Yūichirō Miura

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Yūichirō Miura (November, 2007)

Yūichirō Miura (三浦 雄一郎, Miura Yūichirō, born (1932-10-12) October 12, 1932 (age 88) in Aomori City) is a Japanese skier and alpinist.

Career[]

Miura went to Tasman Glacier, Aoraki / Mount Cook (August 1966)

with Yōichi Masuzoe (at the Central Government Building No.5 on November, 2007)

Miura is a Japanese alpinist who in 2003, at age 70, became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. This record was later broken by himself. Miura had two heart surgeries for cardiac arrhythmia, in 2006 and 2007.^[1] On May 23, 2013 Miura again became the oldest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 80. This achievement is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.^[2] He was unable to complete the descent after reaching the top, and was airlifted from Advanced Base Camp at 6500 meters, not walking down to the Base Camp at 5364 metre (17,600 feet).^[3][4] Famous alpinists, like Ken Noguchi, question Miura's achievement and say that a climb can not be called “complete” unless one walks all the way down the mountain.^[5]

He became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. He descended nearly 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 8,000 m (26,000 ft)). This feat was documented in 1975, in the film The Man Who Skied Down Everest. The film won the Academy Award for best documentary, the first sports film to do so.

He competed in speedskiing and downhill skiing. While active in ski competitions, he competed for the average speed in the 100 meter section of the steep slope downhill. The world's highest record was established in Italy in July 1964. He succeeded in skiing downhill at seven of the highest peaks in Europe, from 1978 to 1985.^{[page needed]}

His father, Keizo Miura, was a Japanese skier and Gota Miura, freestyle skier and alpinist, is one of his sons.^[6] Yuichiro was exposed to snow sports from the time he was a child, and placed in his first skiing competition during his 2nd grade year in elementary school. He moved south with his family but found that he missed the snow and winter sports, prompting him to enroll in Hokkaido University. There, he continued to pursue skiing as a professional sport. His advanced ability to ski, especially in the back-country, required him to reach higher elevations by hiking, expanding the breadth of his skills to include mountain climbing. Once he became a prolific mountain climber, Yuichiro began challenging larger mountains, and skied down many of them.^[3]

Miura describes his diet as "healthy eating and organic food. He starts every day with a breakfast consisting of cooked rice, fermented soya bean, miso soup, eggs and fish. Once a week he will treat himself to a 500g (18oz) steak." He said that he trained outdoors with 5kg on each leg and 30kg on his back for 5.5 mile walks, and also used a low oxygen room.^[4]

See also[]

• List of Mount Everest records
• List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit

References[]

External links[]

• "The Godfather of Extreme Skiing". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
• Team Miura's website (Japanese and English)
• "Japanese skier Miura reaches summit of Mt. Everest at age 75". Mainichi Shimbun. May 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
• Team Miura press release of May 26 2008 Summit
• The Telegraph - Meet Yuichiro Miura, the man planning to conquer Everest at 90