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{{Short description|Nepalese mountaineer}}
{{Infobox mountaineer
| name = Min Bahadur Sherchan
| full_name = Min Bahadur Sherchan
| image = Min Bahadur Sherchan.jpg
| caption = Sherchan in Copenhagen in 2009
| main_discipline = Mountaineering
| other_discipline =
| 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]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Shrestha |first=Manesh |title=Oldest Everest climber finally gets recognition |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/29/nepal.everest/index.html |date=30 December 2009 |access-date=20 November 2017 |newspaper=[[CNN]] |location=Kathmandu}}</ref> He lost the record five years later to 80 year old Japanese mountaineer [[Yuichiro Miura]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Henderson |first=Barney |title=Meet Yuichiro Miura, the man planning to conquer Everest at 90 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/meet-yuichiro-miura-the-man-planning-to-conquer-everest-at-90/ |date=1 January 2016 |access-date=20 November 2017 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=80-year-old Yuichiro Miura claims new Everest record |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-22644717/80-year-old-yuichiro-miura-claims-new-everest-record |date=23 May 2013 |access-date=20 November 2017 |newspaper=[[BBC News]] |location=Asia}}</ref> Sherchan died at [[Everest Base Camp]] on 6 May 2017 while trying to reclaim his title.<ref>{{cite news |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 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 May 2017 |accessdate=6 May 2017 |last=Bhandari |first=Rajneesh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |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 |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=6 May 2017 |accessdate=6 May 2017 |last=Jones |first=Stephen}}</ref>

In 2008 Min Bahadur Sherchan beat Yuichiro Miura to the top by one day, and Sherchan tried to top summit again 2013 but had to call off his attempt due to health issues.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2013/05/23/yuichiro-miura-oldest-summit-mount-everest-min-bahadur-sherchan/2353495/ |title=Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest to summit Everest -- for now |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |access-date=12 July 2018 |author=AP |author-link=Associated Press |date=23 May 2013 |publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref> Prior to this the oldest was Katsusuke Yanagisawa, who at 71 summited on May 22, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/05/27/general/japans-everest-timeline/ |title=Japan's Everest timeline |first=Victoria |last=James |date=27 May 2012 |newspaper=[[Japan Times]] |access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/29/japan.justinmccurry1 |title=71-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest climber to scale Everest |first=Justin |last=McCurry |date=29 May 2007 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=13 July 2018 |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]]}}</ref> In this period, Nepal enacted a minimum age limit of 16 years old (there was no maximum), and a 2005 study found Everest climbers over age 60 had about a 1 in 10 chance of summiting compared to 1 in 3 chance compared to those under 60.<ref name=Boren>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/05/07/how-old-is-too-old-to-climb-mount-everest-nepal-wonders/ |title=How old is too old to climb Mount Everest, Nepal wonders |last=Boren |first=Cindy |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |access-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821102103/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/05/07/how-old-is-too-old-to-climb-mount-everest-nepal-wonders/ |archive-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> However, those over 60 had an increased chance of dying including a 1 in 4 chance of dying on the way down among those that summited.<ref name=Boren/>

Sherchan was born in [[Myagdi district]] of [[Nepal]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/min-bahadur-sherchan-to-reclaim-oldest-mt-everest-summiteer-title/ |title=Nepal's 86yo climber announces to attempt Everest again |date=6 March 2017 |access-date=13 July 2018 |newspaper=[[The Himalayan Times]] |last=Pokhrel |first=Rajan}}</ref> His funeral was held in Kathmandu, Nepal.

==See also==
*[[List of Mount Everest records]]
*[[List of people who died climbing Mount Everest]]
*[[Mount Everest in 2017]]
*[[List of world records from Nepal]]

==References==
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[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:Gurkhas]]
[[Category:Nepalese mountain climbers]]
[[Category:Nepalese summiters of Mount Everest]]
[[Category:Deceased Everest summiters]]
[[Category:Mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest]]
[[Category:People from Myagdi District]]
[[Category:Thakali people]]

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