Showing posts with label mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mexico. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Ep 90 Sergio Covarrubias: Mexico's Gift to Mowglis

 Sergio Covarrubias: Mexico's Gift to Mowglis



Sergio came to Mowglis from Mexico (City) in 1980 and immediately captured the hearts of both boys and staff. He began his Mowglis years in Akela 1980, Den 1982. He has had 3 sons attend Mowglis as well.

It appears that he was the first Mowglis boy to come all the way from Mexico but many more would follow, a lot of them from his extensive group of family and friends. He came with little English but picked up the language quickly, and the traditions - The Mowglis Way - as we say, that he came quickly to love. He had never hiked before and his flat feet made it a bit of a challenge but soon came to love hiking and camping as well.  In recent years he's come to be a bi-national presence in the business community and with Mowglis. 



This image was actually captured on Sergio's Washington Squad Trip!



Wednesday, November 16, 2022

EP 77 Pablo Nieto - From Guadalajara to Newfound - The 2nd Generation of "the Mexican Mafia" Leaves a Mark


Jose Medina Mora, Eric Love and Pablo Nieto



Pablo Nieto came to Mowglis in 1998 a second-generation member of the extended family of brothers, and cousins lovingly referred to as "the Mexican Mafia" for the way in which the family dominated the scene at Mowglis. From a nervous Akelite to the Stroke of the Blue Racing Crew in Den and undisputed "master" of the Waterfront, as a camper. Then, as a member of the staff he would in time become the actual Watermaster at Mowglis responsible for the safe operations of the part of Mowglis where most staff would fear to tread. While Pablo clearly loved his experience as Watermaster he does not hestitate to talk about the stressful nature of the job.

Listen here:

https://feeds.podetize.com/hC0uAJc81.mp3


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