It’s all in the title. ICP Solar has sponsored the Everest Peace Project as the primary supplier of power. We’ve supplied both Coleman and Sunsei solar panels (depending on application) and will look forward to hearing how our products stood up to the “Everest test”.
This project is about peace. It features climbers who are Israeli and Palestinian, amongst others, joining together to promote unity and harmony in the world. What better opportunity for us to join in and support it.
When I heard about the combination of the challenge and team member make-up, I couldn’t help myself. We donated larger Sunsei panels and our new charge controllers for base camp, and the lighter Coleman self-enclosed portable units for the higher camps where less equipment is used yet just as important to have recharging power.
Kudos go out to Lance and his team for this effort (they are currently caught in the strike in Indonesia yet believe they will get through to their ultimate destination shortly) and to the ICP Solar team from Dallas to Montreal for making the delivery of panels to them in super speed.
I can’t wait to see the first pictures. I’ll post any that pop up of our solar system at base camp Mt. Everest on my solar blog. If this project just helps a few palestinian and israeli kids hear the wonderful story of how two adults of their community worked together in harmony towards a common goal, and if that story moves them to a more peaceful position, then these will become just a few more small steps which continue to support the momentum towards the ultimate destination of peace between their people.
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