Climbers age 80+ vie for Everest world record

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MOUNT EVEREST. Two octogenarians battle for world record of oldest person to climb Mount Everest. Photo from the Mount Everest Facebook pageAn 82-year-old Nepalese man who holds the world record for being the oldest person to summit Mount Everest will defend his title against a familiar octogenarian competitor. Min Bahadur Sherchan’s record for scaling the world’s highest peak at 76 is being challenged by arch rival Yuichiro Miura, 80, of Japan, who is already on his way up the mountain and has already summited the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) peak twice. A veteran adventurer, in 1970 he became the first person to ski down Everest. Bhim Paudel of Himalayan Guide, the company organising Sherchan’s expedition, said the campaign aimed to generate awareness about the strength of elderly people.


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