Kenton Cool Sets Non-Sherpa Record with 19th Everest Ascent
- British mountain guide Kenton Cool scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time on Sunday, breaking his own record for a non-Sherpa climber.
- Cool has climbed Everest almost every year since his first ascent in 2004, except for canceled seasons in 2014 and 2020 due to avalanches and the pandemic.
- He reached the 8,849-meter summit alongside other climbers using the South Col route, supported by Himalayan Guides Nepal, who reported he was descending well.
- A representative from Himalayan Guides Nepal reported that Cool was in good condition and descending from the summit after successfully reaching the top on May 18.
- Cool’s record remains second only to Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita, who holds the highest number of Everest ascents at 30 and is expected to climb again soon.
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British climber scales Everest for 19th time, breaking own record
A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Kenton Cool, 51, from southwest England, scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on Sunday along with several other climbers and he was doing well and on way down from the summit, said Iswari Paudel of Himalayan Guides Nepal, which equipped his expedition. Cool first cli…

British climber breaks his own record with 19th Everest summit
British climber Kenton Cool successfully climbed Mount Everest for the nineteenth time on Sunday, extending his own record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain by a non-Nepali.


British climber Kenton Cool makes 19th ascent of Mount Everest, most by a non-Sherpa
Britain's Kenton Cool, 51, climbed the 29,032-foot peak in the morning and was descending to lower camps, said Rajan Bhattarai of Nepali expedition organizing company Himalayan Guides.
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