British Mountaineer Kenton Cool becomes first foreigner to scale Everest 16 times

British Mountaineer Kenton Cool becomes first foreigner to scale Everest 16 times

• A British climber Kenton Cool has scaled the world’s highest mountain for the 16th time becoming the first foreign climber to make the most Mt Everest summits. 
• Kenton also holds a record of the first British mountaineer who climbed Mt Nuptse, Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse in a season in 2013. 
• Last year, Kenton had made it to the top of Mt Lhotse in less than 29 hours after scaling the world’s highest peak. Previously, American climber Dave Hahn has climbed Mt Everest 15 times.
• According to Iswari Poudel, Managing Director at Himalayan Guides Nepal Pvt Ltd, Kenton Cool from Gloucestershire, South West England, also broke his own British record for the most summits of the world’s highest peak.

 

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Published date : 20 May 2022 06:16PM