It is the vision of one person who on a mountain top in India decided that he wanted to do something for the world. On October 2nd, 2002 while trekking in Ladakh, India - Lance Trumbull was 15,000 feet high - overlooking one of the most incredible valleys he had ever seen when a vision or a sudden burst of inspiration overcame him. It was freezing outside, but the intensity of his vision was keeping him warm....Only an hour had passed but within that short period of time Lance had envisioned his new mission in life - never before had his life's purpose been so clear: he was going to organize an Everest Climb for Peace that would promote a global community of peace, teamwork, and cultural understanding. He was going back to Mt. Everest-the place that he had been fascinated with for the last several years-the place that he had traveled to twice in the last twelve months.
This initial individual experience has led to what you see before you: a global group effort that has branched out and has already touched and inspired millions of people across the globe. The Everest Peace Project is a project that recently made world history by uniting Palestinian and Israelis - along with others from various faiths and cultures to the highest summit on earth - "Uniting the World on the Top of the World."
The Everest Peace Climbers were perhaps the most culturally diverse team ever assembled on an Everest expedition.
The Everest Peace Project web site was launched over five years ago and so far it has been viewed by people from nearly 200 different countries. In early 2003 the BBC did a news story on The Everest Peace Project and since then there have been over 200 internet and print articles written about the EPP. In September 2004 - most of the Everest team came from all over the world to have a special team building and peace climb on the United Nations International Day of Peace - they filmed this climb and made a promotional film about this special event. In July 2005, part of the EPP climbing team came together in Africa and had an extremely successful
Kilimanjaro Climb for Peace in which the team raised the EPP and the UN flag - a symbol of unity and international cooperation on the summit. And on May 18th, 2006 - The Everest Peace Project made history by having the first Palestinian/Israeli summit push and Israeli Dudu Yifrah made a bold and heroic statement of peace and friendship when he unfolded a joint (sewn together) Israeli/Palestinian flag on the summit of Everest. The
Everest Climb for Peace team summited 10 climbers on this historic day. On November 26th, 2007 -the history-making Everest filn,
Everest: A Climb for Peace came out on DVD. The film is narrated by Orlando Bloom and hailed by the Dalai Lama as a "tremendous achievement."
To view the film's Web site, please click on this link.
More Informative Links:
Overview of the Project
Our Goals
How We Will Promote Peace
Why Climb Mountains for Peace
Click Here and See Teamwork in Action!
Click Here to Learn about our Kilimanjaro Climb for Peace
URI
URI: The EPP is member of URI (
www.uri.org), an interfaith global community dedicated to peace. |
Micha Yaniv (Israel), Ali Bushnaq (Palestine), Dudu Yifrah (Israel)
Dudu Yifrah on the summit of Everest with a joint Israeli/Palestinian flag
EPP climbers Tonya Riggs & Namgyal Sherpa on the summit w/the EPP flag
Selebelo Selamolela (Africa) on the summit of Mt. Everest
