85-year-old Everest record seeker died of altitude sickness

An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world's oldest person to summit Mount Everest died of altitude sickness, the expedition organiser said Sunday.Min Bahadur Sherchan died at Everest base camp on Saturday and his body was airlifted to Kathmandu.There was water build-up in his lungs because of altitude sickness," Shiv Raj Thapa of Summit Nepal Trekking told AFP after an autopsy.