Permaburn

What : Stone Soup 2009 Camp-out at PermaBurn

When : June 5th, 6th & 7th (early and late camping is fine)

Where : Madeline, California - 60 miles north of Susanville

Entrance Fee : 0.00, nada, FREE!

RSVP your camp, art plans and head count to…

sudden.net@gmail.com

Soup’s On!

Great news in a down year - the second UNofficial Reno Regional Burn and camp-out is now official! (We’re not officially part of Burning Man, but Stone Soup 2009 is now officially in production!)

Considering our Burned out economy, some may not even make it to the playa this year. Others have asked for a spring camp-out for Burners. So we’re headed back to PermaBurn! And to keep it totally FREE, we’re using the Stone Soup approach.

Come on, you remember the Grimm Brother tale about three Napoleonic soldiers returning to a war-torn and starving village in hopes of a free meal. As the villagers are at first unwilling to share any of their meager food stores with these strangers, they decide to get creative. The soldiers set up a pot and begin to boil a large stone announcing a dinner of “stone soup” will be ready soon.

Then someone offers to add some salt - just to give it a little flavor. Next pepper is offered up. Soon other villagers begin bring forth their modest vegitables and other contributions to create a wonderful soup. In no time, they all eat very well in spite of first intentions. The point is, you won’t need to bring much to PermaBurn, just what you need to survive and what you wish to add to the experience.

For those who didn’t join us last year, PermaBurn is 640 acres of northern California being organized as permanent art installations by a Burner named Greg Glover from the east coast. In the spirit of Burning Man, Greg has gifted this volcanic caldera for the weekend with virtually no restrictions on how we wish to express ourselves.

We’ll use the PermaBurn site as our soup pot. Greg’s also thrown in port-a-potties as the stone for the soup. Am I pushing this metaphor too far? In any case, because of his wonderful gift, we don’t need to charge an entrance fee. So come on out and join us. Express yourself! Be free! For free!

Just like on the playa, and as in the story Stone Soup, WE get to add all the rest. Since the pre-announcement a few days ago, I’ve had feedback from over 40 people volunteering to put this thing together. The soup is already gaining some excellent flavor…

Tractors acquired and work has begun on roads!

Permaburn

A topographic map of current Permaburn layout is complete.  The next topographic map will show the desired layout.  Fred setting is setting up legal structure of the organization.

Next steps will include digging wells and cutting land for roads.  Large tractors acquired to do some of the work.
Soon members can tape out camp locations!