Nepali oldest climber included in Guinness Book

KATHMANDU, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Min Bahadur Sherchan, 77, on Monday was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest man to climb up Mt. Qomolangma.

Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (R) felicitates Min Bahadur Sherchan, in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Nov. 23, 2009. Min Bahadur  Sherchan has officially replaced Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura in  the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest man to climb Mt  Qomolangma (also Mt Everest), a press meet said on Monday. The  certificate handed to Sherchan by the Guinness World Records says,  "The oldest man to climb Mt Everest is Min Bahadur Sherchan (Nepal  b.20 June 1931) who reached the summit on 25 May 2008 at the age of  76 years 340 days." (Xinhua/Bimal Gautam)

"I am happy and proud to have put Nepal on the world map," said Sherchan.

He reached the world's highest peak on May 25, 2008, according to Tuesday's The Kathmandu Post.