Rainbow Gathering Safety Questions

On gaurding your stuff, perhaps some one there stand guard! Never insulting but always blessing each passerby!

I have not been to one, but they did have one here in Missouri years ago. The local news was reporting, the bible thumpers went there in force, the were so afraid it would be a mess. Come to find out everything went fine, the brothers and sisters never caused any trouble.

If they have one again I would love to attend!

 

Have everyone carry a CamelBak that has a 2- to 3-liter water storage capacity. During the day, make sure to check how much your child has consumed. People have died from heatstroke with a half-filled water bladder inside their CamelBak. It can also be used to carry a small survival Kit. With your children, inventory this kit before each trip and discuss how each item is used. A whistle should be attached to the body as a necklace or tied to a belt loop and inserted inside a pocket. An industrial-size garbage bag can be made to decrease heat lost from the head, create the hood when making the head hole. Show your children how to do this before departing home. Make sure your children know to not place their heads inside the garbage bag! Petzel headlamp, Hat and socks, and a Energy bar. Please take the time, however, to discuss how important water is, and remind them that if they don't have water, they shouldn't eat. The size of your children's survival kits depends on how much they can carry. Signal mirror, Solar blanket, Iodine tablets, Folding blade knife, Waterproof matches and lighter, and Tinder. Without training, they are nothing more than dead weight and serve no purpose. The list is unlimited

 

You will probably be safe if you bring a large pit bull, some face kicking boots, brass knuckles and don’t take shit from no one..

Jack up dumb asses as they pull in to front gate so you have money to contribute to beer runs and you will be fine.

Hahaha just kidding

I’ve been to about 5 or 6 nationals and have only heard of a couple of people getting backpacks getting stolen.

Not sure what goes on in the parking lot.. I just park my car there and go inside but I don’t know of anyone who has problems with car brake ins.
I do camp with people and we always have someone watch camp it is huge you never know what kind of random people will walk through your camp. But half of the time I went alone and always found cool trust worthy people to camp with.

I think the biggest danger is getting stopped and searched at law enforcement roadblocks on the way in and out.

 

If they get separated from you make sure your children understand how important it is to stop, and how moving makes it much harder for you to find them. They need to immediately begin blowing their whistle and continue doing it in short bursts every three to five minutes until rescue arrives. If they have a signal mirror, they should flash the horizon every five to ten minutes. If they don't have either, they can use a big stick and pound on a tree. Make sure they understand the difference between playing in the sandbox and being in the woods. When hiking, point out a good tree well, and have your children climb inside so they can see how comfortable it can be. Don't have your children ration their water. They should drink it. Let them know that if they ever get lost, you'll be looking for them. If you're a spiritual family, discuss your faith and how they can turn to it for comfort.

 

Ummmmm....kids at a gathering aren't likely to wander off and find themselves alone. Nobody's going to pay any attention to a whistle going off...they'll just think it's Tea Time. A signal mirror would be as effective at a gathering as it would be at the mall. Better would be for the child to find someone with a two way radio, or if the child is old enough to understand that it is not a toy, (lots of the 20+ year old kids don't get this) give him his own. You could pin your contact info on the back of a toddler's shirt (child's name, name parrents go by at the gathering, loction of your camp in relation to the closest major kitchen, e.g. "halfway between the Ovens and Oz") By default, found children are taken to Kid Village. If you are not camped near there, or want your little explorer taken somewhere else, you should indicate this. There was a 6 y.o. who left Mommy in Bus Village to go to Trader's Alley (Trade Circle...anyone ever seen the merchants in a circle?) at West Virginia Gathering. It would have been eaiser on Mommy if he had been taken back up the hill instead of farther into the village.

The easiest time to loose your kid is the afternoon of the 4th, after the prayer circle breaks up, and the party begins.

Why was this thread brought back up from the depths?

 

I have only attended one national; I saw no violence except between two dogs. One dog was badly hurt, and I believe both owners packed up and left.

At night, I left my drum (a large ashiko that cost several hundred dollars) at a kitchen about a hundred yards from where we pitched a tent, and no one took it in the 8 days 7 nights we were there. Another time I didn't feel like carrying it, and laid it alongside a main trail unattended, and again, it was there when I returned an hour or so later. I think I was unconsciously trying to get rid of it or something!

I had one experience of a person being rude to me (he had pitched a tent away from everyone else, I walked by it while returning from helping someone put up a teepee, and he said something kind of rude about how I should have known he camped away from everyone for a reason. Later, he found me and gave a really sincere apology, saying he had just done a long drive and was tired.

I saw one person having a bad drug experience (a girl maybe 10 or so who had taken LSD) but it was handled well and she was fine a few mins later. That's about it. I bummed a ride to and from the gathering from total strangers, and we got along great.

That's my $.02's worth!

 

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If she was fine minutes later, then it couldn't have been LSD then, could it?

I've seen teens younger than I would like on drugs I'd rather not see them on at gatherings....and in towns and cities across the nation. But a 10 year old on LSD, that wasn't LSD?

Why are you even spreading this rumor?

The more I think about it, the more your post pisses me off...You claim to be a 47 year old network analyst who enjoys reading, and you're obviously not an alcoholic High School dropout in his early 20s who never learned to write. I believe you deliberately structured your post for maximum shock value. "Everything's peace, love, and hippie beads, blahblah, only one dog fight, tenpted, but yet was not lifted from, blahblah, love and happiness...10 year old on acid...peace."

What are you trying to do???

 

He didn't say she was sober minuets later. I'm sure even a 10 year old, especially with the help of family, can change a bad LSD moment into a good LSD experience.

 

about yor question on wear to put you tent, my advice is, like someone said, walk main trail to get an idea on wear things are and the farther into the gathering you are the safer you are from roudy front gate kids, they usually don't make it in too far, and most important GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS and ask if you are setting up to close to them. Me and my husband like to have fun and get a little loud sometimes and we let everyone know "This is not a quiet zone!" ... some people move on and some people gather round... and good neighbors will watch you back so choose wisely. But most of all don't stress it you'll do fine and don't be afraide to ask questions, because if you don't ask questions you will never learn...
and Bury your shit
Bury your dogs shit
Bury someone elses shit
Bury someone elses dogs shit
Bury Shit!

 

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amen....