Oldest woman to climb Mount Everest

73-year-old becomes oldest woman to climb Mount Everest – CNN.com

By Manesh Shrestha, for CNN

updated 10:38 AM EDT, Sat May 19, 2012

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/19/world/asia/nepal-everest-cimb/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Tamae Watanabe, pictured in June 2004, joins the 4,000 people who have climbed Everest.

Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) — A 73-year-old Japanese woman on Saturday became the oldest woman to climb Mount Everest breaking her own 10-year-old record.