Kenton Cool becomes first foreigner to scale Everest 16 times

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Category : International Published on: May 19 2022

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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.
American climber Dave Hahn has climbed Mt Everest 15 times.
Kenton also holds a record of the first British mountaineer who climbed Mt Nuptse, Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse in a season in 2013.
Last year, the canton took less than 29 hours to summit Mount Lhotse, one of the world's highest peaks.

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Kenton Cool becomes first foreigner to scale Everest 16 times