Kenton Cool

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Mountaineer and alpinist

Kenton Cool is an English mountaineer and mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine and high-altitude climbers and has summited Mount Everest 17 times, including leading Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ 2008 and 2009 Expeditions and Ben Fogle’s 2019 Expedition.

He has completed over 20 notable expeditions in the Greater Ranges and, in 2013, became the first person to climb Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse in a single push without returning to base camp.  He has also skied two 8,000m mountains and guided a successful expedition to the summit of K2.

He has also led expeditions through Alaska including North America’s highest peak, Denali (once known as Mount McKinley).

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