THROUGH S. AMERICA

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 128, 22 January 1932, Page 6

THROUGH S. AMERICA

AN EPIC JOV^ISY ■ | THOU5ANDS CF HILLES CTi FVOT THROUGH GREAT HUGGS^ COUHTHY A ROTORUA VISXTGR , In this age of motoring, the art of travel by horse and foot l:; rapial^, being forgotten, hui theve srr.' s'-il; men who prefer 'the cpf n road on foot to ra c ing the r:i!e.; away frevr the driving seat of a e:;r. One oi these and a man with a rY -i\ -r.A philosophy o£ lifo is ivLehel Staeriicki, the young Po"o v.vo V eb pvesent in Rotorua on the ":/t k:p oi" v. journey round the world on ::oH Expressed in his own qun*"it bvogon English. Michel Siarln'ehi rrefer^ T'.i-* own legs and a gcod stone nr.ir of walking boots to any :;rit«'-n:ob>:o t'vu was ever niade. The only way to ec». the eountry and -ro tt. iv foot, according to A". ro; he is not talkinn; from Thoery oi:; from hard exner'euer. Although t'ov 1" H koha - U-0?; soeing the wov.d on ,vv>. vo*.-:'op his passage fr«m vv- uev "ari to another, thf-e 7 v" F.r :u'vertising "c-.tnntor" a'' • a- ; young Polo. 51? v • y i.v its own sake, and -7. • va'i-.r-y through Europe, h ilf .v:: aor":; sia, and through the iri" . v:x • of South America. he. i*' «*,'.« .ct >y «.'*'> ting off on a ta;h, vYlch a loodeen edition of the tegcr>V.v'y ?vo.v.\_ven8itions of the "Wr.ndenng dv Ten Years ci* 7/"U" "?r!o.g Men have gone f n .* .* another on slrat o V.n : : ; y a-u: :y perambulator?. ?.n7 -w« t e: *' v: o "e. and even thc;r onn . - oi tb-:*:v is nothing frc-akNy. nlvut ? ••*. Scndnicki's attempt. He 7 icvward quite crknly to ton y -v wandering thi-High o: t;:e ■»•.*:*;»* and unknovn : of : ■ au-. he appears to I'ega.Tol :t ' h ti" .-'•.nnf anticipatien as t'.et 1 "' ( =: Fvordinary o : ; camping holi hiy. Although !.;• h1 h'i; e in expres nhi;:' I ho * ' • • ■ • English, Jlr. ihehh " ' able to give a "Pe •:*' 1 * *• . ' a vivid llttle • most ronianth* i ' 1 * " dertaken, a : 5 miles through f ■ .'t' * o Fording gve 'i i " . -r . *• U ; _ ■ " ■ tracks, sealir.g grtoh v . ' u ; through wl'J "" habited in manv ea-- ■"*.> w : * : ed people, 51 •*. o • 1 ' r- . e ?• way alone fror-i V-:' ; - • Chile, along the !;•?>: -1-. - ' : A".: to the Peruvinn bouu * , - Peru, Eeuadoe, (*■»-■ oJi. v •>?'•*• zuela, and BrltVh t*v* : •' - to Colon on th-- T .

Wcnhro-y Zh ;r The easic- i '"V vi--. •• ';VV " was the f. r . : *h . very easy. T%v .* *. v roads in G' 'h - '* : : ney was iouy. lf • : . v-" the difii- r.i : vl - ' ' ; counter ov-o L"so « ! : o trip. T?:e - iwonderfnlly • ■ ready to h:h> er on his w; *•. h : " o stand vrhy n r:r- ; ! thousoru1- of alter their ha Reaching (h.'f . Mr. Stadniel: i ; through the n". i.- ! • o; the hea.lwi ••• 1 ' : > Anif.;;o» on d ' r- ■ ' ' , Here he oio .vl ;>•. ' '• * v butary streams. '■ .ro- ' • r o- .. stream of the rrvi.n •' a mule whivh v: ■ ■ stream ' by its point the streur.i • three and f "" deep and givhr ndghty diroon: " •m:-- " on its pasrare ■ v" r r V.n' \ - - ' *•;> Proc-eedir: ' i..'' , nicki reah '• : ih> nr> ■•...■ : - Quito, • - of Cotoprrr". Ir ■ tho cold too "i ur.i ' on his jourii' T .. -v r ; ,• • r- " lorder. 'ih- v;-:r:Yy : ' "• he stated, ' • v,.-y rr r • ' and the ro-.rh : » - : / ' : . ^ Dotted ah ry . ' . ■ i ' rv- r : lages arai ■" . ■ ish inhohitr.r ; ' preservin™ u v>- y ; r: • ■ : • 'u:'. The forests W, :v • ' ■ • hundr.ods of >r ' *•••'_ menaee of p - -r.r v : " r , always to bo • _ ' ' - ried a gun b-ohi r : > : -• . r ing food, and ar ' . ; the Indir.ns v ' part of U'i: t *'r r * ' ",r: r pr'mitive :'•> • • ' -u . _ •_ _ ' ;'h was, howover, t - , 1 ' • h ' jfind the n •. ' • . h . ! he found ihe . ■ • r :r ? ous, safcdy i •■■■:.■: =■ i " border whei— }: - 1 ing the zv". I ir " '■ ' : 4 ' he was b -n: v; . _ 1 *-r: fion and cr ; : : i. ; r vr !•/ f'" 1 " ing their e -i;ri At this . ■. - d ■ ; one of the ' * • . : ■ ; infect this eerr : • ' - : ' ' " ' : back to hcahh y ' . the border. GcM P:.*orroat#}:*-a ; Progrecs t' ror;/s: ; '• \ y jf Colii":b'-> r " The rout • ; - : r " " • ^ rugged h:'" ' .:n ; -.n, : _ ^ r mstarting v'd; r .»"* ; - 5 woithl be d'. h • ' " •* : ' finishing po:rY ^ 4 - isolated br.'i ' v •• ors would he searchins- for . • ■■■•"' • 1 :At one rtrr.r -eu e this area. - ' ■ " h 7. ' " a nath*e who i r: rr d; : soveral sinai1 r.n-rrd "• _ '/ he said h© v"-1 . * • , the interior. U; 1 r" r : r -r ^ " razor car,f" l ' t : ^ ■ -r' native rvgf ''ily «% -. •; •: ' "I got the ;* • . ■ got PiJTtv -h !.:■ • ' * • - Mr. Stad-vidd i ; :y; r.rto the razor," TV'l 1 r • - r; :• ticularly plentifnl *n ryis r n- - often he was eernpf-h' 1 1 > ry w.d y.'t ^ y-* guard against thcrn. Mr, Stadni'J.'i * .1 - " * " Uv.f. Med-rin. Ir f»«? bted.r of C olumb;a before n; • to t;v:» Ven^-'y--elan border. Pa 'U .rh r.o the eeunt'W v:-:v rhriU"' :: ihe: r . Columbht hui fxr-J -v'h'o

. Indir.ns or the warring local faeUnahi*? to ford the headwaters ,• vh'r.reo, he was assisted by an r rook him down the stream y. - ng-out canoe and set him on his • At'er viriting Valencia and Carvr. i-tadnieki took a sloop to ; vj. oi" the coast where he visit- ' : ; : t .mrus nshphalt lake and walkd the I rrth of the island. F ftuvnhig to the mainland he -"Ino thmugh British Guiana to * ; • •r n before turning to re- . i, rdops towards Panama. To = th*:; he ha:! to pass through British - r. Venezuela and part of Cold :•». ain, follov/ing a coastal • . . ' n the way he was held up ■y n r Iv. r and searched, but as he ..•r! 1 idden his revolver and any ' i his possession he escaped y .n Idng a present of a looking . to oue of the men. At hr.r.ln Marta on the Venezuela .. , :in Sir.dnicki eontracted anthor rcvere fever and was for a roiod in an American hospital in .h&t- tcwn. American commercial inerests were active in various parts ■' C.'d.umbla and Venezuela and there n ie ("iruequently a number of Ame- :• nr.tionrds in these countries. Y'J'th Rassian Army • _""r. ti rdniehi does not appear to •• h ; aehievement in walking •v ... this great continent as any retulde feat but stated that he. U' i.-.i coneider he could meet any j-ountry on his journey round r- u« He uroposes to return to r n .f ha makes the journey -f.r i'.-o wiil follow a route down • rhar.tie , oa ;i: on his return :vh South America. ■ . Uii: Ing ihe Great War as a Polish • 'iional Mr, Stadnicki served with .U:.; .- ir u arrny in the Austrian ov-f, H:. u"?s taken prisoner, but cri ed from an Austrian prison or ir timo to encounter the Rus- . hniou. As a Pole he decided. - ' r i- to 1 ; i own eountry which • 1 UVv«l Its freedom as a result of *•, u •% and tramped across Russia • * i'% "i,l in orete?' to reach home. •••,: ;«•. x ;>o war. Mr. Stadnicki was n i.uil on his wanderings usuI i.'rahis e.mployment and works ne over the ocean waters— one.: he cannot walk. *. - "ng on foot through many . to have impressed this . j-.-do with the essential lcindli- . f lvn-.il nature. Everywhere, he . 1. h" "ound people kind and hos- ' ; n ihough in the more civilised • -. Uri'o was more tendency •{..•• whether a wayside travel- ' r d;ed. He had found the - v.onferful and unquestioning o-.utVity in the wikl back eountry C Sovth America where the lonely hwnish reittements • altways- had a :. h .nUng hancl for the stranger. Stadnicki will leave Rotorua or UwV.y an route to Taupo and 'Na'or oi Park. He carries all his beong'uo'o In his pack and ruck-sapl ,fi\ wich this. slender equipment, is V.r'ng his tremendous tramp as onlj r >- ?R i\ pleasant and ad- .. f .... •