Please drop me a not at [email protected] if you might have found it. There would be a few movies of El Pulpo and photos mostly of art and my wife. Probably a lot of night shots that didn't look as nice as I'd hoped.

I have it on good authority that passes are coming out in a trickle. Just because you have only received one or two so far doesn't mean you won't get what you asked for. Yes, there are some limits, but if you aren't going to get what you asked for you will probably be directly informed. I know of on...

Don't be befuddled into believing that removing 2' rebar stakes is difficult. It is not, if you simply bring a pair of vise grips. Lock the vise grips onto the rebar and twist is back and forth several times, then continue twisting it while pulling up. My camp plants 50+ rebar stakes every year and ...

I'd say that the best angle for the rope is so that the rope is perpendicular to the stake. If you pound the stake in at 45 degrees to the ground then the rope would be 45 to the ground. But, I think it would be better to pound the stake in 30 degrees to the ground, so you'd want a 30/60/90 triangle...

My camp uses shade cloth aka wind cloth aka greenhouse cloth, not tarps. It is a woven mesh of plastic. You can buy it at Home Depot and elsewhere. It lets some wind through so it doesn't exert quite as much force on whatever structure you end up using to keep it above your tent. It captures a lot o...

Oh, OK I see what you mean now. Sure, that would be fine. The struts are already bearing that load. But, I wonder if it would be necessary -- we found that as long as the tarps were tight, they didn't billow much at all. Most people aren't used to how strong the 1" EMT is, so it seems like 9' is lon...

I wonder how much that would actually help... You'd end up with more, smaller billowing "cups" to catch the wind, but the same overall area to catch the wind. If I attempted this, I'd attach the ropes to the vertexes, not the middle of the struts. Transferring force to the middle of the struts is no...

That is a good question. Yes, because the triangles are large, a lot of force can be applied to them because of the wind. We used very heavy duty tarps made of plasticized canvas (a material called "pyrotone" which used to be used for military tents as it is fire-retardant). I think that very heavy ...

Well, it is actually really, really sturdy! You could hang a hammock from every pair of adjacent vertexes (5 hammocks). You could also hang another 200lbs from the center vertex. We covered ours in strong canvas and it took all the desert could throw at it two years ago (it was also set up three yea...

I don't have a dome to offer, but my camp made a 28' diameter 2v dome out of 1" EMT. 1" EMT is about 4 times as strong as 3/4" EMT. The triangles are pretty big, but it is quick to set up and still very strong. And, with triangles that large, any one of the ones pointing "up" can be your door. 1" co...

They came this morning, as two separate emails with a collection of passes in each one. Whew! We got the passes we asked for -- good thing too: we will need all these folks to get set up in time...

Linking to the tickets won't work for this years "plan". Weekend entries are not being assigned to individuals by the BMORG this year. Each Theme Camp gets assigned a "batch" of unique weekend passes. The Theme Camp then assigns them to the appropriate people. They have the flexibility to change wh...

seems like a separate barcode is overkill... Since our tickets are already barcoded and have a unique number, how about if they somehow link our ticket numbers to the early arrival privilege. Theme camp operators would supply the ticket numbers to the ORG and they would do the linkage in their datab...

I think the best tax we could pay might be to volunteer to help the org... I don't know if money would help solve the problem as much as a a lot of hands helping out. With something like early arrival passes, there might be some "security" issues, so they don't get counterfeited, but no doubt there ...

Thanks gomonk... knowing the count of early arrivals would be a huge, huge help!

bigbluedoggy wrote:um... so are there any other camps who have NOT received their early entry passes yet? It's starting to feel like I am all alone here

Nose Fish has not received our yet.

This is from someone on the placement team, posted to tribe.net: sorry for the delay. weekend-arrival passes started going out by email on wednesday, so lots of camps have them already. it just turned out to be a more massive undertaking than expected, thanks for everyone's patience, no disrespect i...

This is from someone on the placement team, posted to tribe.net: sorry for the delay. weekend-arrival passes started going out by email on wednesday, so lots of camps have them already. it just turned out to be a more massive undertaking than expected, thanks for everyone's patience, no disrespect i...

Has anyone heard from the keepers of the Early Arrival List? Besides the initial e-mail, acknowleding the request, that is. Are people's names put on a list? Do we Pass-Go cards? I've been wondering how the early arrival works. Yes, they (Aqua) acknowledged my request. I know they have received it....

I've had my share of bike repair on the playa at ByB for the last couple of years. We are taking a break this year due to the Radical Self Entitlement issues we have increasingly experienced. By all means if you want to carry the torch I encourage you and will dole out advice, but I'm taking a year...

What if you just roll up there on Saturday? I mean, are they really gonna have you leave, causing MORE traffic and a longer line? Guess what? You'd best no bet the farm on it. They will. Turn you..... away. No shit. Count on it. BTW Mener, ever consider that the above post is a fucking stellar exam...

mener wrote:What if you just roll up there on Saturday? I mean, are they really gonna have you leave, causing MORE traffic and a longer line? I say "fuck it." I'm going up Saturday anyways.

This has absolutely 0 chance of working. Trust me. Yes, they made lots and lots of people wait until Monday last year.

I am indeed the coordinator of my theme camp (Nose Fish). I have been carefully monitoring my email, and have been communicating with other theme camp operators via tribe.net and directly via email. Nobody has had word yet on weekend arrival. I have all the contact information I need, but I will not...

The theme camp announcement "PLACEMENT ANNC #6,'07" covered weekend arrival. In that mail it said: We will review your request, and if it seems reasonable, we will approve the number. Approval will be given by JULY 30th at the latest. Today is August 1 and as far as I know, nobody has heard anything...

That is a very cool design, capjbadger. I particularly like the way you've suspended the deck from the 1v struts -- saves a lot of structure. How heavy is the 1v made from wood? It looks very substantial. Well, it looks like the dome deck is an idea that has been thought of before. I am actually kin...

My design uses the top pentagon. The top pentagon on a 4v of a given diameter is much smaller than the top pentagon of a 2v of the same diameter. Your 4v is pretty big -- twice as big as my 2v, so I'd guess your deck will end up being approximately the same size as mine. Just guessing. You didn't me...

I've designed and built a deck on top of my 2v "optimal" dome, with a 1v dome over the deck for a shade structure. I made a web site with pictures and instructions in case anyone wants to build a deck on their dome: http://www.timefold.com/domedeck If you decide to build one, drop me a note and let ...

Does your camp have a low-impact shower? Want one? Here's a web site which shows how to make a low-impact shower. It takes less than a day and costs less than $100. http://www.timefold.com/nosefishshower This shower lets you catch your gray water, so it doesn't land on the playa. Then you can treat ...

Try this one:

http://www.timefold.com/dome

It has pictures and advice for making a geodesic dome. I recommend a 2v "optimal dome" which is where the length of the two sizes of struts equals 10 feet. Start with Tara's web site, but then check out the above site before actually building the dome.

Camp Nosefish has a few openings for folks who can come early to help us set up and stay late to help us break down. We've requested a spot in the 3:00 plaza, on the grid, as our projects require continuous power. We've historically been granted early access privileges because it takes several days ...