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Scouts get support from Everest hero.

From: Evening Courier (Halifax, England)  |  Date: 11/3/2007

A FAMOUS British mountaineer is the latest person to give support to a team, including some of Cald-erdale's most senior Scouts, who are planning an expedition to Nepal.

Doug Scott, the first British climber to reach the summit of Everest in the autumn of 1975, is to give a talk to help raise funds for a group of 43 West Yorkshire Scouts travelling to a remote Himalayan village to build a school and clean water supply.

The Scouts, 10 of whom are from Calderdale, will have to ...

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