Octogenarian Japanese climber aims for Everest record

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Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura, 80, speaks during an interview with Reuters in KathmanduBy Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had heart surgery four times is heading to Mount Everest to try for a third ascent of the world's highest peak and will become the oldest person to reach the top if he succeeds. Yuichiro Miura climbed to the summit of the 8,850 meter (29,035 ft) mountain in 2003 and 2008. He skied down Everest from an altitude of 8,000 meters (26,246 ft) in 1970. …

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