Super exciting morning here at FW!
My colleague Chantale and I are packing up to go and do some improvements around our tipi encampment.
Specifically, we're building a drying rack, meat smoker, and, if time and supplies allow, a hearth. We cut some poles on Friday, have a bunch of cordage at the ready, and are going to lash up some furnishings for the encampment.
This is a test of my skills as an outdoor skills instructor, as well as a living history project. On one level, as the guy here at FortWhyte who taught the knot-tying session of Outdoor Skills For Everyone last Wednesday, I had better be able to lash a basic structure together. On the next level, this is Chantale's first lashing project...ever. I started teaching her late last week.
Will the student surpass the teacher? Have the skills of ropework been successfully transmitted? We shall see in the next hour or so.
-Barret
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