British Mountaineer Reaches Everest Summits ahead of 60th Anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's Conquest
KENTON Cool claims he is the first person the reach the summit of the three mountains, which form the valley around the world's highest peak, in one climb.
Scottish Press/Daily Record, 19 May 2013
Kenton Cool with Sherpa Dorje Gylgen..Kentoncool/PA Wire
THE UK's most successful Everest mountaineer reached its summit
for the 11th time today,
ahead of the 60th anniversary of the first conquest by Sir Edmund Hillary.
Kenton Cool said he is the first person to attempt to reach the summit of the
three mountains which form the Western Cwm of Everest - Nuptse (7,861m), Everest (8,848m) and Lhotse (8,516) - in one climb.
The task has previously been called "the impossible climb".
The explorer left Everest base camp on Thursday morning and arrived at the summit of Nuptse yesterday. He sent the message back to base:
"I've done Nuptse, I repeat I've done Nuptse.
"The impossible climb is a possibility, Everest number 11 is next. I'm going like a train. Tell everyone we're OK."
A message posted on the mountaineer's Facebook page in the early hours of this morning read: "Nuptse and Everest are done. We're feeling strong. We're going for it."
Cool is due to reach the summit of Lhotse tomorrow and then return to base camp on Tuesday.
The explorer is undertaking the challenge with his long-time climbing partner, Sherpa Dorke Gylen.
The pair have been together for six of Cool's previous 10 Everest summits.
Before setting off, Cool said: "It has been a pipe dream of mine for a few years to try and climb the three mountains that form the
Western Cwm; Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse.
"The reason for wanting to do this is purely a selfish one; the Western Cwm is one of the most magical places I have ever been to.
"This year I realised that there was a chance that I may be able to make use of the weather windows to move from one peak to the next and do something that many have dreamed of but none have achieved."
Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first to conquer the mountain on May 29, 1953.
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