WFP-JAMES GIAMBRONE

25 May was a great day for another Chomolungma summiteer. Min Bahadur Sherchan, at 76-going-on-77, became the oldest person to successfully scale the peak, breaking the previous record held by Japanese teacher, Katsusuke Yanagisawa, who scaled the peak last year at the age of 71. Also vying for the record this year was 75-year old Japanese Yuichiro Miura, who reached the summit a day later. Sherchan, a former soldier, hails from Bhurung Tatopani in Myagdi and claims that his reason for climbing Chomolungma is to galvanise all senior citizens into doing something adventurous even in their old age. He had also added that climbing the peak had been a childhood dream. Now that he's achieved what he set out to do, Sherchan wants to open up a senior citizens' home.