Two Sets of Lost Kids
March 16, 2018 4:23 PM Subscribe
One set of Navajo boxers, one set of Syrian refugee slackliners.The Navajo youngsters live near Chinle, a long way from anywhere or anything. The last of a line of boxers teaches them, any age, any gender, for free without support. It's hard to make a career happen in these circumstances.
The Syrian refugee children have nothing, including play, so some slackliners show up, set up, and give them fun, and maybe hope.
The Syrian refugee children have nothing, including play, so some slackliners show up, set up, and give them fun, and maybe hope.
The part above the fold had me thinking this was about historical interpretation of cultures through underwear, with 'slackliners' obviously being a slang term for the same that I wasn't hip to. I admit to being an odd mind. Sorry for the derail, carry on.
posted by RolandOfEld at 7:05 PM on March 16, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by RolandOfEld at 7:05 PM on March 16, 2018 [1 favorite]
I'm not seeing anything about Crossing Lines in the linked article, but it sounds exactly like Sonya Iverson's Crossing Lines project (www.crossinglines.org) that was recently featured in Popular Mechanics (https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a18930183/slacklining/).
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 8:09 PM on March 16, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 8:09 PM on March 16, 2018 [2 favorites]
Damn! I forgot the 2nd article link, and mrgoldenbrown is quite right: it's that article. Here's the link: Slacklining. Sorry, all.
posted by MovableBookLady at 9:34 PM on March 16, 2018
posted by MovableBookLady at 9:34 PM on March 16, 2018
Related to Chinle - Running Through the Heart of Navajo.
posted by maupuia at 9:38 PM on March 16, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by maupuia at 9:38 PM on March 16, 2018 [1 favorite]
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