Everest's Youngest And Oldest Summiters

On May 22, 2010, an American boy named Jordan Romero became the youngest person to summit Mount Everest in the Himalayas at 13 years, 10 months, and 10 days old. Three years later, in 2013, Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura reached the same summit at 80 years and 224 days old. Their records place nearly 67 years between Everest's youngest and oldest summiters.

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