I took my annual pilgrimage to burning man this year and had a great time as usual.
Thanks to all of my camp-mates at Whiskey and Dust 2011!
These are low-res pics. Let me know if you want a higher res one and I can email it to you.
 I thought The Man installation was uninspiring, but he changed position for the first time in the history of the burn.”Why is the man walking? Someone stole his bike!” |
 The temple on the other hand was amazing and someone told me it was the largest structure in the world without a foundation. Remember it gets burned too on the Sunday after The Man. |
      Many regions have Burning Man communities and their own festivals. Several regions created effigies that will also be burned on the Thursday before The Man. |
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  This is my all-time favorite art piece. When enough people pull the ropes in the right order for the right length of time, the circle will reach speed, a strobe light flashes, and the skeleton appears to be paddling. |
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    This art installation was created by a relative of some of my camp-mates. They spent literally days digging all of the holes to mount these pieces. |
  The Trojan Horse was another famous art installation. You could climb inside for some drinks at the bar in its belly. It was scheduled to be pulled to The Man by 300 people on Friday to be burned. |
 The Pier was great. Especially at night when the water related art cars would drive by, On guy attached LEDs to his fingers which he wiggled as he walked in the pitch black to create a firefly effect. |
    Some of my favorite theme camps including the bucking barrel |
 Black Rock City from behind the man. Remember that this is the third largest city in Reno (50,000 people) and only exists for a few short months a year. You’re not supposed to be able to tell that we were there next month. |
Here’s a map of some of my ramblings when I remembered to turn my GPS on and before it ran out of batteries.
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