I like being a "darkwad"

[Simon of the Playa]

Simon does give off a luminescent glow wherever he goes.

after eating radioactive playa dust for 17 years you bet your bippy i do.

[Roberto Dobbisano]

[Captain Goddammit]

Just kidding.
In all seriousness, I rarely run over anyone.

[ygmir]

BTW, you won't hit me, i'll see you or hear you coming long before you even know I'm there

Lol is that a challenge?

The captain considers a new flat-black paint job… heh heh heh

In my mind, I just heard the theme from Jaws . . .

dang, there goes my fantasy of us as twins, Savannah. we think differently, at times, it seems.
I just heard:

[media]

[The Hustler]

Simon does give off a luminescent glow wherever he goes.

I heard Simon's urine is the strongest hallucinogen known to science. It's also illuminescent.

[FossaFerox]

Just kidding.
In all seriousness, I rarely run over anyone.

No more than two or three a night?

[BBadger]

Just kidding.
In all seriousness, I rarely run over anyone.

That you notice anyway.

[Captain Goddammit]

Well usually it's more "keel hauling"

[FossaFerox]

Just kidding.
In all seriousness, I rarely run over anyone.

That you notice anyway.

Well, he'll always find some aftermath caught up in the wheel wells the morning after, whether or not he notices when it happens...

[Roberto Dobbisano]

this is why we don't put glitter on horses.

[Savannah]

[tatonka]

[media]

[Shoeshine]

Sorry to get back to the original thread ----:)

But I did have an epiphany last year. I too like to wander in the deep playa at last once a year to look at the stars etc... don't want to ruin my night vision... blah blah blah.

I was in a kite shop and they had these fiberglass rods, around 3/16" dia 4' long for about $3 notched on both ends for lightweight kite stays. Weighs next to nothing. Attached one to my backpack with a small red LED at the end (couple of wraps w/ tape) I now had a identifier floating 3' above and behind my head. Didn't notice it myself but it clearly marked me for any booking LEO jeeps or other fast moving outer playa denizens. The other bonus is when I set my bike down to explore an art piece I propped the pack against it and had a guide beacon back to my stuff.

Cheers

[BBadger]

I was in a kite shop and they had these fiberglass rods, around 3/16" dia 4' long for about $3 notched on both ends for lightweight kite stays. Weighs next to nothing. Attached one to my backpack with a small red LED at the end (couple of wraps w/ tape) I now had a identifier floating 3' above and behind my head. Didn't notice it myself but it clearly marked me for any booking LEO jeeps or other fast moving outer playa denizens. The other bonus is when I set my bike down to explore an art piece I propped the pack against it and had a guide beacon back to my stuff.

I'd be careful about relying on that, and possibly wear a beacon on your back as well if you're concerned with ruining your light vision. The position of a light a few feet above your head can give the appearance of the light being further away if there's no reference point close-by. Some people run into lit mutant vehicles because it's hard to gauge the actual distance from the lighting

If you really want to avoid the light, create something that will project light outwards in a ring, but not downward towards your face -- such as some light above the brim of a top-hat.

[Eric]

If you really want to avoid the light, create something that will project light outwards in a ring, but not downward towards your face -- such as some light above the brim of a top-hat.

I did this with a few hats last year, and I highly recommend it if you don't like looking like a Christmas tree. The lights were definitely bright enough to be seen, they were white battery-powered fairy lights, so they stood out a little bit from all the blues & reds, and the brims of the hats kept me from having to look at them. I was asked to turn them off in a few bars because they're right at eye-level for other people, but you don't really need them when you're in a camp anyway.