Overview

• Seven Summit Treks director Mingma Sherpa confirmed the summit at 5:30 a.m. local time on Friday and said Soria was safe and heading down.
• The feat surpasses the previous age record set by Japan’s Yuichiro Miura, who summited Everest at 80 in 2013.
• This marks Soria’s 12th eight‑thousander, leaving Dhaulagiri and Shishapangma to complete the set of 14.
• The ascent coincides with the 50th anniversary of Spain’s first Manaslu expedition, a team Soria joined in 1975.
• The team plans to reach Camp II today and return to base camp on Saturday, according to the expedition’s schedule.