Nepal considers age limit for climbers after 85-year-old dies
China Daily | Updated: 2017-05-09 07:33
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Family and supporters on Sunday honored an 85-year-old Nepali man who died trying to regain his title as the oldest person to climb Qomolangma (known in the West as Mount Everest), while officials stressed the need to limit the age for such a daunting physical challenge.
The death of Min Bahadur Sherchan has revived concerns about allowing elderly people to attempt to scale high peaks.
Nepali law requires Qomolangma climbers to be at least 16 but there's no upper age limit.
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