News From Mt. Everest

"Mountaineering officials say a 76-year-old Nepalese man has scaled Mount Everest to become the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzZVAmSsITLSJCnxkUlG0gQBhFZQD90SHEM00

First-ever mother-daughter team also reached the summit:

http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1415985

As did the first Saudi climber-

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=110505&d=2&m=6&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom

And as the Everest climbing season ended Saturday, a grand total of 257 had summited from the Nepal side alone! One of them was a Sherpa who broke his own record by summiting for the 18th time.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/01/content_8293543.htm