Never too old to climb Everest

If you ever find yourself saying "I'm too old for that", look at 80 year old Yuichiro Miura who is preparing to climb Mt Everest for the third time, and think again.

Miura first climbed Everest when he was 70, and did it again five years later, when he set a world record for being the oldest person to make it to the top. His mantle was stolen when Nepalese man Min Bahadur Sherchan made it to the top at the age of 76.

If Miura summits Everst again when his expedition begins in May, it will be after negotiating some major obstacles. He had heart surgery last November and again in January this year, and he suffered a broken pelvis and fractured thigh after a skiing accident in 2009.

Miura's strength is in the blood, his father Keizo skied down Mont Blanc at age 99, and skiing down a mountain helped Miura Jnr win an Oscar for the producers of the 1975 film "The Man Who Skied Down Everest", a documentary about how he skiied from an 8,000-metre point down the South Col route of Everest.

So when you sit down to write your bucket list, keep Yuichiro Miura in mind, and don't rule anything out.

80 year old Yuichiro Miura will climb everest for the third time after heart surgery, a broken pelvis and a fractured thigh