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- Miura arrived at his idea after what's described as a "half-joking conversation" with Sir Edmond Hillary. Presumably, it was Hillary who was joking. Miura warmed up with practice runs down Mounts McKinley and Fuji, and went down Everest in 1970.
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The Man Who Skied Down Everest is a Canadian documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mount Everest in 1970. The film was produced by Crawley Films' "Budge" Crawley and directed by Crawley and Bruce Nyznik.
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Sep 19, 1975 · The Man Who Skied Down Everest: Directed by Bruce Nyznik. With Yûichirô Miura, Shintaro Ishihara, Taisuke Fujishima, Yukihiko Kato. This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain.
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The man who did it is Yuichiro Miura. In 1964, he set a world ski speed record of 108 miles an hour. According to his best calculations, he would surpass that speed in the first seven seconds of his descent of Everest.
Jul 28, 2023 · In 2003, at the age of 70, Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a record he later broke himself. Despite facing health challenges, including two heart surgeries for cardiac arrhythmia in 2006 and 2007, he achieved this remarkable feat.
