And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
His left forearm/hand are under the tail of what ever kind of fish that is. He appears to be trying to get it close enough for the other guy to hook into it. Look closer.
Just to prove it could have been done. Man, those were some ballsy sailors. The original expedition even manufactured the raft from materials the the original people used to make that journey.
Thor Heyerdahl was the first to sail from the west coast of South America on a primitive raft in 1947. Later he sailed from the west coast of Africa to Barbados. Many books have been written about his adventures. This link provides a lot of basic information but there are others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl (Sudsy in NC)
Looks like it might be from a movie. What's with the guy's left hand, is he a stumpy?
ReplyDeleteIt is a longshore hook (bale hook, cargo hook, etc) used to move things by hooking, in this case, the fish...
DeleteHis left forearm/hand are under the tail of what ever kind of fish that is. He appears to be trying to get it close enough for the other guy to hook into it. Look closer.
DeleteThe movie "Kon Tiki" (2012).
ReplyDeleteTo me, they are hungry and are hooking a fish for dinner.
ReplyDeleteThey went from South America to the Pacific islands on a balsa wood raft & had to eat on the way..
ReplyDeleteand they went the wrong direction.
DeleteJust to prove it could have been done. Man, those were some ballsy sailors. The original expedition even manufactured the raft from materials the the original people used to make that journey.
DeleteThor Heyerdahl was the first to sail from the west coast of South America on a primitive raft in 1947. Later he sailed from the west coast of Africa to Barbados. Many books have been written about his adventures. This link provides a lot of basic information but there are others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl
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Visual Search says that this is a shark attack from the movie Kon-Tiki.
ReplyDeleteOne guy's fishing, the other guy's bait
ReplyDeleteKon-Tiki.
ReplyDeleteThey're hand fishing for sharks.
Kon Tiki.
ReplyDeleteIts a large Thresher shark, very fast, vigorous and not to be trifled with.
ReplyDeleteFlirting with disaster everyday
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