base camp

EVEREST BASE CAMP, Nepal - Photo shows Yuichiro Miura after his arrival at the base camp of Mt. Everest in Nepal by a helicopter on May 26, 2013. He later arrived in Kathmandu the same day. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura arrives at Everest base camp

EVEREST BASE CAMP, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura (2nd from R) gets off a helicopter, assisted by his eldest son Yuta (R) and another man, at the base camp of Mt. Everest in Nepal on May 26, 2013. He later arrived in Kathmandu the same day. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura arrives at Everest base camp

EVEREST BASE CAMP, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura acknowledges the support staff celebrating his arrival at the base camp of Mt. Everest in Nepal by a helicopter on May 26, 2013. He later arrived in Kathmandu the same day. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - File photo taken from Mt. Kala Patthar in Nepal shows Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, on May 22, 2013. The South Col is seen in the center right.

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Mt. Everest

GORAK SHEP, Nepal - File photo shows the South Col of Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, on May 23, 2013.

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Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Photo taken from Mt. Kala Patthar in Nepal shows Mt. Everest (C back), the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, and the surroundings on May 23, 2013.

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80-year-old climbs Mt. Everest

MT. EVEREST BASE CAMP, Nepal - A May 21, 2013, photo shows the tent of Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura and his party at the base camp on the Nepal side of Mt. Everest. On May 23, 2013, 80-year-old Miura became the oldest person ever to reach the summit of the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura stands at the summit of Mt. Everest at 9:03 a.m. on May 23, 2013. Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Photo taken from Mt. Kala Patthar in Nepal shows Mt. Everest (center left, back), the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, and the surroundings on May 23, 2013.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - High school students celebrate in Tokyo on May 23, 2013, shortly after Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber and the principal of their school, 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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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura stands at the summit of Mt. Everest at 9:03 a.m. on May 23, 2013. Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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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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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - High school students celebrate in Tokyo on May 23, 2013, shortly after Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber and the principal of their school, 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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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - A mountain climbing team led by Yuichiro Miura approaches the summit of Mt. Everest at 8:55 a.m. on May 23, 2013. The team reached the summit shortly afterward, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - High school students celebrate in Tokyo on May 23, 2013, shortly after Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber and the principal of their school, 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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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - A mountain climbing team led by Yuichiro Miura approaches the summit of Mt. Everest at 8:23 a.m. on May 23, 2013. The team reached the summit around 9 a.m., making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Photo taken from Mt. Kala Patthar in Nepal shows Mt. Everest (upper R), the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, in the early morning of May 23, 2013.

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Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Photo taken from Mt. Kala Patthar in Nepal shows Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, in the early morning of May 23, 2013.

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Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Photo taken from Mt. Kala Patthar in Nepal shows Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, in the early morning of May 23, 2013.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber. Miura became the oldest person in the world to reach the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, 2013, surpassing the previous record set by a 76-year-old Nepali climber, his management office said.

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80-yr-old climber

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber. Miura has launched a bid to become the oldest person ever to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, his management office said on May 16, 2013.