As climbers start arriving for the Himalayan spring season, the Eiger witnesses a significant female ascent.
Kenton Cool to climb world's three highest peaks… in three months
World-leading high altitude mountaineer Kenton Cool, famous for summiting Mount Everest an astonishing 11 times, is planning to take climbing to new levels of endurance, discipline and capability in his most daring expedition yet: The Himalayan Trilogy. This is Kenton’s quest for personal excellence and spiritual satisfaction, in what will be one of the most epic feats of human endurance ever …
Tickets released for Kendal 2013
Tickets are now on sale for the Kendal Mountain Festival 2013, a weekend-long event featuring the latest adventure films, inspirational speakers, art exhibitions and mountain literature. Running from 14 – 17 November, this year’s festival will see outdoor talent from around the globe gather in Cumbria. US alpinist Kelly Cordes, Everest mountaineer Kenton Cool, world renowned female climbers Shauna Coxsey, …
Win a walk with Kenton Cool and Lakpa Rita
Would you like the chance to spend a day on the hills with Everest mountaineers Kenton Cool and Lakpa Rita Sherpa? If so, don’t miss your chance to enter the BMC’s latest outdoor competition. Four lucky winners will make their way to the Lake District on October 23 where they will join Kenton and Lakpa (along with the Sherpa Adventure …
Everest Uncovered lectures
Legendary Alpinist Kenton Cool and Senior Mountain Guide Lakpa Rita Sherpa are set to hold a series of lectures this autumn, giving both a western and Sherpa viewpoint of what it’s like to climb the world’s highest mountain. The evening lectures, entitled ‘Everest Uncovered’, will take place between October 22 and 25, with the Sherpa Adventure Gear athletes travelling first …
Cool bags Everest 'Three Peaks'
Serial Everest bagger Kenton Cool has broken his own British record by summiting Everest for the 11th time. Not content with adding to his Everest summit haul, Cool has also climbed neighbouring Nuptse and Lhotse to become the first person to climb all three peaks in one push. However, controversy may ensue after Cool’s PR agency claimed that he was …
Editor's Blog: the future of Mountain Training
Welcome to my first Editor’s Blog, in which I’ll be writing about some of the outdoor events, gatherings and industry days I attend as part of my job as Trek & Mountain Editor/Publisher – and also some of the stuff from hill days, treks and expeditions I go on that I can’t find space for in the magazine. Hopefully you’ll …
Signed Everest paintings auctioned for charity
A 25-strong team from St. James’s Place Wealth Management will be trekking to Everest Base Camp in early April, raising funds for their Company Foundation, which has so far made grants in excess of £20 million over the last 20 years. As part of the fund-raising efforts, an Aberdeenshire-based artist, Peter Goodfellow, was commissioned to paint two paintings of Everest, …
Interview: Kenton Cool
Having recently achieved his ninth (yup, ninth) summit of Everest, Kenton Cool tells Trek & Mountain how he got to the top of the guiding game, and what the future holds… Having successfully summited Mount Everest for the ninth time last month, Kenton Cool now holds the British world record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain. But …