Keizo Miura

He was notable for his fitness and outdoor-sport undertakings at advanced age; at 77 he was the oldest person to climb Kilimanjaro and at 99 descended a Gletscher of Mont Blanc together with his oldest son Yuichiro and grandson Yuta.

Keizo Miura wrote two books on his health routine, one of them co-written with his physician.

On February 15, 2004, Keizo Miura celebrated his 100th birthday with a ski descent together with more than 170 friends and family members, including four generations of his family, at Snowbird ski resort in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

[1] Keizo died 41 days short of his 102nd birthday.

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