Earplugs. This was my 2nd year in a row volunteering for Pickathon, and when it comes to camping amid winding forest trails illuminated by the soft glow of X-mas lights and filled with the sounds of late-night revelry, earplugs are a MUST.
I learned the same lesson last year that you just did, Courtney, and I feel for you.
Hey Courtney, that kind of sounds like my Pickathon experience! I heard that same horrendous late night/ early morning caterwauling, but as I'm just a member of the general public I had to pay through my nose to pitch my tent on the side of a steep incline to spend three sleepless nights sliding down a hill while out of tune hippies screeched away.
Seriously, though, Pickathon's a great festival. But the organization is just shit. I mean, did I really pay for the privilege of having my ears bleed due to some clueless wannabe Jackstraw types? And I know that there is a living legend doing a workshop in the barn, but doesn't common sense dictate that if hundreds try to cram in & see her the deck might just break? And by allowing volunteers- which made up nearly 20% of the attendees- and the media come early, set up & stay for free you're basically sticking it to families that- did I mention- pay a shit ton to learn how to sleep at a 45 degree angle.
So, yeah, just like you I have some complaints I'm bitching about. I just perhaps feel a bit more entitled. (Did I mention I paid through the nose yet?)
@trueslicky Yeah, I was totally scrunched at the bottom of my tent by the end of it. Hope you had fun though--hippies and angles and ticket prices notwithstanding.
Hippie-dodging is an acquired skill at Pickathon (i.e. convenient campsite = obnoxious campsite). Just think what it would have been like if 20,000 of 'em weren't in the Gorge watching Phish instead.
No normal person can afford $150 tickets
Folk music, camping and hippies.
What did you really expect?
I learned the same lesson last year that you just did, Courtney, and I feel for you.
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Seriously, though, Pickathon's a great festival. But the organization is just shit. I mean, did I really pay for the privilege of having my ears bleed due to some clueless wannabe Jackstraw types? And I know that there is a living legend doing a workshop in the barn, but doesn't common sense dictate that if hundreds try to cram in & see her the deck might just break? And by allowing volunteers- which made up nearly 20% of the attendees- and the media come early, set up & stay for free you're basically sticking it to families that- did I mention- pay a shit ton to learn how to sleep at a 45 degree angle.
So, yeah, just like you I have some complaints I'm bitching about. I just perhaps feel a bit more entitled. (Did I mention I paid through the nose yet?)
"Hippie boner-killer."
Redundant. There's only one kind of hippie vis a vis the boner.