Ring of Fire
Thanks to Eric and his napkins, this event log is now ready
to be brought forth and be subjected to the
scrutiny of all past and future participants. It is hoped
that the blurry memories will be corrected
so that in time, a truly accurate record will exist.
1984
The
Mysterious
Alpha Excursion
My
attempts to document this initial exursion have resulted in
an
ever increasingly vague record of this event.
JB wrote:Regarding Camping Genesis (1984), I am not, at this
time, at liberty
to discuss any details. A simple reference, 'PNW', is
all that iscurrently available
in the public record. Activities and participantsare,
much like the Kennedy and Nixon files
of their time, being withheldfrom public consumption due to
the potentially adverse societal impact
this information may have.
DG wrote: no extraordinary file can be kept silent for
long. regarding PNW events,
suspects, and collaborators i offer for the record:
stout breakfast ship wreck violent
femmes?! bracelet relic
1985
Bigfoot
Bill
Jeff Wayne Donny Dave Paul Eric
The following was also reported for 1995, but has yet
to be confirmed:
Per EE: There was a psuedo trip that Dave, Jeff, and I went
on in
85', but Billy claims it never happenned.
1986
Dels
Area
Kenny
Dave Jeff Bill Donny Mike from Fairmont
1987
Glacial
Park, Illinois
Kenny
Dave Bill Donnie Dan Jeff
Drunken
Brawls...Ring of Fire
1988
Gleason
Dan
Clark
Dave Bill Paul E. Eben Jeff
Photos's
without film...Journalist nightime fieldwork...Jagermeister
1989
Newport
I
Sean
Pat Bill Dan Dave Karbo Jeff Eben
Grueling
inbound journey...Radio owner disappears with tunes...
Gunshots
bring Rangers ("I've never seen anything like it before")
Sleeping
like rocks on rocks...Really big fires
1990
Mississippi
Sean
Ebes Karbo Dave Bill Steve Dan Jeff Clark
Visitor
Swimming
excellence displayed...Huge fire
"Holy
shit it's a barge!!(Panic)"
1991
Mississippi
Eben
Karbo Steve Dan Bill Jeff Dave
Bill's
first foot injury..Huger fires
1992
Newport
II
Dan
Dave
Eben Karbo Bill Jeff Steve
Most
excellent Auroraborealis
1993
Wisconsin
River
Karbo
Dave Eben Dan Clark
Nude
sunbathing...Unbalanced campers in tippy canoe...Dumping on the sandbar
1994
Manitowish
Waters
Eben
Dan Bill Sean Karbo Pepper
Passed
out canoer floats quietly for hours...Eagle eyes drunken boatmen
Need
Sean quote here....help
me.
1995
Kickapoo
Tom
Dan
Bill Karbo Pepper Steve Brian Eben
Camper
submits to bug bite ritual...Flashlight BJ results in tooth injury
1996
Namakogan
Pat
Sean
Bill Dan Karbo Pepper Eben Steve
Pepper
nearly takes the bait...Skies yield fish
1997
Brutal
Brule
Tom
Karbo
Eben Pepper Pat Bill Brian Dan
Hungry
camper boils his own foot...Unfriendly boulders abound
1998
Cheymagon
Waters Flowage
Steve
Bill Eben Pat Sean Dan Pepper Karbo Brian Jim (Steve's bro-in-law)
Bear
Shit...Sally the Sandbar Wench
1999
Loon Lake???
Attendees Unknown to Author
Images
2000
Eagle River -
Three Johns Lake
Attendees unknown to Author
2001
Eagle River -
Luna Lake
Someplace cool in Wisconsin
Dave Bill Sean Brian Jeff Karbo Eben Pepper Tom Umnus
Dan
Images
2002
Eagle River - Two
Ducks Lake
Dave Bill Sean Brian
Karbo Eben Pepper Tom Steve Dan
Images
2002 Winter
2003
Eagle
River - Three Johns Lake
Bill Sean Brian Karbo Pat Eben
Pepper Tom Steve Dan Dave(Dennis)
Brian,
scrambling in the pocket under an intense rush from "Too Tall" Eben,
throws a bullet beyond the outstretched fingers of Bill,
whose quad just popped after his foot caught the exposed evergreen
root, into the sure hands of Umnus. Touchdown. Game over.
7-6
More 2003 Images
Coming Soon
Bill's Creed
I will be there.
I will have a new tent.
I will have a chair.
I will have some new music.
I will have some old music.
I will conveniently forget to pack umnus' guitar when I pick him up.
I will have my snorkel and fins.
I will have another chair.
I will bring fire-wood.
I will be there Thurs-Monday. (4 nights of bill -
whooooooo!)
I will keep my promise not to send disturbing images (although I have a
great one of steve's perfect woman)
I will NOT sabotage Mike's effort to play the new rush Cd
I will get Tom worked up about going to a nudie bar
I will have a canoe/boat
I will have a bottle of Captain Morgan
I will have some Diet Dr. Pepper
I will have a buzz by 9:30 pm cst Thursday
I will have a knife
I will have a marine/car battery- charged
I will have a trickle charger just in case
I will have an attitude
I will try NOT to be in control of every situation
I will fail at that attempt
I will be dressed appropriately at least 20% of the time
I will have a bike
I will have a truck
I will have a nice cup for drinking
I will have a white-gas Coleman lantern
I will have a battery-operated Coleman lantern
I will have fishing gear
I will have two new 8 qt pots for cooking
I will not be bearing gifts (Dan will)
I will have my cell-phone
I will be looking for a note at the main entrance
I will be bringing Steve
I will volunteer to go shopping on Friday am
I will volunteer to not go shopping on Friday am
I will be expecting to play sheepshed
I will nominate Goose Island Hex nut brown ale as an alternative to
sprecher special amber
I will drink any Sprecher Cream Soda that is brought
I will ramble incessantly
I will miss Dave and Jeff
I will miss Jeff's chair
I will speculate
I will make stupid comments and defend them vigorously
I will bring some basic snack foods for evening #1
I will see you then
I Am Bill
