Overview
- Expedition organizers said he reached the 8,163‑meter summit at 5:30 a.m. local time and confirmed he is safe and descending.
- With this climb he has completed 12 of the 14 eight‑thousanders, leaving Dhaulagiri and Shishapangma as his remaining objectives.
- The milestone comes two years after he suffered a tibia fracture during a Dhaulagiri attempt and underwent surgeries followed by a long recovery.
- He was supported on the ascent by Sherpas Mikel, Nima and Phurba, as cameraman Luis Miguel López Soriano filmed the expedition.
- The new age record surpasses Japan’s Yuichiro Miura, who summited Everest at 80 in 2013.