Yuichiro Miura Quotes

I’ve been doing extremely dangerous activities for a long time, but I’ve been lucky enough to have survived so far. However, sooner or later we all die… and, if that’s the case, I want to die doing what I love to do the most. That’s how I view death.

After retiring, I was a little bored with nothing to do and got fat. I thought, if a 60-year-old metabolic fat man, after five years, can get to Mount Everest, that would be very exciting.

I’ve learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.

I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world’s best feeling, although I’m totally exhausted. Even at 80, I can still do quite well.

Just keep challenging yourself. I think that’s a great thing.

If you wish strongly, have courage and endurance, then you can get to the summit of your dream.

I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.

It’s important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

If the limit of age 80 is at the summit of Mt Everest, the highest place on Earth, one can never be happier.