India, May 18 -- A British mountain guide, Kenton Cool, has climbed Mount Everest for the 19th time, setting a new record for the most ascents by a non-Sherpa climber.

Iswari Paudel of Himalayan Guides Nepal, which equipped Kent's expedition, said Kenton Cool, 51, from southwest England, scaled the 8,849-metre peak on Sunday along with several other climbers and he was doing well and on way down from the summit, as reported by AP news agnecy report.

Kenton Cool first climbed Everest in 2004 and has returned almost every year since.

He could not climb in 2014 when the season was cancelled after 16 Sherpa guides died in an avalanche. In 2015, he missed the season again after an earthquake triggered another deadly avalanche that killed 19...