Everest Peace Project
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The Everest Peace Project is a peace organization based in the United States that promotes peace, teamwork and cultural understanding by climbing some of the highest peaks in the world by a team of individuals from various faiths and cultures.[1][2]
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[edit] Climbs
- In 2004 the Everest Peace Project had a world peace climb on Mt. Shasta to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace.[3]
- In 2005 the Everest Peace Project had a world peace climb on Mt. Kilimanjaro.[4]
- In 2006 the Everest Peace Project made world history by having a climb on Mt. Everest and on May 18th 2006, Dudu Yifrah made world history as he unfolded a sewn together Israeli / Palestinian flag on the summit of Everest.[5][6]
- In late 2007 a film titled Everest: A Climb for Peace documented the climb and the project.
[edit] The film
Everest: A Climb for Peace is a documentary about 9 people who climb Everest in the name of peace and is narrated by Orlando Bloom. The documentary has been hailed as a "tremendous achievement" by the Dalai Lama and has received his endorsement.[7]
[edit] Notes
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- ^ Climbers for EPP
- ^ Summits climbed
- ^ Seeking world peace and understanding on Mt. Everest
- ^ Mt. Kilimanjaro climbing
- ^ Review of Everest: A Climb for Peace
- ^ Israeli plants Palestinian flag on Mt. Everest
- ^ Malaysia Sun
