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Kenton Cool Sets Non-Sherpa Record with 19th Everest Ascent

The British climber reached Everest’s summit alongside Sherpa Dorji Gyaljen, as Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita prepares for a potential record-extending 31st ascent.

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, achieved his 19th Everest summit on May 18, 2025, breaking his own record for the most ascents by a non-Sherpa climber.
  • Cool first summited Everest in 2004 and has climbed nearly every year since, using the Southeast Ridge route pioneered in 1953.
  • He was accompanied by Sherpa Dorji Gyaljen, who completed his 23rd ascent of the mountain during the same expedition.
  • Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita remains the all-time record-holder with 30 Everest summits and is reportedly preparing for his 31st ascent this season.
  • Nepal issued 468 climbing permits this spring, with Everest expeditions contributing significantly to the country’s tourism-driven economy.