Kenton Cool

Kenton has been climbing for 18 years and in this time has established himself as one of the UK’s leading alpine climbers with an impressive list of difficult ascents. In recent years, Kenton has been taking the skills honed by many seasons in the Alps and Scotland to the Greater Ranges with significant 1st ascents in Alaska, India, Pakistan and Nepal.

These ascents reached a peak in 2003 with a major new route on Annapurna III (7,555m) for which Kenton, along with his two partners, were nominated for the prestigious Piolet D’Or Award in France. (An international award given to the best alpine-style ascent of the year). Kenton has been a popular and successful Expedition guide, having led a number of teams to summits in Nepal, including Ama Dablam.

In May 2006 he became the first and only Briton to climb Everest three times, successfully guiding clients to the summit on each occasion. With Dream Guides successful Cho Oyu expedition in October 2006, Kenton descended the world’s 6th highest mountain peak by ski. And if that’s not enough, in 2007, Kenton summited Everest twice – successfully guiding all Dream Guides’ clients to the top and in the process bringing his summit tally to eight. In 2009, Kenton guided Sir Ranulph Fiennes up the North Face of the Eiger and on Everest and in May, 2010, guided Bonita Norris, the youngest British woman ever to climb to the top of the world.

Thought as being at the top of his profession, one of the Elite IFMGA guides, Kenton has built a reputation on a willingness to take on the impossible, providing a service second to none and gaining the respect from peers as well as clients.