British Mountaineer Kenton Cool Becomes First Foreigner To Scale Everest 16 Times: Report

Due to high winds, Cool's initial push for the summit was postponed which constrained his group to stand by underneath the peak.

British climber Kenton Cool crosses a precipice at the ice fall (Source: AFP)

New Delhi: A British mountaineer Kenton Cool has successfully completed his record-breaking 16th summit after scaling the world's highest peak Mount Everest and he also became the first non-Nepalese to do so, a media report said on Monday. A 48-year-old British national, who hails from Gloucestershire, an area in South West England, arrived at the highest point of Mount Everest for the sixteenth time early on Sunday morning, The Guardian detailed, referring to the Instagram page of Cool.

Due to high winds, Cool's initial push for the summit was postponed which constrained his group to stand by underneath the peak.

Numerous Nepali aides who assist tourists with getting over the mountain have finished considerably more climbs of Everest.

The ongoing record-holder is Kami Rita, a Sherpa who got over the mountain last week for the 26th time at 52 years old.

In his Instagram post, Cool honored the nearby aides, who he said had really buckled down for our sake, considering them the superheroes of the mountain, the report said.

 

 

 

 

 

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Cool has recently gotten over Everest with other mountaineers.

Cool qualities his accomplishment as he was informed he could at no point ever stroll in the future independently after breaking both heel bones in a rock-climbing mishap in 1996, the report said.

May is the most famous opportunity to climb the world's highest peak, and the Nepali government has given 316 grants to climb Everest during the current peak season.

As per the Kathmandu Post, as many as 150 climbers came to the highest point of Everest in a day last week, the report said.

(With PTI inputs)