INQUIRER.net: Japan climber, 80, heaps scorn on Nepalese rival

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Japan climber, 80, heaps scorn on Nepalese rival May 29th 2013, 22:37 TOKYO—The oldest man ever to conquer Everest launched a high-altitude salvo at his Nepalese rival Wednesday, suggesting his fellow octogenarian may have got nowhere near the roof of the world.   Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, 80, set foot on the 8,848 metre (29,028-foot) summit last week to claim back a Guinness World Record snatched from him in 2008 by Min Bahadur Sherchan, who was 76 at the time.   As news filtered through to Tokyo on Wednesday that Sherchan had abandoned his bid to scale the world's highest peak at the age of 81, the feisty Miura said there was no solid evidence he summited in 2008 either.   "Nobody knows whether or not to b... Keep on reading: Japan climber, 80, heaps scorn on Nepalese rival Media files: yuichiro-miura.jpg (image/jpeg)

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