Stakes high as veterans in Everest summit duel
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AN 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, organizers said yesterday.
Min Bahadur Sherchan's record for scaling the world's highest peak at 76 is being challenged by arch rival Yuichiro Miura of Japan, who is already on his way up the mountain.
Miura, who is 80 years old, has already summited the 8,848-meter peak twice. A veteran adventurer, in 1970 he became the first person to ski down Everest.
Sherchan reached the summit in May 2008, beating his rival Miura, who scaled Everest that season, by a year.
Bhim Paudel of Himalayan Guide, the company organizing Sherchan's expedition, said the campaign is aimed at generating awareness about the strength of elderly people. "He is very excited to begin the ascent this season. He is also physically fit for the climb," Paudel said, adding that the team will leave for Lukla, the gateway to Everest, this morning.
Sherchan, who uses a hearing aid, said that Nepal's tourism ministry is giving 1million rupees (US$11,500) to help fund the expedition. "I am going for a climb mainly to break my own record but more than that my summit will also make history for humanity," he said. "Everyone is talking about world peace but I have taken up the task of climbing Everest to spread the message of world peace."
More than 3,000 people have climbed Everest since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's maiden summit in 1953.
Min Bahadur Sherchan's record for scaling the world's highest peak at 76 is being challenged by arch rival Yuichiro Miura of Japan, who is already on his way up the mountain.
Miura, who is 80 years old, has already summited the 8,848-meter peak twice. A veteran adventurer, in 1970 he became the first person to ski down Everest.
Sherchan reached the summit in May 2008, beating his rival Miura, who scaled Everest that season, by a year.
Bhim Paudel of Himalayan Guide, the company organizing Sherchan's expedition, said the campaign is aimed at generating awareness about the strength of elderly people. "He is very excited to begin the ascent this season. He is also physically fit for the climb," Paudel said, adding that the team will leave for Lukla, the gateway to Everest, this morning.
Sherchan, who uses a hearing aid, said that Nepal's tourism ministry is giving 1million rupees (US$11,500) to help fund the expedition. "I am going for a climb mainly to break my own record but more than that my summit will also make history for humanity," he said. "Everyone is talking about world peace but I have taken up the task of climbing Everest to spread the message of world peace."
More than 3,000 people have climbed Everest since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's maiden summit in 1953.
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