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Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, was back on the mountain Wednesday to make another attempt at the title. Unfortunately for Yuichiro Miura, the 81-year-old Nepalese man who nabbed the record just before he could in 2008 is fast on his heels. Miura on Wednesday was already in the "death zone," the steep, icy, oxygen-deficient area close to the 8,850-meter His...

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