A seasonal "burning" effort…

Our neighbor Mike hardly ever misses a “Burning Man” this annual festival of creativity that takes place in the middle of the Nevada desert and this year, with a bunch of friends they are making some serious improvements to their “Helibus” a crossbred school bus with a helicopter flanked by clouds and ended by a hanging double chairlift.

As it’s been since 1990, the event will be held in Black Rock City, Nevada, from August 24 to September 1. It originated in San Francisco in 1986, but due to city regulations, the event moved to Nevada 4 years later. The idea is to showcase Burning Man's global culture of art and innovation, inviting participants to dream, invent, and share ideas for the future. 

This year’s festival has been themed "Tomorrow Today," will imagine, build and explore the future referencing both utopian and dystopian visions. It encourages a focus on "protopia," a future of gradual, positive change, rather than extreme outcomes. Approximately 80,000 attendees are expected, according to the Burning Man Project, the maximum capacity set by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. 

We’ll try to follow and keep you up to date with “Helibus” contribution to that massive and popular effort...