Ninety Year Old Japanese Alpinist Gets to Mt. Fuji's Summit in a Wheelchair
In 2013, Japanese alpinist Yuchiro Miura became the oldest person to reach the top of Mt. Everest when he was 80 years old. On August 31st, at age 90, he reached the summit of Mt. Fuji in a wheel chair with the help of family and friends. Three years ago he was hospitalized for eight months due to spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma, when the nerves in his neck were compressed, causing paralysis of his hands and feet.
Using a specially designed mountaineering wheelchair, with the help of others, including 40 students from Clark Memorial International High School who dragged his chair to the top over the course of three days, he reached the summit of the tallest peak in Japan.
The oldest person to have reached the summit of Mt. Fuji was Teiichi Igarashi in 1988. At the time of his climb, he was 101 years 10 months old.
4 comments:
He is a famous climber.
I think a lot of people wanted to help him.
I'm glad that Mr.Miura was able to do his favorite mountain climbing safely.
Hi Pamela: This is so heartwarming to see and hear about, what a wonderful event for Yuchiro Miura and the beautiful hearts that helped him achieve this event.
Positively a beautiful post, thank-you.
Catherine
Is this the first climber to reach the summit in a wheelchair? Mr Miura always sets records!
That's pretty cool, but I also think it must be scary, getting pulled to the top of a mountain, knowing that you'd be pretty much helpless up there on your own.
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