Everest Peace Project
The Everest Peace Project is an organization that consists of mountaineers who have come together to promote peace, teamwork, and cultural understanding through the medium of mountain climbing. The Everest Peace Project is not a religious organization nor does it have any political agenda. The project's mission is to inspire and to show that people from diverse backgrounds can unite together in a peaceful manner and accomplish amazing things.
Micha Yaniv, Jacada sponsored peace climber, has been living in Jerusalem and climbing since 1988. He received his B.S. degree in Physics and Mathematics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and now a climbing instructor for the Israeli army. Micha has rock, ice, and mountain climbed in the mountains of Switzerland, Italy, France and Peru, Nepal, and India. He was the chairman of the Israeli Alpine Club and has worked with the IAC for the last 10 years.
