Rainforest
Refugee Camp
Space needed 150' x 150'
WE GOT 150' x
100'
35 cars and trucks
3 RV
3 large truck and trailer
Membership is closed.. no more space!
Rainforest
Refugee
Map 150'x
150'
aerial
view
RETURNS to Black Rock City 2006
(8th year of service)
Open every day from
Noon to 5pm (On days when it is Hot)
CAMP CUT OFF SIZE 75 members (+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 7/28/07
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2005 IMAGE
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.
2007 camp layout
3D Perspective of the Street side
general layout of camp
Olive Green is the face paint and Shark art car.
Purple is silver shade street performance group
Dark Green is the main shade with steel dome inside
Red is Kitchen generator and fuel storage
Green is RV with Generator
light blue is box truck Team Pandora
Brown is long dorm tents
Yellow is small trailer and cars
Other types of shade:
Our tight tent and RV plans
keep the wind and dust out of the small tents
Note changes in design 2004 from:
We will have 2 Alder flag
poles..
NO Post holes in the playa. (Playa field tests have proven no
need to dig holes for this structure)
The main shade
has a steel
geodesic dome in the
center a 64' vented parachute that also covers 3 yurts
W.W.II
and
newer Camouflage netting covers the sides of the main
shade
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.
Parachutes have be vented to let rushing air leave safely.
Designs have taken into account updrafts, down drafts. gusts ,
sustained winds of 35 mph and dust devil hits.
Silver shade dorm tents - designed
by a structural engineer proven to be a fantastic structure last year
is being replicated into a second silver shade. inside houses 6
to 8 smaller tents and has a center common area for community
stuff. *like eating.
TEXAN LONG TENTS- tested
twice on the playa this long quansa huts of burners without borders
design are absolutely the home on the range sleeping structures.
wind resistant, flexible pvc construction. these long tents hold out
the dust and provide protection for some of the other smaller tents
next to them.
We hope to have the Entrance
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 10 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.
The plan for this year 2007 is
to have two orange and white |> |> flag
poles with a banner with our name on it (signage) between the two
poles. have shade cloth walls covering the guy wires for
the poles on each side forming a "tunnel entrance"
this will allow us to gate off access when closed and make for a
nicer environment inside. the main shade.
We will be having interactions (entertainment/partisipation) on the
street with those passing by. there will be face painting booth
near the front .. Inside the main shade the ground is completely
covered with blue tarp and blankets are then laid over the tarp as
carpet..(very cool and fun to walk on with bare feet) The
misting area is located near the front entry off to a side this is to
keep mud to a minimum . we tarp under the mister and have rugs
over the tarp to pick up excess water. This is hugely important
because this area works as a swamp cooler to chill the rest of the main
shade. we don't want to lose any water by seepage into the
playa.. off around the inside of the main shade has area's
almost like store fronts where members can sit, work on projects, chit
chat, do nails or watch "Theater of the Moment (TOTM)" a
theater of the round that has access to the costume yurt located
under the shade tarp.
in the middle of the main shade is a steel geodesic dome that forms the
center support. it also is the Hammock area and "Snuggle
Puddle" an area of extra blankets and pillows and plush
toys. A very nice cuddle area to hang out in.
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Most of our membership does not do well in the heat, so we will be
camped out under the shade all day lounging around like over heated
puppies and kitties. Think Sloth.
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.
Note: this trailer is getting modified again. better suspension a
canapé that jacks up...
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.
cooking is our major flame issue and with the tow in kitchen
we have isolated the chances of fire spreading.
There will be (2) pressurized fire
extinguisher this year due to the
extra fuel in camp.
We will have a 3 Gas
generators (small) and 5 gal of gas to run it. sound proofing is
in the works it ...
I doubt we will be running it more than 1 hour a day,
to charge batteries. I doubt that we will run more than one
generator at a time.
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) butane 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!
Sound: 200 WATT
Stereo, 4 Mackie Box Speakers Channeled to
Stereo, 12V System. Plug and Play anything that
accepts 3.5mm jack.
(we have 2 of these systems in camp) run time 10am to about
10pm.. tests show self limiting because the batteries go dead quickly
as the playa cools off. (oh well)
Alternative lighting to reduce
fire hazard:
6-10 Fluorescent Lanterns 12V and 6V.
Dozens of Multi Colored Flashing and Non Flashing
lights.
Solar Panels up to 5AMPs per Day Light Hour. 1.5V to
12V.
IF wired properly and used
sparingly we have
400 AMP Hours 12V & 6V.
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
all our structures. 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.
SUCCESS!!!! :
We are now a proud owner of a 12 volt pump powered gray water
evaporator
Leave No Trace Program
6 years on the playa no moop
left behind
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.
2006 the best year yet..
SUCCESS!!!! : NO
MOOP FOUND ON FINAL WALK
THOUGH!!! YAAAAAAAH We were larger and had more folks
and still left the space clean! Job Well done!
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.
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 30-45cars/pickups/vans (70-75
members)
Refugee Adoption Program: All refugees have to clear through
Me (Omyg). We will do what we can to place your tent next to RRC
members you know. If you are new to the group don't feel bad we
have 10 newbies signed up already and each year we gain 15 to 20 more
folks. e-mail me to get onto the "RRC NEWS"
mark@snursery.com to join type: "PUT ME ON THE LIST" in the
subject line. Then write down a little bit about yourself and what you
want to do at Burning Man!
By mid week we usually adopt 2 to 4 groups of newbies to the Refugee
camp. this fills in the extra open space and helps the new
folks get the hang of desert camping the need to follow the LNT rules.
We are Playa virgin friendly with out new members things would get
rather stale and routine. New folks brings new ideas and
creativity and a whole new batch of topics to talk about..
For the folks at BMORG.. what ever space you give us we will pack it
wall to wall tight , as we always do.. (check your aerial photo's)
See all of you On the Playa!
Camp organizer OMYG E-mail
