73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest
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A 73-year-old Japanese woman has climbed Mount Everest, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain.
Ang Tshering of the China Tibet Mountaineering Association says Tamae Watanabe reached Everest's29,035-foot-high summit from the northern side of the mountain in Tibet on Saturday morning with four other team members. (AP)
