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Oldest person to summit

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In the article it says

In 2004, the Spanish climber Carlos Soria Fontán became the oldest person ever to summit K2, at the age of 65.

correctly attributed to a climbing.com article. However, according to his Wikipedia article, Ichiro Yoshizawa was 74 years old when he did the second successful attempt ever. Year of birth can be found in various Japanese sources and the obituary published in the American Alpine Journal. I have to say, I find it hard to believe that he was the second person ever to climb that mountain at such an advanced age and even more surprised that climbing.com would not know that and incorrectly attribute the record to someone else. Can someone provide additional information or better sources? Oniichansugoi (talk) 12:47, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yoshizawa led the 1977 expedition, but did not himself summit. See his submission to the AAC about the expedition, or Appendix I in Jim Curran's book K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain ("At seventy-three years of age, I. Yoshizawa was the oldest person to reach the foot of K2.") As a "Fun With Statistics" aside, with 52 members and 7 total summits, that expedition technically carried a 13.5% summit ratio - or, if you include the 1500 porters, 0.45%! NekoKatsun (nyaa) 16:04, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]