Desert Camping Links

Anybody Burns (Jolly Jill)

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

How to make a cloak or cape:
http://www.costumes.org/

Amazing uses for a baseball hat:
http://www.costumes.org/

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

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

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

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

Playa necessities:
The ultimate dust protection for your entire face.
http://www.grainger.com/

Understanding electromagnetic radiation:
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Camp and Shelter fabrics:
Reflective bubblewrap with an aluminized surface on both side.
http://www.reflectixinc.com
http://www6.mailordercentral.com/

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/

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, anda recommendation from Burners.
http://gothicarchgreenhouses.com/

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

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/

Grommet repair hardware
http://cbcproducts.com/

Stake pullers
http://www.deeconcrete.com/

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

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

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

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/


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