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New EPP Video Gallery
By admin | June 16, 2008
Hi Everyone,
I am proud to say that I created (through the help of an amazing program) a really cool new video gallery. It took a while to figure it all out: but I am most happy because it came out looking so nice; I was even able to match up all the colors with the Web site so visually it fits right in. The most time consuming part was the touch up work with the videos, and the encoding into flash videos took the longest. I am hoping to include more video soon. I also included a nice little EPP promo in front of each video (some might find this annoying…but it is good for branding.) Thanks to Bobby Standridge the animation hero.
And so without further delay…check it out!
www.everestpeaceproject.org/dvd_video
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Keynote speech and screening of Everest: A Climb for Peace in SF Bay Area
By admin | May 27, 2008
Last saturday night on May 24th, I had the please of giving the keynote speech for the Center of Spiritual Enlightenment 6th Annual Spring Benefit Gala. It was held at the Triton Museum in Santa Clara, California. It was a formal affair and so this is one of the few times that anyone will ever see me dressed in a suit! (Below a rare picture!). It was a wondeful event and a wonderful evening (which also happened to be my 40th birthday…yes, I am officially now old!). There were about 150 people at the event and it was a lively and fun affair. The talk was about Everest, Peace, and following your true path in life. I was very happy to hear that people were inspired and truly enjoyed my speech.
Lance Trumbull giving the Keynote speech at a fundraising Gale for CSE
The following day - Sunday the 25th - we had a special screening of my film - Everest: A Climb for Peace at CSE headquarters in San Jose. It was an excellent event - this time, I could dress casually and so no suite or tie :)
There were about 100 people in attendance and the film was very well received. We sold out of DVDs quite quickly and I was mad at myself for not bringing more (next time…).
After the screening of the film, we had a very long question and answer period - at least 30 minutes - and it would have gone longer (people had lots of questions - which is always nice!), but the powers that be stopped it because it appeared that it could have gone all night and I think the people who helped set up the weekend were tired by this time (it was a long weekend)
After the event a long line of enthusiastic people, most who also saw me speak the night before lined up just to have a personal chat with me, have me sign posters or DVDs - and in a couple of cases - give me hugs! It was a moving experience, one in which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Lance the following day at CSE - giving a shorter talk and screening the film
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Lance Trumbull - Book a lecture / screening
By admin | May 22, 2008
Hi Everyone,
One of the things that gives me great excitement and fulfillment - and that I have a passion for is to speak in front of large groups and to give special screenings for my history-making and award winning Everest film - Everest: A Climb for Peace. I have had the pleasure of doing many speakings and screenings over the last many months and I am certaintly on planning to continue to do so.
One main plan that I have for this coming fall and winter is to do a college lecture and screening tour across the United States. I now have a great person who is helping me behind the screnes - his name is Lewis - he is an agent for GeoCinema (www.GeoCinema.com).
I put together the following 10 minute video (see below) to help get us in the door to various colleges - please check it out. I am also always looking to do other enagements and so if you would like me to speak at your work, school, or oganizations, please let me know.
Enjoy
Lance Trumbull speaking about Everest, the film, and showing some previous video clips
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Jamie McGuinness and Namgyal Sherpa do it again! - Everest Update!
By admin | May 20, 2008
The EPP would like to congratulate Jamie McGuinness and Namgyal Sherpa for once again summiting Mt. Everest this year. Namgyal Sherpa - the Sirdar (head Sherpa) for our Climb for Peace expedition in 2006 summited Everest on May 20th 2008. This is his 4th summit of Mt. Everest. And Jamie - the EPP climbing leader from 2006 and the leader of Project Himalaya (www.projecthimalaya.com) summited May 21st.
The Everest Peace Project is so proud of Namgyal and Jamie for their continued accomplishments. Both Namgyal and Jamie are still considered a part of The Everest Peace Project organization / team and both star in our film - Everest: A Climb for Peace
Summit Pictures from our Everest Climb for Peace expedition:
Everest for the 4th time on May 21st, 2008 - Jamie McGuinness
Namgyal Summits Everest for a 4th time on May 20th, 2008!
Update: The summits were confirmed by Jamie via email.
From Mounteverest.net - To hear Jamie from the summit please click here:
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EPP on the radio in SF Bay Area
By admin | May 19, 2008
Hi Everyone,
Sorry I have not written in so long…no excuse on my end.
Yesterday I had a radio interview with Diane Solomon of KKUP in Cupertino, California. The station describes itself as an “e
I called into the station from my home in Portland. It is always a bit strange doing a call in interview - for there is no one to bounce your talking points off of, no feedback or personal contact - you talk and then there is just silence and you wonder - am I still on the radio? It does not feel like a conversation but more like a speech - that you are not sure how long it should last…and to make it a bit more difficult this time was that I was getting some echo / delay on my end and so I would hear myself talk - which can be a bit hard to deal with at times….Still, Diane had some great questions and I had an opportunity to plug an event this coming weekend: I will be giving a keynote speech on Saturday May 24 for a peace organization in San Jose and then on the following day - Sunday the 25th, I will be giving a special screening of my film - Everest: A Climb for Peace.
To learn more, please click on the following link to download a flyer to the event: http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/EPP_movie_screening_v5.pdf - I hope to see some of you there!
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Tibetan Community Center Film Screening in Portland
By admin | April 28, 2008
Last Saturday we had a wonderful event - a charity screening in Portland, Oregon at the Tibetan Community Center. It was a well attended screening with a nice mixture of Tibetans, Nepalese, and Americans. Screening the film in a Tibetan place of worship was wonderful and hopefully our karma was enhanced more as we raised several hundred dollars for the education of my young Nepalese friend, Maya.
I met Maya while I was living in Kathmandu 6 years ago. The Everest Peace Project office was originally located in Thamel - a tourist and area in Kathmandu. I would see Maya almost everyday; she was a sweet, poor street kid who would always carry her brother on her back - she would often sell purses or beg for food from the tourists. We became friends and over the years, we have stayed in contact with Maya and her family and The Everest Peace Project did what we could to help her and her family with food and clothing. As Maya grew older and became a teenager, I became more worried about what she would grow into without a proper education and so last year we enrolled Maya into the Trishakti English Boarding School in Kathmandu - a very good school in the Kathmandu Valley. Maya recently finished near the top of her class and continues to excel in her education; we are very proud of her. I am in contact with Maya as she now emails me and will often instant message me with MSN messenger. My good friend Kiran, who lives in Nepal and who helped me find the school for Maya - also helps watch over her and makes sure that all money sent goes directly to her school and that Maya has books and clothing and is properly taken care of.
For those who want to donate to help further Maya’s education, please contact me direct (info@everestpeaceproject.org) - 100% of all donations specifically for Maya will go directly to her education.
Maya in Nepal in 2003
The Tibetan Community Center Screening April 26th, 2008
Prachin, Lance, Dillu, and Samdup at the Tibetan Community Center
Special thanks again to Prachin, Dillu, Samdup, Mingma and the Nepalese and Tibetan Communities of Portland for making this event a great success and for helping us raise hundreds of dollars for Maya’s education. Thanks everyone!
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Award, Review, and upcoming event
By admin | April 23, 2008
Hi Everyone,
Yesterday was a good day; I got confirmation that we won a Gold REMI award at the Houston WorldFest Film Festival. This is of course, nice - as it is always great to be appreciated and noticed for your hard work and so I am very happy about the award.
We also got a nice review from an adventure site called The Adventurist http://thehendricksreport.wordpress.com/ - a great relatively new adventure site which has excellent and well written articles - and along with www.Mounteverest.net should be added to as a great source of adventure news. To see the review you can go here: http://thehendricksreport.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/everest-a-climb-for-peace-an-adventurist-film-review/.
Again, it is wonderful to be recognized not only by awards but by the words of critics and everyday viewers of the film.
Coming up next: I will be speaking and screening Everest: A Climb for Peace at the Tibetan Community Center here in Portland, Oregon this Saturday. It should be great to be around lots of smiling Tibetans and Sherpas. It will also be a charity event. To see the info flyer, please click here: http://www.everestpeaceproject.org/eppmovieevent-final.pdf
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EPP Film in Chicago - Illinois Institute of Technolgy
By admin | April 18, 2008
While Wanda Vivequin was screening my film in Jasper, Alberta Canada (see previous blog entry) - I had the fortune to be screening the film for students and faculty at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
It started off a bit bumpy - literally! The landing of the plane was quite scary - a very rough landing - BOOM - as a hardcover book came flying down the middle of the plane…but it certainly got much better from there. As my host Lynne Meyer picked me up I realized just how hungry I was - and being that I was in Chicago for the first time, what better idea than to try real Chicago Style Pizza! We went to a place called Connie’s - and damn - it was incredible! If you are ever in Chicago this is a must stop place for pizza!
And then it was off to the school. The building where we screened the room literally had a train going thru it…it was a bizarre place and the architecture layout seemed like it was done by a guy on who must have been on some psychedelic mushrooms! - seriously.
The auditorium was very nice - there was also a great layout of food (great cookies!). The faculty and students were enthusiastic and we had some great and interesting questions; I ended up staying an extra half an hour to speak to people after the event. It was a warm and enjoyable screening.
It was a very quick trip to the Windy City - but a very memorable one. I hope to go back again sometime soon…
Below picture - Lance with some of the faculty.
Lynne, Lance, Priscilla, and Kevin at the screening
Pete and Lance (the last time I saw my friend Pete was in Nepal 7 years ago!)
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2nd EPP Film Charity Screening in Canada for hospital in Nepal
By admin | April 18, 2008
On April 17 a group of over 120 people gathered at the Downstream Bar in Jasper, Alberta to watch the film - Everest: A Climb for Peace. The film was introduced by EPP volunteer Wanda Vivequin who is presently raising funds for the Citta Hospital in Western Nepal.
“It was an amazing turnout for this small community and what a wonderful venue in the cozy Downstream Bar which was almost bursting to capacity,” said Wanda. “Entry was by donation and with an Everest book as a door prize we were able to collect over $650 for the project which equates to about 10 cataract surgeries in Humla.”
The evening was put together by Parks Canada staff member Carol Doering who has been to Nepal and who has trekked with Wanda, ably assisted by Bob Covey who collected donation. The reactions of people to watching the film ranged from awe at the cinematography and footage on the mountain to one lady who said she felt like she should “dream bigger after seeing Everest: A Climb for Peace.”
It was a very successful screening with many people staying on afterwards to talk to Wanda about Nepal, the EPP, Lance Trumbull’s work and how they could get involved.
Once again the film Everest: A Climb for Peace has reached out to people and showed how great things can be achieved even with a group of people of diverse backgrounds, cultures and religion.
This was the second charity screening of the EPP film that Wanda has put together - so far she has raised almost $2000 for the Citta Hospital in Western Nepal by screening Everest: A Climb for Peace in just 2 weeks! Thanks Wanda and thanks for everyone in Jasper!
Wanda and Bob Covey at the door taking donations
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New EPP Library for Kids in Nepal - update
By admin | April 16, 2008
New EPP Library for Kids in Nepal - update
We are very happy and proud to share the overview and some wonderful new pictures of the second library / Reading Room that The Everest Peace Project helped fund last year.
Name of the School: Shree Janakalyan Secondary School
Location: In the Lumbini area in Dudharakshya Village which is about 23 kilometers from Butwal in central, southern Nepal.
Number of villages served: 6
Number of households served: 600
Total population or area served: 4000
Students served: 800
The Reading Room established in this school is located in two rooms on the first floor of the main building. One of the rooms is used for books and the other is for a Reading Room. The room sizes are 23 x 18 ft. Each wall of the library is cheerfully painted a different color and the floors are carpeted.Some wonderful pictures:
Our educational partner and the organization that helped make this happen is Room to Read - www.RoomtoRead.org - an incredible non-profit that has now helped build / fund 442 schools and over 5100 bilingual libaries!
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