Burning Man 2007: Playa ROM (Ranger Orientation Meeting)

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Burning Man 2007: Playa ROM (Ranger Orientation Meeting)

 Friday 6 July 2007
  Ranger Lefty and I are heading up to the playa for the 2007 ROM (Ranger Orientation Meeting). In the trusty Ford Explorer that we've used for so many years, the tunes are playing, my feet are hanging out the window, the road races by. We're a happy bunch of guys.

Ranger Lefty drives

I check out the Gerlach weather on my brand new iPhone, it having become available only a week earlier. This late in the afternoon it's still 99° F (37° C) up there. (The weather was unseasonably hot and dry, as you'll shortly discover.)

brand new iPhone

Last year, when Domo and I did the 2006 ROM, we arrived very early morning, to a rain-, wind-, and lightning-storm. This year we saw lightning far off, thankfully.

lightning in the distance

On-playa, Ranger Lefty chats with some of the other Rangers at their camp. Moments after this photo was taken a monster gust of wind blew across the playa, demolishing the flimsy shade structure under which we're sitting.

Ranger Lefty

Ranger Fuzzy and his new bride, Jessica. What a great couple!

Mr. & Mrs. Ranger Fuzzy

It's Ranger Painless - a dentist - and his son Thomas, aka Little Painless. There is no sound like Little's laugh, save perhaps the mirth of angels.

Painless and Little Painless
 Saturday 7 July 2007
  After midnight, the arrivals slow, and the merriment and reunions begin. One of the joys denied to us during the event is the bearing of arms. (Yeah, what worked at 1,000 people somehow doesn't scale up at 50,000; who knew?) Here some of our bangstix crowd fire away.

bearing arms

Their brass scatters among the heaping piles left by the locals. The reports ring out against the hills. The smell of cordite smells like victory.

bearing arms II

Little Painless holds court, the wee charmer.

Little Painless II

There was an issue with Painless' vehicle, so it comes to pass that some of his gear got left behind. Missing are warm blankets, so Little Painless spends the night in my Ranger Jacket, first on his dad's lap and then safely tucked into their sleeping space.

Little Painless under my coat

Ranger Crow (left) enjoying the early hours of the morning.

Ranger Crow

The next morning Ranger Sir Bill (at left) provides us with a truly perfect moment: copious amounts of hot crispy bacon and hotter coffee! Sir Bill, there aren't words enough to convey our gratitude (despite our cheers and hugs).

Ranger Sir Bill and his bacon and coffee

The ROM start time nearing for the first-timers, chairs are pulled from camps to the central shade structure.

fetching chairs for the ROM

Our host of last evening - the maker of margaritas extraordinary - appears refreshed, with clean hat and pep in his step.

Nothing makes the playa feel more civilized, save bacon and coffee, than the presence of clean porta-potties. Thank you, Ranger Crow.

porta-potties

Ranger Vichy Lobo (at left) and Ranger Lefty (at right) at Bruno's restaurant, in near-by Gerlach. Good omelettes, and better conversation.

Bruno's

Ranger Crow's ride.

Ranger Crow's ride

Ranger Dirtwitch, aka Dirty, our experienced trainer par excellance, begins the ROM. So much to share, so little time in which to share it.

Ranger Dirtwitch

Danger Ranger and Badger

Danger Ranger and Badger

 Sunday 8 July 2007
 

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