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The following is a
report/description of a Burn event/incident that took place near
Vancouver, BC. This is to thank those that hosted and organizedthis event and to spread the word to the rest of the worldwide burningman community that no matter where you go and what you do... somewhere something is always burning. Date: April 7, 2003 Submitted by: Ranger Loki Location: YMCA Camp Elphinstone, near Gibsons, BC Rangers Present: Ranger CC Sallie Ranger Disko Ranger Foxfire Ranger Loki Ranger Riffraff Ranger SaucyGirl Ranger "no sleep" StickFinger Ranger/DJ Tumbleweed Ranger Ziptie YMCA Steve (Honorary Ranger) Information: www.recompression.com |
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The environment that a event is held in always affects the event and makes
it different. In this case we should really call it Wet Rock City, as we
received well over 30mm of rain over the entire weekend. The liquid
sunshine pouring down did not deter the burningman spirit as suggested by
15-20 people who carried the 6m (20ft) over 0.5km from the sheltered
building area to the burn area on the beachfront. Quite frankly I'm amazed
that we had that many people come outside to watch the man burn. He was
clothed in drop-sheet plastic to keep his pyrotechnics from getting wet,
and he blazed despite the rain coming down.
A spectacular display of
fire was provided by a cavalcade of fire spinners, who led the precession
of people from the dry sheltered long-house to the burn amphitheater. The
man was lit in two stages. First, his hands were lit by a fire-breather
who ignited the left hand before it was raised into position, however the
second hand was raised to it's full height of 6m (20ft) before it could be
ignited. In an determined and impressive display the fire-breather was
able to ignite the right hand after 4 or 5 attempts. The main portion of
the fire (at the man's feet) was ignited, and there was no turning back.
The entire burn was very quick (1.5hours), and most people filtered back
to the shelter of the long-house and the Moose lodge where the music space
was setup and thumping. Details of the DJ's and the music can be found at
the recompression website, and I'm quite sure there will be photo's
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