Keizo Miura

Keizo Miura (February 15, 1904 – January 5, 2006) was a Japanese skiing legend. He was a skiing teacher and photographer of mountain landscapes. He was notable for his fitness and outdoor-sport undertakings at advanced age; he was the oldest person to climb the Kilimanjaro, at age 77 and descended a Gletscher of the Mont Blanc at age 99 together with his oldest son Yuichiro and grandson Yuta. Yuichiro Miura was also the oldest person to climb Mount Everest and the Himalayas, at age 70. Keizo Miura has written two books on his health-routine, one of them co-written with his physician. On February 15, 2004, Keizo Miura celebrated his centennial birthday with a ski descent together with more than 170 friends and family members, including four generations of his family, at Snowbird Ski Resort in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. [cite news|title = Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Keizo Miura 100th Birthday & 4 Generations Skiing Expedition Successful|publisher = EverestNews.com|date = 2004|url=http://www.everestnews.com/stories004sec4002/ski03012004.htm|accessdate = 2007-12-10]

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