What is Min Bahadur Sherchan?
{{Infobox person | name = Min Bahadur Sherchan | image = Min Bahadur Sherchan.jpg | caption = Sherchan in Copenhagen in 2009 | known_for = Mountaineering | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|06|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bhurung Tatopani, West Nepal | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|05|06|1931|06|20|df=y}} | death_place = [[Everest Base Camp]], Nepal | nationality = Nepalese }} '''Min Bahadur Sherchan''' (20 June 1931 – 6 May 2017) was a Nepalese mountaineer and former British [[Gurkha]] soldier. In 2008, the 76 year old became the oldest climber to summit [[Mount Everest]]. He lost the record five years later to 80 year old Japanese mountaineer [[Yuichiro Miura]]. Sherchan died of a suspected [[heart attack]] at [[Everest Base Camp]] on 6 May 2017 while trying to reclaim his title at the age of 85.<ref> {{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/world/asia/min-bahadur-sherchan-nepal.html?_r=0 | title = 85-Year-old Everest Climber, Trying to Reclaim Record, Dies | work = The New York Times | date = 6 May 2017 | access-date = 6 May 2017}}</ref><ref> {{cite web | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/former-gurkha-min-bahadur-sherchan-10367097 | title = Former Gurkha Min Bahadur Sherchan, 85, dies trying to regain oldest man to climb Everest title | work = The Mirror | date = 6 May 2017 | access-date = 6 May 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bahadur Sherchan, Min}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Mountain climbers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}