AP, KATHMANDUAn 85-year-old Nepalese man has died while attempting to regain his title as the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, officials said. Min Bahadur Sherchan died at Everest Base Camp on Saturday evening. The cause of death was not immediately clear, but mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha, who is at Base Camp, said he likely suffered cardiac arrest. A renowned Swiss climber, Ueli Steck, who was training to scale Everest, was killed on Sunday last week. The 2015 season was scrapped after 19 climbers were killed and 61 injured by an avalanche at Base Camp triggered by a massive earthquake.

Source: Taipei Times May 07, 2017 17:09 UTC