Adventurers' Club News Nov 2009 - The Adventurers

Minutes – October 15 & 22, 2009zil. Percy served as a spy for the U. K. inWorld War I and then returned to Bolivia.He was looking for the Lost City of Zwhen he disappeared in 1925. More than100 persons have died looking for him.Shane rode the death train from SantaCruz to the Border with Brazil. It was sonamedbecause it used to carry the deadminers.He then toured the Pantanal, the largestwetlands in the world, in southwest Brazil.He viewed capybara, caymans, piranha,marsh deer, rhea, hyacinth macaw, toucanand other fauna. In the river were fishweighing 40 to 60 pounds.Shane then took an overnight bus fromBonito to Iguassu Falls. Of course, hisslides were magnificent.Undaunted he embarked on a 26-hourovernight bus to Paraty near Rio. Paraty isa colonial town and the main port fromwhich gold was shipped to Portugal.He finished his trip in Rio where heviewed a soccer (futbol) game in MaracanaStadium and took a tour of the favelas,notoriously poor slums.Meeting: October 22, 2009Jay Foonberg returned from a week inMadrid. He has now visited 150 to 175countries. But he got his pocket picked forthe first time. He believes there was collusionbetween the clerk at the register wherehe shopped and a thief outside the store.Mort Loveman returned from a 4,287-mile cruise through the Caribbean and PanamaCanal. He was able to get off the shipat Gatun Lakes and photograph the locks.He also saw stingray city in Grand Cayman.Claude Hulet has set in motion his 33 rdsymposium on Portuguese traditions atUCLA on April 17 th and 18 th . Each personis introduced by name and title of theirpaper. There are no elaborate biographiesgiven.Jim Heaton noted the deadline for Adventurerof the Year ballots is October 29 th .This is because they have to be countedand presented to the Board. After approval,the appropriate awards have to be inscribed.He said that Steve Lawson wouldbe a good candidate for discovering thewreckage of two ships during the year.Others mentioned were Pierre Odier andJim Dorsey.Bob Walters showed some nice oldwoodcuts. One was of troops goingthrough rifle drills at West Point. Anotherwas of a hunting party attacked by a bearin the Hindu Kush. Another showedshowed to two Anglos and two Arabs oncamels with rifles pointed at each other.And one showed Scots and Blacks in an1881 battle in the Transvaal. The detail wasevident.Roy Roush was interviewed for 30 minuteson radio in Ventura. He advocated thedropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshimabecause it killed less of the enemy andprovoked a bigger response to ending the war.Vince Weatherby and Robert DeMottvisited John Booth at his home. He wasreleased from the convalescent hospital butNovember, 200914ADVENTURERS’ CLUB NEWS