Oldest Man climbs Everest

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Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Topic Author's Original Post - May 25, 2008 - 03:32pm PT
A 76 year old man climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest today;....the record before was set last year when a 71 year old man reached the summit;.......there is hope for us senior citizens yet.......
Curt

Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
May 26, 2008 - 12:56am PT
When it's fully wheelchair accessible, I'm in.

Curt

Mighty Hiker

Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
May 26, 2008 - 12:58am PT
I'm waiting until they build a chairlift. Then I may rapbolt it.
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
May 26, 2008 - 01:25am PT
props to that dude man,
jeepers...
some days I can barely wipe and I'm only 50!



HighDesertDJ

Trad climber
Arid-zona
May 26, 2008 - 02:15am PT
Emphysema is good high altitude conditioning confirm/deny
Standing Strong

Trad climber
the secret life of T*R
May 26, 2008 - 02:45am PT
rock out!

right on-sies
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
May 26, 2008 - 08:48am PT
I saw a news clip that the first mother-daughter team climbed it as well. OK, so it's all kinda silly, but I smiled when I heard -- good for them. That's something that takes more than training to set up.
Ottawa Doug

Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
May 26, 2008 - 02:44pm PT
Raydog that makes me LOL! :)

Cheers,

Doug
Watusi

Social climber
Newport, OR
May 26, 2008 - 03:38pm PT
Very Cool!!
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