Mt. Everest at 29,028 feet is also known as Sagarmatha or Quomolungma by the people who live at it’s foothills. Throughout the world, climbers have tried to set different records on this mountain. However, many have died trying to climb it.

Recently, Katsusuke Yanagisawa (a Japanese teacher and climber aged 71,) climbed to the rooftop of the world, and he has become the oldest Japanese man to climb this particular mountain

Yanagisawa broke the records set by another Japanese men:Yuichiro Miura as well as that of Takao Arayama. Both of these men, climbed this mountina at 70 years of age. According to the book of world records, Miura was the oldest man to climb Mt.Everest at 70 years, who topped out on May 22nd, 2003.

However, after Yanagisawa’s successful climb to the top and safe return to basecamp, he became the oldest Japanese man to climb Mt.Everest.

I think the Japanese are great explorers. They have not only climbed Mt.Everest but also, Mt.Mckinley and various other high peaks throughout the world.
On Mt. Mckinley(North America’s highest peak), there are several routes with Japanese variations. This shows that they are very much into mountain climbing. Every year, there’s at least one Japanese expedition to Mt.Everest.

As for Yanagisawa, this was a great achievement. At his age, mountain climbing gets a lot harder. High altitude sickness mostly gets to the younger people and the older ones. Ideally, you should be above 25 and below 55 (at least) with a great physique to climb this mountain. This way Acute Mountain Sickness or the thin air of Mt. Everest doesn’t get to you. However, Yanagisawa turned out to be a lucky guy, and everything worked out. He made it look easy.

Yanagisawa mentions:

I was pretty much at ease mentally at the summit, like I could sing a song

Mountain climbing is the king of sports. Anything can happen anytime. One can die of avalanches, crevasse falls, getting lost in whiteout condition or simply if an old rope gets chopped up by rock fall. Irrespective of this, Yanagisawa had everything working to his favor and he has become the oldest Japanese man to climb Mt.Everest at 71 on the auspicious day of May 22nd. It seems like all the Japanese climbers summit on this day.