Total Heliski Legend Kenton Cool Achieves a Triple Crown Record on Everest
Record-breaking Everest mountaineer, and Total Heliski with Legends’ Programme Legend Kenton Cool has posted a new first by summiting the Ultimate Three Peaks. Kenton and his climbing companion and friend Sherpa Dorje Gylgen successfully climbed Lhotse, Nuptse and Everest the final mountain in the Everest horseshoe surrounding the Western Cwm.
Not only did Kenton break his record of completing his 11th Everest Summit, but the two men have created the record of being the first to achieve the feat of summiting Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse in one trip.
Here are some of Kenton’s insightful and inspiring live updates from the climb:
“LHOTSE HAS BEEN SUMMITED. DESCENT HARD. NOW AT CAMP 2 FOR THE NIGHT. THREE SUMMITS IN THREE DAYS. NUPTSE, EVEREST, LHOTSE. THE FINISHING LINE OF BASE CAMP IS IN SIGHT.”
“02H00 LOCAL TIME: SUMMITED EVEREST FOR 11th TIME. CHANGED PLAN AND WENT HARD EARLY, DORJE GYLGEN AND I TOOK BARE ESSENTIALS AND MADE IT TO ROOF OF WORLD IN TOTAL DARKNESS. WE CHALLENGED EACH OTHER ALL THE WAY AND CAN’T SAY WHO WON. DISAPPOINTMENT OF BEING EARLY AND NOT SEEING SUN RISE MADE GOOD WITH PRIVILEGE OF SITTING ALONE IN ABSOLUTE SILENCE WITH MY FRIEND JUST AS I’VE ALWAYS THINK HILARY AND TENZING DID. DORJE AND I LAUGHED AT THE STUPIDITY OF OUR SMALL HEAD-TORCHES BEAMING INTO NOTHING. THIS IS HALF TIME ONLY. BACK IN SOUTH COL. LHOTSE IS ON FOR TONIGHT. NUPTSE AND EVEREST ARE DONE. WE’RE FEELING STRONG. WE’RE GOING FOR IT.”
Kenton Cool, clearly a legend, is one of Total Heliski’s Heliski with Legends Programme hosts. The programme is a truly unique product, developed by Total Heliski in conjunction with some of the world’s top winter sports athletes. It allows you to have a once in a lifetime trip with a real ‘Legend’ as your personal host.
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