Everest South Side Expedition
Miura Japanese Everest 2003 Expedition

Dispatch One: April 15, 2003 Yuichiro and Gota Miura, Takes Off to the Everest Challenge! Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch Two: The Summit team (Yuichiro, Gota, Muraguchi) has completed 2nd acclimatization up to 6700m and spent two nights at Camp 2 (6450m). They returned to Base Camp on the Apr/18. They enjoyed skiing at the bottom part of Lhotse Face (6700m) down to C2 at this acclimatization trip. Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch Three: The summit team (Yuichiro, Gota, Muraguchi) has completed 3rd acclimatization up to 7200m, they have climbed Lhotse face and reached Camp 3 then returned to camp 2. Spent total of 4 days above ice fall and now they are safely back at Base Camp (5300m) today. Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch Four: The summit team (Yuichiro, Gota, Muraguchi) will leave Base Camp tomorrow (May/11) for summit attempt. Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch Five: The summit team (Yuichiro & Gota Miura, Muraguchi) has departed Base camp on the 11th and now they are safely at Camp 2 (6450m) as scheduled. Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch Six: It is the third day at Camp 2 (6450m), and summit team (Yuichiro, Gota, Muraguchi) are all fine and patiently waiting for better weather condition to go up to the higher camp. Check here for the full dispatch.

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Dispatch Eight: The summit team (Yuichiro, Gota, Muraguchi) and three Sherpas left C3 (7200m) this morning at 6:50 am and have safely arrived at South Col - C4 (7984m) at 2:50 pm. Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch Nine: Again, due to still high wind (20 ～30m/sec) above South Col this morning, Miura team has decided to postpone the summit attempt for one more day to the 21st. Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch Ten: The summit team (Yuichiro, Gota, Muraguchi) and three Sherpas; Nga Temba Sherpa (40, Climbing Sirdar), Chhewang Nima Sherpa(37), Fur Gyalzen Sherpa (28), are now in final summit attack camp (C5, 8400m).  Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch 11: As we have anticipated our final attack to the summit today, we are once again intervened by unfavorable weather condition and are forced to stand-by at C5 for one more day. Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch 12: Miura at South Summit (8750m)at 6:00 am: "It is clear day and not too much wind": Check here for the full dispatch.

Dispatch 13: MIURA EVEREST 2003 EXPEDITION REACHES THE WORLD’S HIGHEST SUMMIT: MT. EVEREST (8848m) -THE OLDEST MAN TO CONQUER MT. EVEREST PLUS 2 WORLD RECORDS ACHIEVED-

On the summit of Everest at 70 years old with your son....