Peace through Climbing · Apr 8 by Kurt Peterson
I was blessed to attend Tonya Riggs’ presentation last Fall in Charlottesville when she spoke about the role she played as a team member of the Everest Peace Project. After a successful climb of Mount Everest in 2006, she relayed the message that she and her teammates (Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, among others) successfully brought to the world proving that peace is attainable regardless of religious and cultural differences.
We are pleased to host Tonya once again as she presents the newly finished documentary film by Lance Trumbull and narrated by Orlando Bloom. Catch it Thursday, April 10th at our Richmond, VA store and Friday, April 11th at our Virginia Beach store, 7pm both nights.
And who better to endorse it than a Nobel Peace Prize winner making the news lately:
“I am always impressed when, in addition to words of support, people actually undergo some physical hardship to further the cause of peace. Undertaking to climb Mount Everest under any circumstances takes great courage. The Everest Peace Project’s film Everest: A Climb for Peace is a tremendous achievement from several points of view. Not only does it document a spectacular climb of the world’s tallest mountain, but it also shows how the project brought together people from different faiths and cultures, who worked successfully as a team to accomplish their goal. It reinforces my strong belief that if we adopt the right approach and make a determined effort, cooperation, trust and understanding can always be established for a true and worthy cause.”
– His Holiness the Dalai Llama
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