Tuesday started off as a productive day of building. When the sphere was out of reach of the ladders the new plan was to tilt it and the rotate it and work our way around. This work for a while, until the sphere became too heavy, started folding in on itself and it was just plain too dangerous. El Capitan (a burning man art car veteran) stopped by to help, and expressed concern with our plan which only solidified Dan's gut feeling that what we were doing was bad, and we had to stop.
Discouraged, we turned to burning man for help. We rode to The Artery and were linked up with a man named Chaos who was in charge of all the heavy machinery used to build the city. We requested the use of a JLG (cherry picker lift), which shockingly Chaos said wouldn't be a problem!!! We were to meet them out in the center playa the next morning and we would have our JLG. So off to the center we went.
The next pictures are pretty much self explanatory and capture one of the most awesome steps in the process.
The JLG arrives
The right tool for the job makes all the difference
I assume the position as Pods mounts me and we mouth swap washers and nuts
Sphere is complete!!!
Next the crane arrives to help rotate the sphere to the right side so we can strap it down.
Death Star!!! I was out of camp when you left. Some Dark Sparklers are getting together tonight (Friday the 10th) in the city, I think at the Madrone Art Bar. Come hang out if you don't have plans, or find me on facebook so we can exchange contact info (Kerry BiscuitBoss Nickols)!
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Kerry aka Nicki Sparxx
ps - Is that thing done yet? Geeze. Took you long enough ;)