Mount Everest

73-Year-Old Japanese Woman Climbs Mount Everest
73-Year-Old Japanese Woman Climbs Mount Everest
73-Year-Old Japanese Woman Climbs Mount Everest
In 2002, 63-year-old Japanese women Tamae Watanabe scaled Mount Everest. In doing so, the former office worker became the oldest woman to reach the famed mountain’s 29,035-foot-high summit. That record stood until Saturday. That’s when Watanabe, now 73, set it again.