Hellbuster
05-18-2006, 06:42 AM
A mountaineering company claimed that a 70-year-old Japanese man on one of its expeditions Wednesday became the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, edging the record-holder by three days.
A spokesman for Guinness World Records in London said it couldn't immediately confirm the feat.
Takao Arayama, aged 70 years, 7 months and 13 days, scaled the 29,035-foot peak, according to Toshinori Koya, who heads Tokyo-based company Adventure Guides, which planned the climb.
The Guinness World Records Web site says the record has been held by Yuichiro Miura, also of Japan, who reached the summit at the age of 70 years, 7 months and 10 days, on May 22, 2003.
A spokesman for Guinness World Records in London said it couldn't immediately confirm the feat.
Takao Arayama, aged 70 years, 7 months and 13 days, scaled the 29,035-foot peak, according to Toshinori Koya, who heads Tokyo-based company Adventure Guides, which planned the climb.
The Guinness World Records Web site says the record has been held by Yuichiro Miura, also of Japan, who reached the summit at the age of 70 years, 7 months and 10 days, on May 22, 2003.