I took my Tablecloth hammock, TurtleDog Hammock stand and Climashield UQ out to Nevada's Black Rock Desert for this year's Burning Man celebration and found the setup to be a fantastic sleeping option. I would set up the TD stand in th evening and take it down in the morning to afford me complete room in my Monkey Hut shade structure.
Chillin' in the Shade of the Monkey Hut.
One end of the TD stand extended well into the tent.
The evening temperatures, which could run as low as the upper 30s, wound up being around the mid 60s, so the UQ was only needed a few nights.
The scenery from the hammock changed every few seconds.
The days were filled with exploration of the playa for the most amazing collection of large scale art projects and structures.
Coyote
Truth is Beauty
Idea of perspective
The Church Trap
At the setting of the sun over the mountains each evening, howls would go up all across the city, welcoming the magic that is night time on the Burning Man playa.
Art Cars
Saturday night is when the centerpiece of the event occurs, the burning of the Man. This years theme, "Cargo Cult", focused on the belief that a number of isolated Pacific island populations adhere to that aliens from the skies (U.S. Troops during WWII) will return, again bringing with them supplies, medicines, equipment and technology that will again benefit the tribes so well as they did following their last appearance. The 30' tall Man was positioned atop a massive space ship which was approximately 4 stories tall with a diameter of over 100' and made primarily of wood. The burn on Saturday night looked like the most epic SyFy alien invasion movie of all time along with heat that was capable of melting steel! This burn was simply surrealistic!
As an artist, I absolutely flourish in the ocean of creativity at this event. I also love being radically self-sufficient and applying an alternative solution to the subject of sleeping comfortably and with style. The hammock and stand attracted the attention of quite a few people and, as usual, I had trouble getting them out of it once they had settled in.
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