Strike
We struck Whispers of a Distant Storm on Saturday morning so we could leave on Sunday. To avoid the heat of the day, we woke at 6am to get an early start. This was particularly challenging because our sleep schedule had quickly transitioned to our typical BM schedule, which means going to bed ~3-4am. We arrived at the installation shortly after sunrise.
As we prepared to strike on Saturday morning, we were pleasantly greeted with the sound a few rare whistlers! The only ones we heard all burn.
Despite being in a container, there was a thick layer of dust on the deep cycle batteries.
Strike went significantly faster than build
Matching coveralls with the Catstle logo and our name or initials were a cute outfit and helped with dust management. The coveralls were our build and strike outfits.
Strike seemed to go quickly. We were both surprised that it took us nearly 4.5 hours.
One of the 10 Principles of Burning Man, as written by Larry Harvey, is Leave no Trace. "Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them."
Artists are required to do LNT in a 50' radius from the floofie (remember the CD with pink tassles that noted where the installation was placed?). To help ensure we left the playa better than we found it, we brought a big rake, measured out 50' in quarters, and started our zen circle garden. We walked with our MOOP (matter out of place) collection baggie, dragging the rake to bring hiding MOOP to the surface. After walking, raking, and walking the entire circle we felt good about the condition we were leaving the playa.