The record for the oldest person to ever summit Mt. Everest was broken this past weekend. Twice! On Sunday, CNN reported that 76 year-old Min Bahadur Sherchan topped out on the mountain early that morning along with other members of his team and several guides. Sherchan is a Sherpa, native to Nepal, and is just 25 days shy of his 77th birthday.

Later that day Explorers Web updated their site with the news that 75 year-old Yuichiro Miura also reached the summit, setting a new mark for the oldest non-Sherpa to reach the top of the world’s highest peak. This is Miura’s second successful Everest summit, having climbed the mountain back in 2003 at the young age of 70. At that time he also skied down the Lhotse Face. 

The previous record for the oldest person to summit was held by Japanese climber Katsusuke Yanagisawa who set the mark last year at the age of 71. 

The photo with his posting comes courtesy of ExWeb and shows the triumphant Sherchan (left) and Muira (right). 

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