Sharing this nice e-mail about Thor Heyerdahl

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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Dec 13, 2002 11:35 AM I just got this, I am so thrilled that Thor got to see my book before he kicked the bucket, and that we have friends in the academic world: Hi Sven! To introduce myself...I'm a professional archaeologist who was Thor Heyerdahl's right-hand man over the last six years until his death in April. (I'll be continuing some of his work.) I'm also a big Tiki fan I liked your Tiki book...I showed Thor the bits you had about him in there. I read Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku as a kid growing up in Southern California and then my parents took me to Hawaii many times. I couldn't imagine then that years later I would be working with Mighty Thor himself. I saw the picture on your web-site with your "tiki-shrine" complete with Kon-Tiki poster and model. Good stuff! It would be fun to meet you sometime and talk tiki and urban archaeology. I'll be down in So. Cal. Dec. 18th-1 Jan. and also maybe later in the spring. aloha! Don
K Kawentzmann Member Berlin, Germany Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 254	K Kawentzmann Posted posted on Fri, Dec 13, 2002 11:52 AM You see, Sven? !!! Tiki magic goes everywhere. Maybe that guy would mind to frequent Tiki Central once in a while. He sure would have some worthwhile contributions to make. KK
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Oct 6, 2012 10:42 PM Let's lift a glass of rum to Thor's birthday today!
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Sun, Oct 7, 2012 1:51 AM Skol!
W WestADad Tiki Socialite Tornado Alley Joined: Mar 31, 2009 Posts: 747	W WestADad Posted posted on Sun, Oct 7, 2012 7:00 AM Cheers!
MAM mike and marie Tiki Socialite Sunken Studios \| The Current Year Joined: Jun 24, 2008 Posts: 442	MAM mike and marie Posted posted on Sun, Oct 7, 2012 11:38 AM Sven, just reading that decade-old email for the first time now. Wow! We're curious -- did you ever take him up on his offer to get together or correspond further?
HT Hale Tiki Tiki Socialite Pittsburgh Joined: Oct 19, 2004 Posts: 1799	HT Hale Tiki Posted posted on Sun, Oct 7, 2012 6:42 PM Funny, in 2002, this simple message saw almost no response.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Oct 7, 2012 10:46 PM Well, single, picture-less posts are easy to miss... Donald Ryan came by my house after that, and we have remained in touch since. He in fact reminded me about Thor's B-day. Besides his own archeology, he is working with the Kon-Tiki Museum, and he will be contributing to a future project of mine.
B bigtikidude Tiki Socialite Anaheim,Ca. Joined: Aug 10, 2004 Posts: 9222	B bigtikidude Posted posted on Sun, Oct 7, 2012 10:53 PM cool post/thread, thanks for the bump Jeff(btd)
HT Hale Tiki Tiki Socialite Pittsburgh Joined: Oct 19, 2004 Posts: 1799	HT Hale Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Oct 9, 2012 4:30 AM On 2012-10-07 22:46, bigbrotiki wrote: Well, single, picture-less posts are easy to miss... Donald Ryan came by my house after that, and we have remained in touch since. He in fact reminded me about Thor's B-day. Besides his own archeology, he is working with the Kon-Tiki Museum, and he will be contributing to a future project of mine. Thanks for the update, Sven. It's really quite interesting to hear updates like this, knowing that you, and others like Donald, have irons in the fire the general public hasn't seen yet. I actually started construction on a 1:160 diorama of part of Rapa Nui, complete with a 1:160 model of the Kon Tiki on his birthday. To Thor!

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