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| Two Britons among first foreigners to summit Everest in two years | Two Britons among first foreigners to summit Everest in two years |
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| Officials say two Britons and a Mexican, with three Nepalese guides, have become the first foreigners to reach the summit of Mount Everest in two years. | |
| Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said the six climbers reached the 8,850m (29,035ft) peak early on Thursday and were already returning to lower camps. | |
| The climbers were named as Kenton Cool and Robert Richard Lucas from Britain, and David Liaño Gonzalez from Mexico. | |
| A group of nine Nepalese guides fixing ropes for their foreign clients reached the summit on Wednesday. | A group of nine Nepalese guides fixing ropes for their foreign clients reached the summit on Wednesday. |
| Last year’s climbing season was cancelled after an avalanche triggered by a powerful earthquake killed at least 18 climbers at base camp. In 2014, 16 Sherpa climbing guides were killed by an avalanche in the dangerous Khumbu icefall. |