Everest Peace Project Explained

The Everest Peace Project is an 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]

Italic Title:	no
Everest: A Climb for Peace
Director:	Lance Trumbull
Producer:	Billy Marchese, Lance Trumbull, David M. Call, Lisa Tauscher, Laticia Headings
Narrator:	Orlando Bloom
Music:	Erik Mongrain, James T. Sale
Cinematography:	Brad Clement
Editing:	Billy Marchese
Runtime:	63 min
Language:	English

Climbs

In 2004 the Everest Peace Project climbed Mount Shasta to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace.^[3]
In 2005 the Everest Peace Project climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
In 2006 the Everest Peace Project climbed Mount Everest on May 18; the summit was reached by a trio composed of two Israelis (Dudu Yifrah and Micha Yaniv) and a Palestinian (Ali Bushnaq); Yifrah unfolded a sewn together Israeli–Palestinian flag on the summit of Everest.^[4] ^[5] The climb is the main focus of the documentary film Everest: A Climb for Peace, narrated by Orlando Bloom. The documentary has been hailed as a "tremendous achievement" by the Dalai Lama and has received his endorsement.^[6]

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Peace Climbers . 2008-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423010346/http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/peace_climbers.php . 2008-04-23 . dead .
Web site: Multi-faith bid to scale Everest. Sharma. Sushil. December 31, 2002. BBC. 2008-12-19.
Web site: Seeking world peace and understanding on Mt. Everest . 2008-05-02 . 2008-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080709052327/http://www.svcn.com/archives/sunnyvalesun/20080109/community2.shtml . dead .
Web site: Review of Everest: A Climb for Peace . 2008-12-11 . 2012-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102110000/http://www.losaltosonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6819&Itemid=153 . dead .
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3252871,00.html Israeli plants Palestinian flag on Mt. Everest
Web site: Dalai Lama heaps praise on Orlando Bloom's 'Everest: A Climb for Peace'. November 30, 2007. Malaysia Sun. 2008-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080926180220/http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f825b92e19df636a/id/305001/cs/1/. September 26, 2008. dead.