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CTV News
18-05-2025
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British climber scales Everest for 19th time, breaking own record for most climbs by a non-Sherpa
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) KATHMANDU, Nepal — A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world's highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Kenton Cool, 51, from southwest England, scaled the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak on Sunday along with several other climbers and he was doing well and on way down from the summit, said Iswari Paudel of Himalayan Guides Nepal, which equipped his expedition. Cool first climbed Mount Everest in 2004 and has been doing it almost every year since then. He was unable to climb Everest in 2014 because the season was canceled after 16 Sherpa guides were killed in an avalanche, and again in 2015 when an earthquake triggered an avalanche that killed 19 people. The 2020 climbing season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds of climbers and their guides are at the mountain during the popular spring climbing season, hoping to scale the world's highest peak. Many of them have already succeeded while more are expected to make their attempt before the climbing season closes at the end of this month when weather condition deteriorates with the coming of the rainy monsoon season making climbing difficult. Only Nepali Sherpa guides have scaled the peak more times than Cool. The highest number of climbs of Mount Everest is 30 times by Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita, who is also on the mountain currently and expected to make the climb in the next few days. The Associated Press
CTV News
15-05-2025
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First Everest death of climbing season recorded
Mount Everest is seen from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal, May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Kathmandu, Nepal — A Filipino climber has died on Mount Everest, officials said Thursday, becoming the first fatality of this year's climbing season on the world's highest mountain. Philipp Santiago, 45, was preparing to summit the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak, but was exhausted when he reached the final camp (Camp 4) on Wednesday night, Himal Gautam of Nepal's tourism department told AFP. 'He died at the place where he was resting,' said Bodha Raj Bhandari, of Snowy Horizon Treks and Expedition, which organized Santigo's climb. 'We are consulting to bring his body back to the base camp.' Eight Nepali climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 9, kicking off this year's climbing season for hundreds of others, which runs from April to early June. More than 50 climbers have reached the summit since the route opened, taking advantage of a brief spell of good weather. Nepal has issued 458 permits to mountaineers this season, who are usually escorted by at least one Nepali guide. A sea of tents hosting more than a thousand people -- foreign climbers and support staff -- has built up at the foot of Everest. Over-crowding has become a serious issue on Everest where in 2019 a human traffic jam meant teams were forced to wait for hours at the summit in freezing temperatures, risking depleted oxygen levels that can lead to sickness and exhaustion. At least four of the 11 deaths on the peak that year were blamed on overcrowding. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of climbers each spring, when temperatures are warmer and winds typically calmer. Last year, more than 800 climbers made it to the peak of the world's highest mountain, including 74 from the northern Tibet side. A boom in climbers has made mountaineering a lucrative business since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa made the first ascent in 1953.
