British Climber Kenton Cool Summits Mount Everest For 19th Time
KATHMANDU, May 19 (Bernama-dpa) - British mountaineer Kenton Cool on Sunday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his record for the most ascents by a climber not belonging to the ethnic Sherpa community, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.
The 51-year-old reached the peak early on Sunday, confirmed by the Nepali tourism department's Everest base camp office, according to a spokesman.
Cool first climbed the 8,849-metre peak in 2004 and has since returned almost every year. Mount Everest sits on the border between Nepal and China and can be climbed from either side.
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