will you still be having adventures at 76?

76-year-old man oldest to scale Mount Everest

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press Writer

Sunday, May 25, 2008

(05-25) 04:28 PDT KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) --

A 76-year-old Nepalese man reached the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday and became the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain, a tourism official said.

Min Bahadur Sherchan reached the 29,035-foot summit early in the morning with his climbing guides, said a Nepal Tourism Ministry official, Ramesh Chetri.

Sherchan was just 25 days away from his 77th birthday, Chetri said.

He beat the record set last year by Japanese climber Katsusuke Yanagisawa, who scaled the peak at age 71. Sherchan was in good health and was descending from the summit, Chetri said.

The former soldier climbed smaller mountains before Everest and has been an active sportsman, Chetri said.

He said about a dozen climbers scaled Everest on Sunday following one of the busiest weeks in the mountain's climbing season.

A veteran Sherpa guide scaled Everest on Thursday for a record 18th time. Appa, who like most Sherpas goes by only one name, reached the summit along with several colleagues. He was among more than 80 climbers to reach the summit that day — the largest number ever in a single day from the Nepalese side of the peak.

Mountaineers were able to resume Everest climbs on May 9 after the Nepalese government lifted a temporary ban ordered to prevent protests against China's rule in Tibet during an ascent by Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic torch.

The Chinese torch team scaled the summit on May 8 — from the northern Tibetan side of Everest — and Nepal lifted the ban a day later.

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I dont think I will...
to be perfectly honest...

But I'm cheerin' dude on!!!

My 92 year old Grandpa will be cruising up the entire Mississippi to here in Saint Paul in August. He'll be with his *new* wife! Yeah, I better when I'm *only* 76. That's a whippersnapper.

OEC

I stopped having adventures at 17.

oh yeah, I'll be having adventures when I'm that old..................except I'm more of a sea level kinda guy

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Originally Posted by Mr Karl

oh yeah, I'll be having adventures when I'm that old..................except I'm more of a sea level kinda guy

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what are some of your favorite sea level activities?

My now deceased grand-grandaunt (my grandmother's aunt) had a boyfriend 20 years younger at an age of 90. I wanna have a toyboy when I am that old too! ^_^

I mean, she had a 70 years old toyboy when she was 90 years old.

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Originally Posted by Ghoul

My now deceased grand-grandaunt (my grandmother's aunt) had a boyfriend 20 years younger at an age of 90. I wanna have a toyboy when I am that old too! ^_^

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Yah my 92 year old grandpa has a wife way younger than him. Rich widow too.:thumb:

I intend on dying in about 16 years' time.

a friend of mine has a girlfriend of 32. he is 65 this year (and he looks in his mid to late thirties and muscular with it)

is your friend rass al goul?

I always thought I'd turn into an old lady that does random crazy things or steals from stores and pleas to whoever caught me, that I swore I paid for it, it must have been a senior moment, blame my fading memory, and act innocent, or change the subject and tell stories from "back in my day".

The adventure I had at '76 was being born!

11 1/2 weeks early at only 2lbs 7 oz in a back woods hospital in Eastern Kentucky, barely 15 mins after mom arrived. She was delayed to get to the OB, because she wasnt 'showing' very much, and the dumb ass dr. thought she was having an attack of appendicitis!!!!

She fell coming out the back door slipping on the steps, and had placenta previa so during the fall, the placenta detached, causing her to go into preterm labor

not quite. he's a brahmen so grew up pretty much into physical fitness as part of his training.

For longevity, and good health....
Drink home made Kombucha Tea