errantember

...so I decided that I wanted to firedance on stilts again for the Procession this year. I spent a lot of time and effort finding various stilt-related bits to use, including some medical foot immobilizers that looked perfect for improving the ever-problematic calf-ankle stability. So far, they've gone through three or four modifications, and they still aren't working right. I've tried both with the stabilizers and without, and looked at several online sites for stilt-making, taking the best features of each design. So far, not go. Naturally, I'm pissed off. I could just Let This Go in the Grand Tradition of Last-Minute Projects, but instead I think I'm going to Take It Personally in the Grand Tradition of Last-Minute Projects.

Now, one could argue that, strictly speaking, I don't *need* to be 10 feet, 2 inches tall just to make a good impression, and the fact that the lift on these stilts is almost twice the highest of any other's I've made would certainly account for a lot of the torsion drama occurring around my most-hard-to-repair joints. If *all* else fails, I may start taking off a few inches at a time to see how much that increases the (relative) sanity of the situation.

Considering how little other prep I've got done for Flipside this year, things aren't looking good. Hopefully a little mod that Circus Boy Tym showed me will save the day.