60 years ago on May 29th Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay from Nepal made the first documented climb to the top of Mount Everest. What does being 80 have to do with that? Apparently, an 80 year old man from Japan named Yuichiro Miura (pictured above) made the same climb and finished on May 24, 2013. Mr. Miura said this would be his last climb of that mountain as he's already climbed it twice before. He is the oldest person to climb Everest. This proves that age doesn't have to limit people. Heck, if this man can climb mountains I think that if people want to do something enough, age shouldn't stop them!
On a slightly related note regarding Mt. Everest, when a friend of mine discovered that the world was supposed to end in 2012 she started to think up things she should do as a last hurrah- one of which was to climb Mt. Everest. I said I'd go with her as I'd feel bad about her going alone. She seemed to be quite serious about this goal except that she didn't precisely want to climb the mountain, she just wanted to get to the top. She intended to get to the top most likely by helicopter just so she (and I as her fan club) could stick a flag there to prove she'd been there and then get back on the helicopter and fly back down again quite comfortably. Since the world has miraculously kept on spinning despite what the Mayans predicted, my friend has yet to act on her goal of climbing Everest. Maybe when we're 80 we'll do it!
Yuichiro Miura
Yuichiro Miuramade the same climb over the week of May 19th 2013. Although
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay - See more at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/#sthash.ccyr6Ijt.dpuf
Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay - See more at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/#sthash.ccyr6Ijt.dpuf
Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay - See more at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/#sthash.ccyr6Ijt.dpuf
Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay - See more at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/#sthash.ccyr6Ijt.dpuf
Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay - See more at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/#sthash.ccyr6Ijt.dpuf
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