'Not that amazing' - 16-time Everest climber dismisses record as largely meaningless

British climber Kenton Cool, 48. Image: AP/PA Images British climber Kenton Cool, 48. Image: AP/PA Images BRITISH CLIMBER KENTON Cool made headlines around the world this week for reaching the summit of Mount Everest for the 16th time, the most of any non-Nepali climber — but says his title is largely meaningless.

His 15th summit last year tied him with American Dave Hahn for the most summits by a non-Nepali climber, and his latest ascent gave him the title alone.“In reality, it’s not that amazing,” he said. “I’m really surprised by the interest in my 16th ascent, considering that so many of the Sherpas have so many more ascents.

And this month, Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa extended his record as the person with the most Everest summits with 26 ascents as he opened the route for other climbers. People go, ‘It’s a world record.’ It’s not a world record. It’s just that I happen to hold the non-Sherpa record for whatever that is worth, which in my mind… [is] not very much. Still, he added that every summit was magical.

In 2013, he and Dorje Gyalgen Sherpa became the first people to complete the Everest triple crown, comprising Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse in one push without returning to base camp.

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My admiration for him died when he and his wife and two kids flew to Nepal for an Easter hiking holiday in March 2021, at a time when everyone else in UK had to endure major Covid restrictions and when international travel was restricted to all bar 'essential work purposes'.

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