Burningman: 1998
He was then relocated to Black Rock City...
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Burningman: 1998 | |
| The Man started out in the San Francisco...
He was then relocated to Black Rock City...
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they came in space ships, on bikes...
Some people rode camels..
This young woman rode a sheep.
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The night of the Burn, we put on our best duds. Thats me in the suit, Grant is wearing the burgerking crown  |
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John and Dina and a bottle of champagne. |
| We gathered around the center area, there were thousands of us... A stunt man in a fire proof suit was lit on fire, he ran to the top of the podium- drawing cheers from the crowd. the stunt man then put his flaming arm to the large wooden leg of the figure. The flames quickly shot up to The Man's midsection. The structure must have been filled with magnesium, it's armed draped with primer cord- because a second later the entire figure exploded in a brilliant white starbrust. | |
| As phosphorescence rained down on the crowd, i realized: damn, someone could really get hurt here... the night air was so thick with smoke- that the roaring flames where almost hidden. as the smoke disolved, we saw the skeleton of the figure defiantly remained. the blaze slowly ate away...but the man withstood the fire for an eternity. half of people were screaming as the others were holding their breath. finally- the man toppled backward and crashed on to the playa. |  |
 | afterwards, in the delicious chaos, i ceremoniously stripped away my corporate uniform and threw into the fire. |
