The Black Rock Desert is possibly the least comfortable place on earth. But the astounding feats of engineering and art one sees at Burning Man was reason enough for us noobs to spend an entire morning braving the elements of nature, building something for the heck of it.
A broken hand crank drill, 25 PVC struts, a misbehaving parachute and 3 hours later, we had a place from which to sit back and watch the skydivers' planes take off.
