British mountaineer Kenton Cool (L) who summitted Mount Everest (8,849-metre) for the 17th time, the most summits by a non-Nepali, waves upon arriving at the airport in Kathmandu on May 19, 2023. Cool successfully climbed Mount Everest for the ninteenth time on May 18, 2025 extending his own record for the most summits on the world's highest mountain by a non-Nepali. (Photo by NISHA BHANDARI / AFP)