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British Climber Kenton Cool Achieves Record 19th Everest Summit

Cool secures the highest number of ascents by a non-Sherpa as Nepal's spring climbing season nears its conclusion.

A general view of base camp overlooking Mount Everest, the world's highest peak and other peaks of the Himalayan range in Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal, April 17, 2025. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha/File Photo
British climber Kenton Cool, 49, waves towards the media personnel, upon his arrival at the airport, as he returns after completing his 17th ascent of Mount Everest, which is the most by any foreign climber, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
FILE - A bird flies in the backdrop of Mount Everest, as seen from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal on May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
British mountaineer Kenton Cool (L) first climbed Everest in 2004 and has since had an expedition almost every year

Overview

  • Kenton Cool, 51, successfully completed his 19th ascent of Mount Everest on May 18, 2025, breaking his own record for the most summits by a non-Sherpa climber.
  • Cool first climbed Everest in 2004 and has returned nearly every year since, using the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Hillary and Tenzing in 1953.
  • He was accompanied on this climb by Sherpa Dorji Gyaljen, who achieved his 23rd Everest summit.
  • Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita continues to hold the all-time record with 30 ascents and is reportedly attempting his 31st climb this season.
  • Nepal has issued 468 permits for this spring climbing season, with hundreds of climbers and guides still on the mountain as the season winds down.