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According to an AP report, a 70-year-old Japanese man be became the oldest person to scale Mount Everest on May 17, edging the previous record-holder by three days.
Takao Arayama, aged 70 years, 7 months and 13 days, scaled the 29,035-foot peak.
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.
Arayama has safely descended to a lower camp on the mountain and is in good health, Koya said.
Editor: Wing
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