Everest Peace Project

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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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/peace_climbers.php |title=Peace Climbers |access-date=2008-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423010346/http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/peace_climbers.php |archive-date=2008-04-23 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/south_asia/2617381.stm|title=Multi-faith bid to scale Everest|last=Sharma|first=Sushil|date=December 31, 2002|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-12-19}}

Climbs

In 2004 the Everest Peace Project climbed Mount Shasta to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace.{{Cite web |url=http://www.svcn.com/archives/sunnyvalesun/20080109/community2.shtml |title=Seeking world peace and understanding on Mt. Everest |access-date=2008-05-02 |archive-date=2008-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709052327/http://www.svcn.com/archives/sunnyvalesun/20080109/community2.shtml |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.losaltosonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6819&Itemid=153 |title=Review of Everest: A Climb for Peace |access-date=2008-12-11 |archive-date=2012-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102110000/http://www.losaltosonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6819&Itemid=153 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3252871,00.html Israeli plants Palestinian flag on Mt. Everest] 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.{{cite web|url=http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f825b92e19df636a/id/305001/cs/1/|title=Dalai Lama heaps praise on Orlando Bloom's 'Everest: A Climb for Peace'|date=November 30, 2007|publisher=Malaysia Sun|access-date=2008-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926180220/http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f825b92e19df636a/id/305001/cs/1/|archive-date=September 26, 2008|url-status=dead}}

References

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{{cite web|title=Everest: A Climb for Peace|url=http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/epp_media_kit.pdf|publisher=www.everestpeaceproject.org|access-date=2010-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726042704/http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/epp_media_kit.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-26|url-status=dead}}

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External links

[http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418080956/http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/ |date=2008-04-18 }}

Category:Peace organizations based in the United States