Experts seek age ban for Everest climb after 85-year-old dies

Family and supporters have paid tribute to an 85-year-old Nepali man who died trying to regain his title as the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, as mountaineering experts campaigned for an upper age limit to attempt the daunting challenge.

The death of Min Bahadur Sherchan has revived concerns about allowing elderly people to attempt to scale peaks where the conditions are harsh and the oxygen level low.