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73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Japanese climber Tamae Watanabe holds a copy of a Guinness World Records certificate during a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 25, 2012, after scaling Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat at the age of 73 on May 19, 2012.

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73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2005, shows Tamae Watanabe, a retired office worker from Yamanashi Prefecture. She stunned the mountaineering world on May 19, 2012, by successfully climbing Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat.

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Japanese woman, 65, scales world's 4th highest mountain

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Tamae Watanabe (file photo), a 65-year-old Japanese woman, reached the top of 8,516-meter Mt. Lhotse, the world's fourth tallest mountain, on May 15, the Nepalese Tourism Ministry said May 16. Watanabe, a retired office worker from Yamanashi Prefecture, is the oldest woman to climb Mt. Everest.

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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.

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73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Japanese climber Tamae Watanabe holds a copy of a Guinness World Records certificate during a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 25, 2012, after scaling Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat at the age of 73 on May 19, 2012. (Kyodo)

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73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2005, shows Tamae Watanabe, a retired office worker from Yamanashi Prefecture. She stunned the mountaineering world on May 19, 2012, by successfully climbing Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat. (Kyodo)

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Japanese woman, 65, scales world's 4th highest mountain

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Tamae Watanabe (file photo), a 65-year-old Japanese woman, reached the top of 8,516-meter Mt. Lhotse, the world's fourth tallest mountain, on May 15, the Nepalese Tourism Ministry said May 16. Watanabe, a retired office worker from Yamanashi Prefecture, is the oldest woman to climb Mt. Everest. (Kyodo)