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David Tait's 2013 Expedition to Everest to Stop Child Abuse

www.davidtait.com My friend David Tait is busy preparing for his forthcoming expedition, starting March 29, to summit Everest for his sixth time, to raise money for the NSPCC and awareness of child sexual abuse, of which David himself was a victim as a ten year old child. British Mountaineer and NSPCC campaigner, David Tait. He was the first westerner to  traverse Everest North-South  in 2007 - he climbed the north side and descended the south side, along with  his  Sherpa  climbing companion,  Phurba Tashi , who was the first non-westerner to accomplish the north-south traverse. The North Ridge route, from the Tibetan side of Everest, involves spending longer periods at higher altitudes than the South Side (which Sir Edmund Hillary first climbed in 1953 - please see below), and also involves using ladders and more challenging rock climbing on the steep steps of the North Ridge route. In fact, when David achieved this remarkable feat, his original intention