Old Age – Just A Number
May 30th, 2007Anything is Possible in Old Age
Retired 71 year old teacher proves that anything is possible in old age by climbing Everest!
Katsusuke Yanagisawa's story of how he was inspired to climb the summit despite his old age is truly remarkable.
The key to how you lead your life in old age lies in ATTITUDE! Keep a positive attitude and you can still achieve dreams that you've had from your childhood despite your lofty age.
Attitude can also go a long way to achieving happiness in old age, recent studies have shown that attitude has more of an impact on happiness in old age than actual health itself.
Why not adapt an attitude like Katsusuke Yanagisawa?
Japanese 'oldest man on Everest'
A 71-year-old man from Japan has reportedly become the oldest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest.
Retired teacher Katsusuke Yanagisawa scaled the 8,850m (29,035ft) Himalayan peak, breaking the record set by a 70-year-old Japanese man in May 2006.
"I was pretty much at ease mentally at the summit, like I could sing a song," he told a Japanese TV station.
Mr Yanagisawa said he climbed the Tibetan side of the peak with a team including New Zealanders and Japanese.
"I was glad to reach the summit because, after that, all that was left was to climb down," he told a Japanese newspaper, adding that he spent 30 minutes at the top.
'My next dream'
He was inspired to attempt the climb, after scaling Mount Cho Oyu, the world's sixth highest mountain, which lies about 20km west of Mount Everest.
He was inspired to climb Everest after glimpsing it from Mt Cho Oyu
"It was my dream to climb Cho Oyu, a peak which was higher than 8,000 metres, when I reached the age 70," Mr Yanagisawa told Associated Press news agency.
From the summit of Cho Oyu, he caught a glimpse of Everest.
"I found my next dream,"
This leads to the question . . .
What dream are you going to pursue in old age?
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June 17th, 2007 at 4:21 am
This story was extremely inspireing for me. I do believe that attitude is the foundationfor anything we pursue and biological age has age has nothing to do with it
Thank you for this story.
Joan
July 2nd, 2007 at 3:08 am
Age is the matter of the mind. If you don't mind , it doesn't matter.
July 24th, 2007 at 11:17 am
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