Climbing – Page 2 – writesimon

Of Pulque and Popo:

After enjoying Mexico’s cactus beer, I decided to climb the volcano that towers over Mexico city. Then, dammit, I did it again, But as Hericlitis said, you never climb the same mountain twice.

First Knock Door

When Victor found I had an Ewondo girlfriend from the Centre Province, he asked me if I was a serious man.

“If you are a serious man, you need to know how to dote your love,” he said. “I will tell you how to go see her father.”

The Ewondo live in the French speaking Centre province, so I asked, “How do you know about the Ewondo?”

“I had a love from there,” he told me. “You must be ready for what will happen. It is called the First Knock Door. When you go to see the father to ask for his daughter, you will say to the father, ‘You have a nice flower in the family that I love’.”

Canadian Customs boards US warship

I felt sick as I waited to board the USS Roark- would I get shot by the US Navy?

Nuclear Subs Deep Trouble

Stopping Canada buying nuclear submarines In the middle of the summer of 1988, I got an urgent call to go to the Greenpeace Toronto office to meet with Steve Shallhorn Canada’s Nuclear Free Seas campaigner. Steve got straight to the point: he wanted me to plan an action in Ottawa in a few weeks. IContinue reading “Nuclear Subs Deep Trouble”

A Princess or an ice-axe?

The Himalayan Institute of Mountaineering, Manali Part 1 Simon Waters I was sitting looking into the beautiful brown eyes of a stunning, sari-clad princess, at a party in Dehli, when my father came up. “There is someone over here I think you ought to meet”. “I’ll just be a few minutes Jake”, I replied, andContinue reading “A Princess or an ice-axe?”