An 85-year-old man from Nepal, who was attempting to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, has died. Officials say Min Bahadur Sherchan died at base camp on Saturday. The cause of death is still not clear, but a heart attack is suspected to be the most likely reason. The former British Gurkha was trying to reclaim his own record from Japan's Yuichiro Miura, who climbed Everest aged 80 in 2013. Sherchan, who had 17 grandchildren and six great-children first scaled the world's hi… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2017/05/07/nepali-pensioner-dies-during-bid-to-climb-mount-everest What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euronews Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews