From John Lonsdale-Eccles
Are mountaineers made of sterner stuff than seafarers? The chart on the front
of the Olde Buzzards pale ale may well not be suitable for maritime navigation
(Feedback, 26 August).
But the label from a can of corned beef aided Felice
Benuzzi and two fellow Italian prisoners of war to escape the tedium of camp
life and climb Mount Kenya. Benuzzi describes his exploits in No Picnic on
Mount Kenya (William Kimber, 1999). Or perhaps the contents of the
containers have different effects on the navigational abilities of the
users.
Eccles1@aol.com
