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Latest News Wires 80-year-old Japanese man conquers Mount Everest

Yuichiro Miura became the oldest man to summit Mt. Everest. It was his third time. He reached the summit when he was 70 and 75, too.  An 81-year-old Nepalese man plans to climb the summit next week. 

By Binaj GururacharyaAssociated Press / May 23, 2013

(AP Photo/MIURA DOLPHINS CO., LTD.)

An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.