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Japanese man, 75, to scale Qomolangma

Yuichiro Miura, the 75-year-old Japanese adventurer, set out yesterday on his quest to become the oldest man to climb Mount Qomolangma - again.

Miura left for Nepal, where he will acclimatize before heading for Tibet's regional capital of Lhasa to scale the world's highest peak from the Chinese side, his office said in a statement yesterday.