Summit Murder Mystery Series

Copyright 2015 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Andrea Oschetti/For CNN   Most climbers who try don't succeed in climbing the 29,035-foot-high Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. But they do leave their tr...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) – A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest 's peak Saturday, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain. Tamae Watanabe reached Everest's 8,850-meter-high (29,035-foot-high) summit from the northern side of the mountain in Tibet on Saturday morning with four other team members, said Ang Tshering of the China Tibet Mountaineering Association in Nepal. Watanabe had climbed Everest in 2002 at the age of 63 to become the oldest woman to scale the mountain. She had retained the title until she topped herself a decade later. Tshering said Watanabe and the other team members are in good condition and are on their way back to the base of the mountain. Watanabe and her team left the last high altitude camp located at 8,300 meters (27,225 feet) Friday night and climbed all night before reaching the summit Saturday morning. Weather conditions have improved on the mountai...