| Without any problems I managed to check in on my hotel room, and a few hours later José Basto showed up. He was the representative for Portugal, and with time he had become a good friend of mine, because we both had the same attitude that mountains were something which had to be climbed, and not necessarily something which you needed days to discuss about. Even though this exactly was what we did on these general assemblies. Therefore we always tried to find a good mountain in the hosting country, which we could ascend while we were there. But for a start we went down to Shinjuku. |
