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75-year-old Japanese climbs Mt. Qomolangma
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-27 14:39

KATHMANDU --  A 75-year-old Japanese climber scaled Mt. Qomolangma from Nepali side on Monday.

Yuichiro Miura reached the summit Monday morning, according to Ramesh KC, an official at the Tourism Ministry. His ascent followed a record climb by 76-year Min Bahadur Serchan Sunday.

According to Tuesday's The Kathmandu Post, Miura has achieved this feat even though he has undergone two heart surgeries in 2006 and in 2007.

In 2003, he made it to the summit of Mt. Qomolangma at the age of 70. A doctor accompanied him on the climb and took care of his health, monitoring his heart with electrocardiograms.

A number of records have been set this spring season, as 32  mountaineering teams pushed for the summit.

The climbing season is coming to an end on May 30 when monsoon rain sets in. Nearly 2,200 mountaineers have set foot on the top of Mt. Qomolangma from the Nepali side since May 29, 1953 when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary first conquered it.