Around the World in Seven Weeks [Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin and Ben were in Portalocity waiting for the class with enough iced capps for everyone to enjoy while listening to the briefing. Ben was working his way through a box of Timbits, but those were just for him. Sorry.

"Today we're heading to Calgary, Alberta, Canada," Anakin said, pointing out the location on the map. "In the summer: I know this might be a concern to those of you who think Canada is constantly covered in snow."

Like Ben had been until they'd started doing research. Cough. "Calgary hosted the winter Olympics several decades ago," he said, "which is this totally astral sporting event that comes around every four years. Calgary's also home to several First Nations tribes in the area, including the Siksika, Stoney and Tsuu T'ina." Ben kind of destroyed the pronunciation of that last tribe.

"Explore Calgary, have fun with the activities and we'll meet you at the check-in point," Anakin concluded.

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Road Block: This Looked Easier in Movies

[sith_happened]

There are parts (ropes, sticks an canvas) laid out in the ground to make 12 foot tall tipis--a task that an experienced person can do single-handedly, but will prove to be more difficult for the students.

Please don't concuss yourself or anyone else putting these together. When you're done, a guide will hand you the next clue.

Re: Road Block: This Looked Easier in Movies

[theoplustwo.livejournal.com]

Theo spent a few second scratching his head and figuring out how to best do this. When he got started, he amazingly managed to get the whole thing up rather quickly. Of course, it looked a little rickety and like the slightest wind might blow it down but it was up and that was what counted.

He moved on to the next activity.

Re: Road Block: This Looked Easier in Movies

[failsatspirit]

Oh, no, putting up a perfectly ordinary tipi, that might have been hard if Korra was, you know, a little kid.

Korra wasted no time getting a sturdy tipi up, with no more trouble than an unexpected burst of homesickness as she remembered Mom explaining the best way to do it if you didn't have anyone to lend a hand.

Then she realised the guide was one of the closest things this world had to Water Tribe and basically forget this was supposed to be a race as they started discussing things like the best knots to use on tents, fishing and polar bears versus polar bear dogs.

Re: Road Block: This Looked Easier in Movies

[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

She'd never done this before but after giving it a quick look over, Karina got to work, and it went up rather easily.

Which, hey, she wasn't going to complain about! Karina headed off to the next activity.

Re: Road Block: This Looked Easier in Movies

[haslayers.livejournal.com]

Cordelia had at first thought this was going to be easy.

Then there was a lot of mostly-desperate, "Can I get a little help here?" and such.

No, she couldn't get a little help here.

Re: Road Block: This Looked Easier in Movies

[notyetplatypus.livejournal.com]

Chaz figured out how to put the thing together fairly quickly. However, he realized there was a large gap between knowing how to do and physically doing it.

Re: Road Block: This Looked Easier in Movies

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy had no idea how to set up a tipi. None. This was the first time she'd even seen an authentic tipi, rather than Hollywood's idea of what a 'teepee' should look like.

There was a lot (a lot) of trial and error, including one attempt where she put all the sticks together on the ground and then tried to pull them up with the rope, and another few where she based her designs on a single, center, supporting pole.

This was way cooler than building a balsa-wood bridge in woodshop in middle school!