A handout photograph made available yesterday shows Japanese Yuichiro Miura, left, 80-year-old professional skier, alpinist, and his second son Gota as they advance amid an icefall to the advance base camp C2 on the route to the world’s highest peak of Mt Everest in Nepal on May 16. Miura started his challenge to become the world’s oldest person to climb the world’s highest peak. Miura and his team plan to reach the summit on May 23.
May 19, 2013 | 09:09 PM