Worked with student #20 from about 10 am until about 5 pm yesterday (hours are approximate; probably less actual hours). Worked on gunwales; drilled rib holes. Went home, expecting to take a nap, but too excited about the "Today Show" event. Finally gave up on the nap about midnight. Drove to the Heritage Center, wearing a wet suit Farmer John, wet suit booties, neoprene life jacket with wet-suit hat and gloves. Wore a chigda-x (simulated gut rain coat) over the wet suit clothing. Launched the 1999 iqyax (re-skinned just this Saturday for the third time) on the lake at about 2:05 am. Paddled the kayak on the lake behind the dancers and by the totem pole. Got out of the kayak about 5 am; got home at 6 am. Went back to the Heritage Center about 10 am. Fortunately no students showed up today, so I got to go back home and catch up on some of my rest. Some nice footage.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43379506#43379506
Will work with more students on Tuesday. One did show up today, but needed to complete the informed consent form. Started grading some of the pre-tests. Communicated with Bob about future kayak plans. Also contacted Joe about future sea kayak instruction.
From input that I have received so far, I think that the model kayak class is part of a larger picture, a picture extending back in time thousands of years in which the model was an instructional tool for teaching not just the wood working and the instruction, but also the use of the kayak, the launching of the skin-on-skeleton into the ocean, perhaps a process which might be described in ancient Unangax language as a breathing of life into the iqyax.
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