THis was a fun day.. but ended tragically with the guy jumping into the fire.. I still don’t know what caused him to odo that. I did not film his death.. but it happend just in front of me. I stopped filming out of respect…
the burn starts with conclave.> Chris and kim from our camp lead the Grean Mountain conclave.. gabe is one of heir fire safeties.. his job is to through a flameproof blanket of=ver whomever is burning in the wrong way.. ..w e were close enough to watch them .
they looked so grat !
finally 
then the man gets lit.. thousands of galons of keroscene get him going
fireworks help hom along
more accerlants !
this is 60 or 70 feet tall !
i stopped taking pictures.. right before the guy broke through the crownd and lept into the flame.. I’ll nexer for te that icture.. he was smiling !
we all were in complte shook.. most folkswho saw went quietly back to their cams.. many folks had not seen hin=m jump.. and went on eith their night ,
so crazy
we did go out a gain just to get soem perspective. ran into many freinds and taled hout what had happened..
got ome at sunrise… .. slept for an hour.. then started taking down camp.
biully decided to leave that day too… .. exedus was suprisingly easy.. only about an hour out t the highway !
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i was so covered in dirt !
so was our gear !
so was the airport !
ucle billy and gabe waster soem quarters .
the fligh homw was easy.. i slept the whole way.. what a trip..
what good memproes…
i’ll never for get them
nite all, nite sam
-me
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