Kenton Cool summits Everest for a record 17th time
Former Fairford resident, Kenton Cool has summited the world’s highest mountain for the 17th time reaching the top on May 17 2003 breaking his own record for the most Mt Everest summits by any foreign climber.
Kenton, who now lives near Bibury, reached the summit at around 01.30 (UK time) and helped Executive Chairman of Iceland Foods, Richard Walker to stand on top of the world!
Richard was making the ascent on behalf of the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation in a bid to raise over £1 million to support people living with rare dementias.
Kenton said: “Conditions on the summit push were incredibly cold, leading to multiple tech failures with tracker/comms going down.” Following the courageous ascent and summit, Kenton, Richard and the team rested for a while at Camp 4 before heading back down the mountain.
If you would like to donate to Richard Walker’s Just Giving page, please go to: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/coolwalkereverest.