{"id":264,"date":"2024-02-05T07:48:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T07:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/?post_type=champion&#038;p=264"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:53:33","slug":"kenton-cool","status":"publish","type":"champion","link":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/os-champions\/kenton-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenton Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<article id=\"block_81370f8dba95b0109954cfb54b74322f\" class=\"Champion radial radial--bg-2  c-small default \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"Champion__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/champ2020_kentonc_thumb.jpg\" class=\"img skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"champ2020_KentonC_thumb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/champ2020_kentonc_thumb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/champ2020_kentonc_thumb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/champ2020_kentonc_thumb-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"Champion__categories\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/os-champions\/\" class=\"category\">OS Champion<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"Champion__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\tKenton Cool\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"InnerBlocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lead\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Kenton Cool is one of the world\u2019s leading high-altitude climbers, and it&#8217;s fair to say that he&#8217;s really passionate about the outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has successfully climbed Mount Everest 17 times (a non-Sherpa record!), having first been introduced to mountaineering when he first read about Hillary and Norgay\u2019s first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1996 he suffered a fall and shattered both heel bones. 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