Re:A Stick Chart from the Marshall Islands (2016)
by Kim_Bruning on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:33AM
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Presumably there's an instructor sitting in the same canoe, and/or at a safe distance in case it all goes wrong?
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Re:A Stick Chart from the Marshall Islands (2016)
by daveslash on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:52AM
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I could easily see that: it being not so much a life-threatening do-or-die challenge so much as a "if you are to be one of the tribal mariners, we need to be convinced of your abilities. Otherwise, you get another job. So this is your job interview."