As can be expected, the recent humanitarian crisis in Syria elicits many emotions and perhaps some serious debate. Of course it has also opened a platform for bigotry, intolerance and pure racism. Sadly, the focus of this particular article is alarmingly close to home. The manager of a hotel in Banff National Park felt it appropriate to post - on Facebook - an image of the … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
Flag Not Required… No Need to Export Patriotism
This is an issue I have wrestled with for some time. In a recent conversation I did not feel I had articulated my point as well as I should have. So here we go…. Travel is often called the best education - both structured and unintended. The visitor, one would hope, should be the most affected by the experience in a learning context But of course the visitee will also be … [Read more...]
Falling from 8000 feet – How did we survive?
Falling from 8000 ft - How did we survive! Well, we actually survived because it really is not very dangerous. And we don’t fall. The recent article from the CBC about a Daredevil Climber is the sort of fluff that denigrates the public broadcaster, my home community and amateur mountaineers the world over. I know nothing about the ‘daredevil’ Spencer Seabrooke, but I do … [Read more...]
