The summit of Everest is a constant coming and going of mountaineers. Behind him historical record for ascents successfully completed on the same day (274)the roof of the planet has received more visitors. Among them, Kenton Cool. The Briton has raised his record as the non-Nepali climber who has summited this eight thousand the most times. Add 20 presences at the top.
cool too He has the honor of being the first Briton to complete the triple crown, Everest (8,849 m), Lhotse (8,516 m) and Nuptse (7,861 m)in one go without returning to base camp. He achieved it in 2013. A year before he was in charge of fulfilling the Olympic promise of take a medal from the Games to the top of Everest. In 1924, Edward Strutt promised Baron Pierre de Coubertin to take one of the medals that the British Everest Expedition of 1922 received, awarded for being one of the “outstanding feats of human endeavour.”
Strutt was the lieutenant colonel of that expedition that stayed near the summit. At 500 meters an avalanche killed seven of the Indian carriers accompanying the expedition. Two years later, Baron Pierre de Coubertin commemoratively awarded the 13 members of the expedition a silver Olympic medal in mountaineering. at the 1924 Winter Olympic Games, which were held in Chamonix.
Kenton Cool was in charge of, 88 years later, fulfilling that promise. In 2012 he climbed Everest with the medal. It was his tenth summit on the roof of the planet. In 2021 he scored another feat by summiting Lhotse 29 hours after Everest.
Kristin Harila gets closer to the Triple Crown
He Everest prepares to welcome Kristin Harila soon. The Norwegian mountaineer seeks the Triple Crown. This spring he has already summited Nuptse (7,861 m) and Lhotse (8,156 m). “This summit marked my 30th time standing on top of an 8,000-meter mountain. I feel very lucky and grateful to experience so many beautiful mountains, sunrises, sunsets and special places,” Harila commented two days ago after summiting Lhotse.
One of the Sherpas who accompanies her has already achieved this triplet. David Sherpa has climbed Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse in less than five days. Before the two peaks conquered next to Harila, had reached the top of the highest mountain on the planet as part of the elite rope installation team that opened the route to the top.
