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NEAR YOU: Tackling Craddle Mountain time to help less fortunate children

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9 OCT 12 @ 04:30PM BY ANDREW PRIESTLEY

Vanessa Porter, Liesel Edis, Trudie Hurt and Tiffany Jones will climb Cradle Mountain next month for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation.

FIVE peninsula women are tackling Cradle Mountain to raise funds for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation.

Trudie Hurt, Liesel Edis, Michelle Tea, Rebecca Edwards and Elizabeth Rady will join a group of up to 90 women from across Australia for Humpty's Hike.

The trek, from November 22 to 25, will take them through 15km of picturesque natural surroundings on the way to the summit of the mountain in northwest Tasmania.

Mrs Hurt, who helped to instigate Humpty's Hike events three years ago, said she was driven to help families less fortunate than her own. "We have healthy children but we know of people and we've heard many stories of people who have not been as fortunate," she said.

"We wanted to be able to provide that support to other people in those circumstances."

The Humpty Dumpty Foundation raises funds for medical equipment to help sick children in hospitals around Australia.

This is the third Humpty's Hike, following treks up Mount Kosciuszko in 2010 and 2011.

Mrs Hurt said the group was looking and training for a "new challenge" and decided to tackle Cradle Mountain.

To support the cause, go to humpty.com.au.