Photos from the Freedom Climb event for Tibet and Taiwan at Mount Washington, New Hampshire
June 03, 2010
The flags of Tibet and Taiwan at the summit of New England's tallest mountain, Mount Washington.
On May 29th, we held our first Freedom Climb event at Mount Washington in Gorham, New Hampshire for human rights and freedom for Tibet and Taiwan. The entire group successfully reached the summit from the Pinkham Notch area to the summit via the Tuckerman's Ravine Trail and the Lion Head Trail.
The weather was perfect and the view was simply amazing as we reached the alpine zone above the tree line. Beyond the good conversation, friendship, exercise and fun, we all felt the strong mission to speak up and take a stand regardless of how simple or small. For us on this day it was to climb Mount Washington, the tallest mountain in the eastern part of United States with our flags for Tibetan and Taiwanese freedom.
Many hikers on the trails along the way were encouraged by what we were doing and had a quick chance to learn about Tibet and Taiwan. The responses were very positive and supportive.
Near the very top of the summit we paused to set up a string of prayer flags kindly provided to us by our friends at The Tibetan Arts store in Porter Square near Cambridge / Somerville, Massachusetts. These flags flew beautifully in the alpine wind as a steady blessing for all beings everywhere.
After this first successful Freedom Climb event we intend to have more in the future as we endeavor to continue with our activities to speak out as best we can with compassion and effort for human rights and freedom for Tibet and Taiwan. Please check back with us here on our site from time to time for any up-dates and news.
Our special thanks to everyone who came and supported us and took the time to consider and think more deeply about these important issues facing Tibet, China and Taiwan and in fact all of humanity.
As we are all inter-connected in this small world, we can not afford to allow human rights and freedom to fall short anywhere. If we just passively look on as human rights fall in China and elsewhere, should we be all too surprised if some day those very same rights and freedoms violations come to our own shores as well?
At the very least it is important that we all do something and take some small effort. This way in this life and in this world regardless of the outcome, there will be no regret.
