My trip to Tanzania (and my spear)

[ghostexorcist]

I just got back from digging for fossils in the world famous Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. I won a scholarship that helped pay for a majority of the program cost. One stipulation is that I write a blog about what I did and saw. You can read the ones I've finished here. The ones I've published thus far have been about my travel to Africa. What I did will come later.

http://anapeinafrica.wordpress.com/

But the main reason I'm posting is to show off my Maasai spear. It's a thrusting spear--dull on the sides and sharper towards the tip. The Maasai use it to protect their livestock from predators. Whenever a youth kills a lion, they hang its tail from the tip as a sign of their bravery.


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I'm six foot even. My nephew is a few inches shorter than me. I'm using him as a size comparison.


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[GoldenBrain]

That's bad ass!

Congratulations on the scholarship and a cool trip to dig fossils! I look forward to reading your blog.

[Kellen Bassette]

That all seems pretty sweet....

[ghostexorcist]

That's bad ass!

Congratulations on the scholarship and a cool trip to dig fossils! I look forward to reading your blog.

Thanks. I hope to do it again next year.