Min Bahadur Sherchan, a 76-year-old Nepali man, isplanning to tackle the worlds tallest mountain in the spring of 2008, according to Reuters.If successful, Sherchan will become the oldest man to conquer Everest,surpassing Katsusuke Yanagisawa, a 71-year-old Japanese man whosummited in May, 2007. How would the recently departed Edmund Hillary, the man who knocked the bastard off,feel about the ever-growing line of geriatric replica Breitling Aeromarine Super Avenger Men's watch climbers? Hard to say,but Sir Ed cast a notoriously jaundiced eye on those who would wouldfollow his bootsteps by buying their way up.
Mount Everest is a great mountain, onethat extends you to the utmost, and to have it made more or less atourist trek to the top doesnt impress me at all, Hillary told Outside in 1999. I admire those whoclimb it by a difficult route or by traditional fashions, but I have nogreat respect for those who are conducted to the summit by paying avery replica Breitling A1334011 Men's watch large sum of money. In other Hillary-related news, Nepals tourism Minister announced today that he was planning to rename the countrys Lukla airport after Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Lukla, which sits just above 9,000 feet, serves as the portal for thousands of backpackers, trekkers, and mountaineers heading to the Everestregion each year. The Himalayan Times also reported that Nepals minister of tourism has proposed creating an annual Tenzing-HillaryInternational Award that would give a $25,000 prize to a mountaineer of exceptional talent. Down under, a state funeral will be held for Hillary in New Zealand on January 22 and several local groups in New Zealand are calling on the government to rename Mount Ollivier, a South Island mountain that served as Hillarys first real climb in 1939. And in the digital replica Breitling A453551-C5-35 Men's watch world, National Business Review is reporting a spike in prices for books and banknotes bearing Hillarys signature, with a signed first-edition copy of Ascent of Everest fetching a thousand dollars. (On eBay, a signed Hillary print from 53 can currently be had for the low, low price of $499.99.)--Damon Tabor
