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Older climbers are at greater risk on Everest: Study
Thursday, August 16, 2007 sify.com
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According to a study, climbers over the age of 60 are three times more likely to die on Mount Everest than the average mountaineer. The study was consucted as a larger number of older people are attemptng to climb the world's highest peak. earlier this year, Katsusuke Yanagisawa became the oldest person to make the 29,035-foot summit — at 71 years, 2 months and 2 days old.
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