A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for a document nineteenth time says he’s already planning his subsequent try.
Kenton Cool, 51 scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit on Sunday earlier than flying on a helicopter together with his purchasers again to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu on Tuesday.
The most recent ascent noticed Cool break his personal document for essentially the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa information.
Cool stated his climb was easy and that he confronted no issues, but he seen that many climbers have been making an attempt to achieve the height on the identical day.
Talking to reporters at Kathmandu’s airport, Cool stated: “I’m 51 now, and I’ve been coming right here since 2004 to climb Everest.
“I’ve at the least another climb for subsequent yr — perhaps 20 or 21 (whole). After that, I will begin climbing different mountains in Nepal.”
The British climber has scaled Mount Everest nearly yearly since 2004.
Ciik was unable to climb Mount Everest in 2014 as a result of the season was canceled after 16 Sherpa guides have been killed in an avalanche, and once more in 2015 when an earthquake triggered an avalanche that killed 19 folks.
The 2020 climbing season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Solely Nepali Sherpa guides have scaled the height extra instances than Cool. Kami Rita holds the document for essentially the most profitable ascents of Mount Everest at 30 instances. He’s at present on the mountain and is predicted to try to achieve the highest within the subsequent few days.
“Mountaineering is an incredible sport which is open to everyone, however you simply should be a part of it responsibly and now we have seen some folks coming to Everest — maybe they don’t have the expertise that they need to,” Cool stated, including that it was not essential to restrict the variety of climbers every season.
Mr Cool beforehand turned the primary individual to finish the Everest triple crown, scaling Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse in a single push with out returning to base camp.
He was additionally the primary British information to guide a shopper to the summit of K2, the world’s second tallest mountain.
Lots of of climbers and their guides are on the mountain in the course of the well-liked spring climbing season, hoping to scale the world’s highest peak. Climate situations then deteriorate with the wet monsoon season, making climbing tougher.
