Yuichiro Miura
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese alpinist
who in 2003, at age 70, became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
. This record was later broken. However, on May 26 2008, Miura once again successfully summited Mt Everest at the age of 75.
This achievement is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. He also became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. He descended nearly approximately 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 8,000 m (26,000 ft)). This feat was documented in 1975, in the film The Man Who Skied Down Everest
. The film won the Academy Award for best documentary, the first sports film to do so.
Keizo Miura
, Japanese skiing legend, was his father. Gouta Miura, freestyle skier and alpinist, is one of his sons.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese alpinist
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
who in 2003, at age 70, became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...
. This record was later broken. However, on May 26 2008, Miura once again successfully summited Mt Everest at the age of 75.
This achievement is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. He also became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. He descended nearly approximately 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 8,000 m (26,000 ft)). This feat was documented in 1975, in the film The Man Who Skied Down Everest
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
The Man Who Skied Down Everest is a documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mt. Everest in 1970. The film was produced by Canadian film maker Budge Crawley. Miura skied 6,600 feet in 2 minutes and 20 seconds and fell 1320 feet down the steep Lhotse face from the Yellow...
. The film won the Academy Award for best documentary, the first sports film to do so.
Keizo Miura
Keizo Miura
was a Japanese skiing legend. He was a skiing teacher and photographer of mountain landscapes. He was notable for his fitness and outdoor-sport undertakings at advanced age; he was the oldest person to climb the Kilimanjaro, at age 77 and descended a Gletscher of the Mont Blanc at age 99 together...
, Japanese skiing legend, was his father. Gouta Miura, freestyle skier and alpinist, is one of his sons.
External links
- The Godfather of Extreme Skiing by Paul J. MacArthur http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Godfather-of-Extreme-Skiing.html
- Guinness Book of World Records
- Team Miura's website (Japanese and English)
- Team Miura press release of May 26 2008 Summit