shoots-straight
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I don't know about the elk herd, but the skeeters will feast. If any of you have been the the Big Hole around the 4th of July, then you know what I'm talking about.
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I don't know about the elk herd, but the skeeters will feast. If any of you have been the the Big Hole around the 4th of July, then you know what I'm talking about.
I will if Kate Upton will be.
Dinkshooter
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Funny, looks like I shot my moose about 3-4 miles from there.
jryoung
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So you're saying the Rainbow Gathering is a good scouting trip?
noharleyyet
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katqanna
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I have many friends that go to both. While considered a spectacle to some of y'all, I view it no differently than the wild game dinners, mountain man rendezvous' or paleo gatherings that I have experienced or even Ren fests. Perhaps some might relate to it a little more if it was put in the context of Sturgis, which I have seen mentioned on this forum, without the need for the wet t-shirts.
noharleyyet
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kat, did you happen to make Lilith Fair when you were exiled to Texas?
jryoung
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100% agree, anytime you have a large gathering of individuals sharing a similar lifestyle, political or philosophical views it is surely destined to be a S*^! show.
Or any t-shirt.
Btw- my best friend from High School is the ticketing manager for Burning Man. Completely different scene than the Rainbow Gathering. Also, Burning Man doesn't leave the kind of problems that the Rainbows do. Good analogy on Sturgis.
noharleyyet
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Sturgis is on my bucket list...just not during bike week.
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katqanna
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Lol, I went one year. But I have issues. I am not afraid of much in life, but there is one thing that scares the shit out of me and that is large groups of women. And by large groups, I mean 2 or more. There were a hell of a lot of women there - angsty, feminist women. Now, as a woman, I am an egalitarian, I have never identified myself as a feminist and never will. I also cant tolerate superficial people - male or female, so that environment was not my cup of tea. My music preference also tends to be male oriented.
The original concept of Lilith Fair, though mistakenly attributed to Medieval Jewish legends, was a good one, but I am afraid with my ancient Semitic archaeological background, what the Lilith Fair goers made of it is not quite what Lilith was all about and that kind of f*cked it up for me. I am so much more at home in Montana than Austin and much prefer the "wildlife" here.
katqanna
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Or any t-shirt.
Good analogy on Sturgis.
While I have never attended Sturgis, Sturgis spilled over into Scottsbluff, NE, where I spent a few hellacious years. All the men at the contractors desk where I worked at Home Depot, were Sturgis participants. So I basically ran the dept for a few days. One of the women from our store won the wet t-shirt contest for that year. It is quite the subculture.
Straight Arrow
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Sturgis is set up to house, camp, feed, bathe, cater, sell to, and accomodate toilet requirements for thirty thousand bikers. Beaverhead National Forest is NOT!
Dinkshooter
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Don't let Dink fool you. He participates every time it is in CO.
It's where I met Oak......................
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Dinkshooter
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No need for that part.
noharleyyet
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You must've met Leslie. RIP March 8, 2012....interesting dude, ran for mayor of Austin.
katqanna
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From Sturgis participants that I knew, they commented that it was not adequately set up for as many people that attend, especially from the toilet perspective, but guys being guys, y'all have an easier time of just peeing anywhere. But, from the other perspective, friends of mine that will probably be attending this event (and I know you cannot broad brush paint all those attending), they are heavily into sustainability as I am. When we camp, we try not to leave any footprint and even remove trash that others left behind. The foods they eat and products they bring in, including their containers, are more natural, not creating the major trash issues that have to be dealt with from "normal" events.
As to the latrine situations, down in the Amazon, there are whole swaths of areas where villages used to be. The soil in these areas is what is now referred to as Terra Preta (black earth), being harvested and sold for a pretty penny. It is an incredibly nutritious soil that began as latrine and organic trash trenches for the villagers with charcoal, bone and other organic materials added; then covered and over years - decomposed.
So while these are two diverse subcultures, I personally would feel more comfortable with the byproducts of the Rainbow gathering than I would the Sturgis gathering. But as I said earlier, I am more concerned with the impact to our wildlife and environment, with that many people in a concentrated area, for that time period - I am concerned. Because no matter how environmentally friendly most of these people may be, there is no possible way to not have that natural environment impacted with those variables, and the naturalist in me cringes to think about it.
Straight Arrow
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More like Terra Devastata!
Rainbow gathering aftermath ... "Terra Preta" Really?!!!!
Rainbow gathering aftermath ... "Terra Preta" Really?!!!!
