Interdependance

photo©julian Stiring solar stew

I brought one of everything, but that wasn't enough.  I packed all sorts of clothing and batteries, a solar flashlight, even sanitizer.  The second part of my camp was supposed to arrive Wednesday with the stove.  We never connected and I heard later that their stove failed for them as well.

The first few days, I made lots of kimchee and shared it.  I made a solar stew every day, but that would need reheating at dinner time.  Once I joined Supersnail, my daytime staple became energy bars, and I would have a stew and rice ready for everyone at night.  "He could take Playa dust and make Tandoori food out of it", said Julian of my cooking.

It seems I must have mildly sprained my knee while packing heavy loads into the truck, and later, that surfaced.  I would be fine in the day, naked and barefoot, but when evening fell, the doc martin's seemed a little heavy and I limped around all night.  NEXT YEAR I WILL BRING A BIKE.  And this bike will be fabulous, by the way.  I also lost one of my work gloves early on, which let one hand get even more chapped.

photo©julian

It was cold and windy most of the time.  It was not what anyone expected.  Radical Self Reliance gives way to Radical Interdependence.   I became a part of the community and made friends to survive.  But No one can help you if you aren't trying to pull your own weight.

As it turns out, everyone I talked to brought too much water, and too much drugs.  It was too cold to shower and the Burn is always hyper stimulating on its own.