CLIMBING EVEREST FOR PEACE

Words by Florence Pia G. Yu | Pictures by Everest Peace Project

Climbing the 29,000 ft Mount Everest in Nepal will be the first for Palestinian mountain climber Ali Bushnaq, and he is excited. "I keep thinking about the view from the top and my friends have asked me to bring back souvenirs. I think it will be great," he gushes.

He admits he worries a bit, adding that even his wife is uncomfortable bringing up for discussion his dance with death. His wife and three children have not asked anything from him, except one: "That I come back in one piece."

"And I'm going to come back with all my fingers and toes intact," he adds, grinning, "because you don't just come back. You need to come back in one piece." READ FULL STORY