What To Do When Burning Man Becomes Too Dull?

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What To Do When Burning Man Becomes Too Dull?

Post by gyre » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:09 pm

Here's one approach.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/to- ... 46683.html

30,000 feet the hard way.
What are your plans?
"Everything is more wonderful when you do it with a car, don't you think?"
-girl by the fire, watching a tree moved by car bumper in the bonfire

It would be a shame if I had to resort to self-deception to preserve my faith in objective reality.

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Post by BAS » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:22 am

:shock:

I concur with this guy quoted in the article:
A pilot from Oregon, Rick Ray, logged on to give his view on an extraordinary tale of survival.

"I want a comp glider like Ewa's," he joked. "Climbs like a rocket. Survives 20 m/s up and 33 m/s down. Handles well enough to fly by itself when you are unconscious. Dang, I gotta get me one of those."
(Man, she was lucky!)


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Do things that have never been done."
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Post by gyre » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:29 am

I can't believe she wants to fly again!
What can she do to top that trip?

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:36 am

gyre wrote:I can't believe she wants to fly again!
What can she do to top that trip?
Start a fire?

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Post by Fex » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:56 pm

Take up volcano-diving?
Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. - GC

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Post by gyre » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:14 am

They had an exhibition once where they took two steam locomotives and ran them full speed at each other.
The collision was more spectacular than expected.

So maybe burning man isn't new.
Maybe it's just that old primal urge that created stone circles
and starships?

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Post by Lassen Forge » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:26 pm

Do something else? >grins<

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