In 2013, 80-year-old Miura climbed Everest despite four heart surgeries, taking the record after first reaching the mountain’s summit at 70 and again at 75

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Miura reached the 29,035-foot summit at about 9:05 a.m. local time | Wikimedia Commons

Miura at the Tasman Glacier in 1966 | Wikimedia Commons