KATHMANDU ¨C Two Britons and a Mexican have become the first foreigners to climb Mount Everest from the Nepali side since disasters in 2014 and 2015 killed dozens and forced mountaineers off the world¡¯s tallest peak.
Briton Kenton Cool, 42, and David Liano Gonzalez, 36, of Mexico, reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit at 8:24 a.m. Thursday, said Ang Tshering Sherpa, chief of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
¡°They reached the top with three Nepali Sherpa guides,¡± he told Reuters in Kathmandu after contacting the team on the mountain.
Robert Richard Lucas, a 47-year-old Briton, also climbed with the group, said Ishwari Paudel of the Himalayan Guides hiking group, his local organizer.
¡°All climbers are on their way down,¡± Paudel said.
A nine-man Sherpa team reached the summit on Wednesday after setting ropes on the final stretch in time for the first clear weather window of this year¡¯s campaign to open.
Around 100 climbers are readying to make their final assault in the coming days out of a total of 289 who have received Everest permits.
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