Japanese climbers
Sir,—Following Sir Robert Muldoon’s concern for the handicapped Japanese climbers on Mount Cook, I am wondering if I should ask his permission to go walking on the Port Hills next week. To reach the Kiwi, my bicycle and I must brave the apallingly dangerous conditions on the road where motorised traffic, fully supported by the National Government I understand, roars hither and thither, killing and maiming the equivalent of at least one climbing party per day. While not seriously handicapped, I have found that even my good hearing is not sufficient for me to take evasive action fast enough against a car striking me from behind. Furthermore, I do not speak Japanese. I realise that in the likely event of my being knocked off my bicycle the rescue and hospitalisation costs, if not funeral expenses, would be immense. Does Sir Robert think I should go?—Yours, etc., HUGH WILSON. January 8, 1984.
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