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British climber sets brand-new record with 19th Everest top, the most by a non-Sherpa

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A British mountain guide scaled Mount Everest on Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most climbs of the world’s greatest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide.

Kenton Cool, 51, from southwest England, scaled the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak on Sunday in addition to numerous other climbers.

He was succeeding and on his method below the top, stated Iswari Paudel of Himalayan Guides Nepal, which equipped his exploration.

Mr Cool initially climbed up Mount Everest in 2004 and has actually been doing it practically every year ever since.

He was not able to climb up Everest in 2014 since the season was cancelled after 16 Sherpa guides were eliminated in an avalanche, and once again in 2015 when an earthquake set off an avalanche that eliminated 19 individuals.

The 2020 climbing up season was cancelled since of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kenton Cool at the summit of Mount Everest in 2022
Kenton Cool at the top of Mount Everest in 2022 (PA Media)

The record came regardless of an earlier caution he would never ever stroll once again unaided after he shattered both heel bones in a rock-climbing mishap in 1996.

Mr Cool formerly ended up being the very first individual to finish the Everest triple crown, scaling Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse in a single push without going back to base camp.

He was likewise the very first British guide to lead a customer to the top of K2, the world’s 2nd highest mountain.

Numerous climbers and their guides are on the mountain throughout the popular spring climbing up season, wishing to scale the world’s greatest peak.

Much of them have actually currently prospered while more are anticipated to make their effort before the climbing up season closes at the end of Might.

That is when weather are anticipated to degrade with the coming of the rainy monsoon season, making climbing up challenging.

Just Nepali Sherpa guides have actually scaled the peak more times than Mr Cool.

The greatest variety of climbs up of Mount Everest is 30 times by Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita, who is likewise on the mountain presently and is anticipated to make the climb in the next couple of days.

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