No, that wasn't it. This was kinda homemade, plywood, flashing, dumping into about an 8' above ground pool. The one in your pic looks pretty cool. Sorry I missed it.

Again, I don't want to turn BM into yet another DW opportunity for litigiousess. I too rejected some experiences that seemed too risky (Thunderdome, for example). This seemed like a pretty benign risk: a sliding board into a pool. Safe enough if you are 5 feet tall. If you're 6 feet tall however, yo...

Thanks for the reply, Falk. Obviously, in my original post I'm aware of the negative side of over-mediated experience (Disneyland being the ultimate example of that). But I'm not sure that simply saying BM is dangerous covers it. Shit does happen, but that doesn't mean we need to go out of our way t...

"Oh Please... Think on the Playa??? Oh Please........"

OK, good point. But just like in the D.W., if we don't, someone will be happy to step forward and do it for us.

This was my first burn. But, at 62 I am a veteran of the Summer of Love, Haight, etc, so Freakdom is not new to me. I loved BRC, and yet even with no other burn to compare it to, I felt some (much) of what you describe. But I would like to offer a challenge (to myself as much as you). Instead of not...

In the Default World we assume that things designed for public consumption are safely designed. Alas, this is not so in BRC. There was a water slide around 3 o'clock that almost broke my toe due to a fatal design flaw. When I mentioned it to someone there, he said, "don't feel bad, a guy broke his a...

How about Street Consciousness? You need neither costumes nor drugs (though they may help) to wander the streets of brc in a completely altered state of mind. Given the choice between a gloomy, judgmental dude in a Pakistani goat herders robe wearing a fez and a guy (or woman) in Levi's and a T in a...

In 1974 I was hiking up a lonely California canyon road, intending to camp in the mountains for some time. I was carrying a hastily prepared backpack. After a few miles I stumbled on an unexpected monastery. One of the resident monks greeted me and we talked for a while. As I was leaving, I hoisted ...

I know that driving after setting up camp is not allowed...but, I have a truck camper. Am I able to move my truck to a different camp should I wish to re-locate?