Octogenarian climber abandons bid to reclaim title of the oldest man to climb Mt Everest . However , a government promise to provide one million Nepali rupees ( US $ 11,200 ) for the bid -- on which other sponsorship money hinged -- was awaiting government Cabinet approval in Kathmandu . The Nepalese government has announced that they will not allow him back into Nepal after he failed a medical test on his return from Everest. Warmer weather means Mt Everest is not safe to climb . Sherchan is a longtime rival of Japan 's Miura who last week became the oldest man to the mountain .
Octogenarian climber abandons bid to reclaim title of the oldest man to climb Mt Everest . The Nepalese government has announced that they will not allow him back into Nepal after he failed a medical test on his return from Everest. Warmer weather means Mt Everest is not safe to climb . Sherchan is a longtime rival of Japan 's Miura who last week became the oldest man to the mountain .