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[edit] Radio was the only modern equipment?

The article mentions that a radio was the only modern equipment carried onboard Kon-Tiki. However on www.eterna.ch (navigate to Eterna -> Milestones -> 1958) it is mentioned that an Eterna sports watch was worn by Thor Heyerdahl. Isn't this considered modern equipment?

Ferengi 12:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

They had lots of modern equipment, including preserved food and maps. You could argue that the radio wasn't relevant, provided that they didn't use it to obtain weather reports or otherwise to help with navigation. You could argue that the watch wasn't relevant, provided that they didn't use it to help determine their longitude (which is the only obvious reason for taking one). But, overall, it's difficult to argue that they really set out only as well-prepared as those who (according to Heyerdahl) made the original journeys.

Mike Shepherd 21:10, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

This needs rewording. As you say, they took lots of modern equipment: radio, charts, sextant, watches, tinned food, metal tools and fish-hooks (no metal implements would have been available to the people who were supposed to have made the journey), drugs and medicines, even an inflatable dinghy. I suppose the point is that none of these were essential to the validity of the experiment: they could have made the journey without them. That point isn't actually stated in the text though. Matt 14:20, 20 December 2007 (UTC). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.114.156 (talk)
I've tried to reword; please make any further changes you feel are necessary. Matt 14:44, 20 December 2007 (UTC). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.114.156 (talk)