Ever wondered what it feels like to stand on top of the world? Eighty-one-year-old alpinist Yuichiro Miura should know: He's done it three times since turning 70. He became the oldest person to scale the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest, in May last year, ...
Adventurer Yuichiro Miura, who in May became for the second time the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, now wants to become the oldest person to descend from the world's "highest skiing point." In an interview Sunday, the 80-year-old Miura said he hopes within five ...
The government has just established a new public award named after alpinist-skier Yuichiro Miura for "adventurers who challenge themselves to the limit of human potential." Originally the recipients of the prize, whom Miura will select himself, were going to be seniors, but at its ...
Japan will introduce the Miura Award to give credit to adventurers who have accomplished their dreams and goals regardless of age, after Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, 80, last month became the world's oldest person to scale Mount Everest, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said ...
Steamed red bean rice and dirty jokes may have been the key for climbing Mount Everest at age 80, famed alpinist Yuichiro Miura and his son, Gota, said Thursday. Miura on May 23 became the oldest person ever to climb the world's highest mountain, after ...
Famed alpinist and professional skier Yuichiro Miura, who defied age last week by climbing Mount Everest at 80, said Sunday in Katmandu that he will not attempt the mountain again. "Three times is enough," Miura told a press conference called just hours after he traveled ...
Having conquered Mount Everest for the third time, Yuichiro Miura, 80, demonstrates the physical possibilities of human endurance while inspiring Japan's elderly.
Eighty-year-old Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, his management office said Thursday. In his third successful attempt to climb the 8,848-meter peak, Miura and his Sherpas left the last base camp at 8,500 meters shortly after 2 a.m. local time ...
Yuichi Miura, 80, has launched his bid to retake the crown as the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, his management office said Thursday. If all goes as planned, Miura will conquer the world's highest peak around May 24 to break the ...
Veteran alpinist Yuichiro Miura has set his sights on a target no one has ever achieved — reaching the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 80. "It may be that I can surpass some human limits," Miura said when he announced the challenge, ...
