Explorer to make 2nd bid for tallest peak

British explorer Ranulph Fiennes said yesterday he will make a second attempt to climb Mount Qomolangma, three years after he nearly died just short of the summit.

The 64-year-old said his last bid to conquer the world's highest mountain in 2005 failed when he was struck by crushing chest pains "like an elephant treading" on him.

He survived after being rushed off the mountain and taking heart drugs prescribed after his near-fatal heart attack and double heart by-pass surgery two years earlier.