World | Mount Everest 73-Year-Old Woman Scales Mount Everest Tamae Watanabe breaks age record, again By John Johnson Posted May 19, 2012 8:18 AM CDT Copied In this May 9, 2002, file photo, Tamae Watanabe, right, of Japan poses with a photograher on the foot of Mt. Everest in Nepal. She's climbed it again. (AP Photo/Office Seven Summits, File) A 73-year-old Japanese woman became the oldest female to climb Mount Everest today, reports AP. Tamae Watanabe reached the summit this morning with four companions after an all-night climb. Best part: Watanabe held the previous record, too—after a climb she made a decade ago. The oldest person to climb Everest is a 76-year-old Nepalese man who set the mark four years ago. (Of course, Freddie Wilkinson yesterday argued that real bravery is not climbing Everest; click to read his argument.) Read These Next The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Open that wallet big time for a trip to Disney, if you can afford it. Minneapolis shooter had a plan—and grievances. A 'tense' clash with RFK Jr. led to CDC chief's trouble. Report an error