Arthur Muir, 75, became the oldest American to climb the 8,848.86-meter (29,031-foot) peak on Sunday, an official from the company that organized the expedition said.
Separately, Hong Kong’s Tsang Yin-Hung, 45, scaled Everest in less than 26 hours — the shortest time taken by any woman after starting from base camp. Usually climbers spend several days in different camps before reaching the peak.
“Arthur Muir is the oldest American at 75 years old to summit Mount Everest,” Garrett Madison, expedition leader at the Madison Mountaineering company, told Reuters from the base camp.
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