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Links for Desert Camping
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Clothing and Costume Links:
Extensive collection of information about belly dancing costumes, including many free online patterns
http://www.shira.net/askcg.htm

How to make a cloak or cape
http://www.costumes.org/classes/254pages/projects/cape.htm
http://amtgard.com:8080/how2clok.pdf    (Acrobat Reader .pdf)

How to make a penis
http://www.costumes.org/classes/254pages/projects/funoodlepenis.htm

Amazing uses for a baseball hat
http://www.costumes.org/classes/254pages/projects/baseballhat.htm

Costume and make up links from the Burning Man site:
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/resources/costumes.html

Kitchen and food links:
Pump up sprayers for dishwashing, bathing, and cooling off
http://www.chapinmfg.com/start.html

Dry ice information
http://www.dryiceinfo.com/safe.htm

How to organize a communal kitchen from the Burning Man site
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/kitchens.html

Playa necessities:
The ultimate dust protection for your entire face
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611763136

Protecting the playa, from the Burning Man site
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/protecting_the_environment.html

Ideas and information about managing your vehicle's keys at Burning Man
http://www.brclot.com/keycare.html

A good page for blister prevention and treatment:
http://www.detnews.com/2002/healthcolumns/0210/22/health-619439.htm

Understanding electromagnetic radiation
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html

Camp and Shelter fabrics:
Reflective bubblewrap with an aluminized surface on both side
http://www.reflectixinc.com
http://www6.mailordercentral.com/igcusastore/products.asp?dept=1040

ALUMINET - Reflective knit shade cloth, 70% shade 
(it also comes in 50% and 60% shade - look at the rest of the site)
http://www6.mailordercentral.com/igcusastore/prodinfo.asp?number=SC-AL70&variation=&aitem=16&mitem=24

Here is another source for Aluminet at gothicarchgreenhouses.com. Scroll down to see the different kinds of shade cloth. They also have several great photos of Aluminet in use, and a recommendation from Burners.
http://gothicarchgreenhouses.com/shade_cloth_supplies.htm

Polysack USA, Inc. (Manufacturers of the Aluminet shade cloth. They also make blue, red, and gray shade cloth)
7590 Britannia Ct. Suite C Building D San Diego
California 92154
Tel : +1 619 6619601/2
Fax: +1 619 6619603
E-mail: usa@polysack.com

Great information: How to fasten Aluminet using grommets, hooks, lacing pins, and/or ropes
by the manufacturers of Aluminet: Polysack
http://www.polysack.com/docs%5CInfo19en.pdf     (Acrobat Reader .pdf)
http://www.polysack.com/docs%5CInfo18en.pdf     (Acrobat Reader .pdf)

How to make a windbreak fence using knitted shade cloth
http://www.polysack.com/docs%5CInfo16en.pdf     (Acrobat Reader .pdf)

Those heavy gray tarps you see everywhere
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C40325CC7   or if that link doesn't work, here is the long link
http://www.northerntool.com...

Shelter Accessories and Tools:
Grommets for the shade cloth. They might also work with other fabrics and maybe the bubblewrap stuff
http://www6.mailordercentral.com/igcusastore/prodinfo.asp?number=SC-9000&variation=&aitem=2&mitem=24

Grommet repair hardware
http://cbcproducts.com/EZG/EZGHome.htm
http://www.cbcproducts.com/EZG/UsingEZG.htm

Stake pullers
http://www.tolmantool.com/ttm.php?PROC=puller_main
http://www.deeconcrete.com/stakepullers.html
http://www.stakepuller.com/home.htm

Outdoor Wilderness Fabric - a great resource for webbing, buckles, and fabric. Here is the link to hardware
http://www.owfinc.com/Hardware/Hardwaremain.htm

How to tie a variety of useful knots, with animated knot graphics
http://www.geocities.com/kinta_ke_19/skill/knot.htm

How to build a variety of shelters:
All about domes, including a strut-length calculator:
http://www.desertdomes.com

Sturdy geodesic dome. Lots of photos and helpful hints
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~munzner/dome

Bucky ball dome plans from the Space Lounge crew
http://www.spacelounge.com/dome_plans.html

For the minimalist, tarp tent! Amazing site with extensive directions for creating a functional tent out of a tarp
http://www.thru-hiker.com/workshop.asp?subcat=3&cid=4

Desert Structures - lots of information and links to more sites with even more information
http://www.sonic.net/~bullnose/bluetarp.htm

Lightweight, portable domes, yurts, and other structures
http://www.shelter-systems.com/shelters.html

How to build a yurt. Well-written and with appropriate illustrations
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/yurt/

Parachute homes
http://www.cieux.com/bm/argyre.html

Beautiful tension structures, check out the image gallery
http://www.rudienos.com/

MSR outfitter wing: a tarp for the playa
http://www.thetentstore.com/msr_outfitterwing_03_tents.htm

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