Katsusuke Yanagisawa - Deadliest Climb: Everest

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Katsusuke Yanagisawa (known in camp as Yanagi) is a 71-year-old retired junior high school teacher from central Japan.

He's making his summit attempt with a group of Japanase climbers led by their own guide, Hiro, the only one in the group who speaks English. A successful attempt would make Yanagisawa the oldest person in the world to summit Everest.

Meet the oldest man to ever attempt to summit Everest

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