Tis the season and all.
Apr. 22nd, 2013 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ericcolemanDavid Tait
His blog posts are wonderful. This is the guy who attempted the double traverse in 2007. Up one side, down the other and then back. He gave up after realizing that he really was out of his league. Mostly because of Sherpa Phurba Tashi, who has ascended Everest 19 times, including three times in one season. As it says on Phurba Tashi's wikipedia page "Tait said that his decision was influenced by his belief that Phurba Tashi was a far superior climber and would have allowed him all the glory had they continued."
Few climbers reach that realization. Not to say that Tait isn't good at what he does. In 2009 he went up with the Sherpas who were placing ropes. So, a couple of weeks to a month before anyone else but the Sherpas would dare to think about it.
His blog posts are wonderful. This is the guy who attempted the double traverse in 2007. Up one side, down the other and then back. He gave up after realizing that he really was out of his league. Mostly because of Sherpa Phurba Tashi, who has ascended Everest 19 times, including three times in one season. As it says on Phurba Tashi's wikipedia page "Tait said that his decision was influenced by his belief that Phurba Tashi was a far superior climber and would have allowed him all the glory had they continued."
Few climbers reach that realization. Not to say that Tait isn't good at what he does. In 2009 he went up with the Sherpas who were placing ropes. So, a couple of weeks to a month before anyone else but the Sherpas would dare to think about it.
