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Old 03-15-2009 | 12:48 AM
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ORIGINAL: safeTwire

Very interesting information...thanks!

"Thor Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have voyaged 4300 miles across the Pacific to Polynesia on a similar craft."

He named the raft: Kon Tiki, in honor of a legendary sun-king of the Incas. He wrote a book about this adventure entitled Kon Tiki also.

Me? I just glue it, sand it, cover it, fly it and crash it [8D]
They did this back around 1949
The logs became water logged and the deck was awash towards the end.