New Kon-Tiki movie! - General Tiki

CN Club Nouméa Member Wanganui Joined: May 03, 2010 Posts: 459	CN Club Nouméa Posted posted on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 6:52 PM I never met the man, but I was gratified to hear that his assistant Donald Ryan showed him the BOT and he dug it. :) And Moritz got me this: I completely missed this thread before - wow, what an autograph! I did get to meet Thor Heyerdahl and shake his hand. He was the keynote speaker at a Pacific studies conference being held at my almer mater when I was finishing my doctoral thesis on the French Pacific. He was a lovely old guy - full of the joy of life. I don't remember much about his speech (which was a general summation of his life and work), apart from how he told us that some of the waves during the Kon-Tiki voyage were so high that the sharks were swimming ABOVE the Kon-Tiki. CN

I never met the man, but I was gratified to hear that his assistant Donald Ryan showed him the BOT and he dug it. :) And Moritz got me this:

I completely missed this thread before - wow, what an autograph!

I did get to meet Thor Heyerdahl and shake his hand. He was the keynote speaker at a Pacific studies conference being held at my almer mater when I was finishing my doctoral thesis on the French Pacific. He was a lovely old guy - full of the joy of life. I don't remember much about his speech (which was a general summation of his life and work), apart from how he told us that some of the waves during the Kon-Tiki voyage were so high that the sharks were swimming ABOVE the Kon-Tiki.

Post #594410 by Club Nouméa on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 6:52 PM