British climber Kenton Cool broke his own record for the number of climbs to the world’s highest mountain, Everest, among tourists and conquered it for the 19th time, the BBC reported.
Kenton Cool reached the summit of 8,849 meters at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 18. The climber was accompanied by Nepalese Sherpa Dorji Gyaljen, for whom this was the 23rd ascent.
The British climber completed his record-breaking ascent of Everest against the backdrop of at least two climbers dying on Everest last week – Subrata Ghosh from India and Philip “PJ” Santiago II from the Philippines.
Kenton Cool first climbed Mount Everest in 2004 and has been conquering it almost yearly.