Rainforest
Refugee Camp
Space needed 100' x 100'
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Rainforest
Refugee
Map 100'x
100'
aerial
view
RETURNS to Black Rock City 2006
(7th year of service)
Open every day from
Noon to 5pm (On days when it is Hot)
CAMP CUT OFF SIZE 35 (+5 to 7
extra's
that always show up)
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Due to the Heat
of the Black Rock Desert
RRC is a Clothing Optional Camp!
Major update 5/04/06
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Rainforest Refugee Camp (RRC) Returns as the Playa's "premier"
relief station where over heated Participants from lands graced with
lower temperatures and higher humidity can seek Refuge and ask for
asylum from the harsh treatment they are enduring on the Playa.
The entrance
of the RRC has an overhead misting system giving the appearance of mist
covered forests and clouds. . Passports or bodies will be
stamped
with our blessings. RRC is a "Clothing Optional Camp"
More info These are our first sketches of the main tent
structure.
3D Perspective of the Street side enter on the near
point under the '/\" arches
Foot print 30' x 30' including cable anchors. Tent floor is 20' x
20'
I'm working on the hammock supports last year (2005) we got 2 hammocks
up
It would be nice to be able to suspend 5 hammocks.
end panels are 80% shade cloth several layers 2 or three as
needed.
Main cover is Camo netting , an inner roof ( I have some
shredding parachute material to suspend inside to look like moss and
help block some the suns rays. I took a hard look at what caused
the structure failure 2003 and one was the cable clamps letting
loose and the other was the amount of force the parachute catching wind
toppling things over.)
Other types of shade:
Note changes in design 2004 from:
We will have the same number
of Alder flag poles.. but will be guy wiring them in place rather
then use the "/\"
NO Post holes in the playa. (Playa field tests have proven no
need to dig holes for this structure)
There will be (3) 14' "|>"
braces corners with cross hoop rebar driven into the playa
"|>"
braces are located at the corners to give rigidity to the
structure. Aircraft cable anchors to "candy cane" re-bar dead men
driven 1 1/2' into the playa. the bottom of the "|>"
will be in 4" deep divots 4" round
The entire roof is created by simple suspension ropes from each
outside "|>"
brace to an inner 12' tall tripod in the center W.W.II
and
newer Camouflage netting covers the top of the structure.
The structure is designed to flex in the wind. the outer ring
of suspension ropes will be the 5/8" nylon rope. the "green" web
lines may be lighter 3/8" nylon rope. The entire suspension roof
will
experience stretching and snug lines and take up lines will be easy to
get to and tighten as the week progresses. Extra airline
cable
will be available to beef up problem area should they appear.
Main entrances (2) face East and North. The back of the
structure faces South and West to break the more forceful winds from
the SW
The Tent will be turn 1/8
of a turn so that the entrance will be at the "|>"
on the street and on
each side of the pickup at the back
All guy ropes will be either inside the structure or covered with
Shade
cloth
Hours of operation will be between 12 am and 5 pm (later if daytime
temps are high)
Front this is sort of what it may look
like. Last year because of camp placement this door faced
the prevailing winds and could not be opened so we made the door under
the "|>"
braces to the right of the drawing
New for 2006
a Chuck Wagon Kitchen area (members only)
Side End
This Chuck Wagon Kitchen will allow 3 people to prepare and
cook meals at the same time.
(yes a little cramped but it is 4x the space we have had in the
past)
there will be blue tarp covering the ground and a mesh nursery cloth
over the
top.
I have skirting material to keep the wind from blowing Playa dust
up from under the trailer.
(3) Coleman and Propane camp stoves, (1) 2,000 Btu crab cooker to boil
water for noodles
(2) 5 gal tanks of propane, figure on 1 gal of white gas and 10
small bottles of propane.
We have fire extinguishers this year at both ends of the
trailer.
Fuel Storage will be a
covered area (shaded). in front of the Beast
about 30' from any open flame of the cooking area.
Fire protection
There are no fire pits, no art burning, no Tiki torches. Fire
protection = 45 gal of water with a 60psi
12 volt battery powered pump range 15 feet from end of hose.
RRC has the equivalent of internal fire protection sprinkler
system...with
the rain making / mist system. RRC for the most part is a
large swamp cooler. In addition there is a portable 2 gal water
hand pump to put out small spot fires.
There will be (2) pressurized fire
extinguisher this year due to the
extra fuel in camp.
We will have a Gas
generator (small) and 5 gal of gas to run it. sound proofing is
in the works it is located inside the chuck
wagon
trailer!...
I doubt we will be running it more than 3 hours a day,
to charge batteries.
We will have in camp 2 to 3 5 gal propane tanks for
cooking, 10 qt
bottles of propane for cooking and camp lamps. 1 gal of white Gas
for
Coleman cook stoves (2)
So far we have (2) Coleman camp stove, (1)
propane camp stove (1)
propane crab cooker for boiling water. the new folding stove
table is now Complete (and very cool) This year we have a 10" WOK very cool!
Leave no trace plans.. There are no
post holes need to stabilize the structure the soil will not be
removed. We are very pleased with the playa friendly design of
this new structure. After the tent is removed the rebar holes
will be refilled tamped and
watered to fuse back any divots in the playa. Any
spots
where cars or trucks are parked will be check for oil or fluids leaks
and
those soils removed and sacked. any left over playa dirt will be
used to fill these spots and watered.
Misting systems are designed to be used over areas that have Blue
tarps laid down first and then carpet laid over the top.. so no water
collection will form in the playa surface.
NOTE CHANGE: modification
to utility trailer. in 2004
the empty wooden trailer with 3 side walls was an effective dehydrator
for melon peels and other kitchen waste, (2005 we put in new Spruce Wood Decking),
in 3 hours fruits and
leftovers were converted to small leathery items, The Rack
on the trailer tongue proved to be an outstanding dehydrator SUCCESS!!!!
the Trailer this year will have attachable fold down counter
space. We have some hygiene safety washes this year it will
be a 3 tub system .. sterile, wash , rinse.
Hygiene water (gray
water) will be collected, evaporated and the concentrate (if any)
should be a pasty residue that will be placed in a zip lock bag and
sealed in empty 5 gal buckets to be disposed of in a land
fill.
We are going back to the 4' x 3' x 2" black plastic gray water
evaporation "wading pool" . (simple low tech, efficient.)
SUCCESS!!!! : standard gray water
evaporation shallow pool.. but! with a
twist..
nursery cloth will run over the shower block and out
into the gray water pool.
this does two things:
1) screen out large
particles
2) increases surface area
for evaporation
3) provides a wicking
action to evaporate more water
Trash -
M.O.O.P. each end of the shade structure has a garbage
sack tied to the door post. when a sack is half full it is taken down,
compressed by standing on it to remove excess air Tied and placed in
the utility trailer. A new empty garbage sack is then tied to
that
door post. As a camp we do morning MOOP runs returning from
any
location on the playa esp from the sanacans. this makes certain
our
street is clean, it is a great way to meet the neighbors, when we pick
up trash on their front door,. Over the years we have found
absolutely great stuff walking back from the outer fences of
BRC.
Members are told that if they just pick up the stuff that is right in
front of them any of the really cool Moop is a gift to them from the
universe.. Works great!. Each member averages about 10
hours of MOOP
pick up over the course of the entire week.
2005 the best year yet..
SUCCESS!!!! : NO
MOOP FOUND ON FINAL WALK
THOUGH!!! YAAAAAAAH
Kitchen water is first screen with a fairly large holed
sieve to
remove the big chunks.. then evaporated down to a sticky residue that
goes into a plastic lined 5 gal bucket. then left in the shade to
be
sealed and packed to a land fill after the event. (this needs
work we think we have a better system with a separate evaporation and
screening with nursery cloth. So far we have several suggestions
including an interesting idea of a hanging sausage drip
evaporation sock.. might work!
Shower gray water We don't have much of a shower
system.. a one gal
solar shower bag on the top of the BEAST (Pickup truck) a shallow
Mortar mixing plastic pan to catch the water. We have found that
showering with a friend is much more fun and efficient. The gray
water
is evaporated to a thick slurry and add to the Kitchen water residue
bucket. Modifications of
the shower system in the works is a misting shower pumper sprayer, heat
about a QT of water on the stove dump it into the sprayer and
shower.. should be less gray water.. once again.. shower with a friend
is much more fun and uses less water.
Member camping will be in behind the main tent
with cars and trucks forming a protective ring to the West- South West.
We expect to have 14 to 18 cars/pickups/vans (35-40
members)
Poles will be cut for the "|>"
as soon as the weather warms up
Camp organizer OMYG E-mail
