Urban Hiking With a Phone: September 2013

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Team Oracle USA at the Oracle Base at Pier 80 in San Francisco. Watching the Start and finish of race #6 an #7

8AM at the Oracle USA base in San Francisco to cheer the boys off - this place is massive and under very tight security

Friends and Family cheer on Team Oracle USA while AD/CD blasts in the background

I didn't realize the team boards at 9:30AM and are out on the water until the start of the race at 1:10 - long day for these guys.

Chase boat is ready at 9:30 as well

Off they go!

Inside they were giving tours of the base, no photos after this section. It was very interesting to see how the boats were built, the ovens used and where it all takes place. The hanger is massive

The Team Oracle USA base in San Francisco

Old sails from past races hang in the media lounge - very nice area and good coffee.

At the America's Cup at Pier 27 in San Francisco, Artemis skipper Iain Percy gives his 2 cents on race #6

Just for the Halibut!

Emirates Team New Zealand wins races 6 and 7 and it's now 6 to -1

Just after the victory gun, Emirates Team New Zealand sails by pier 27 with San Francisco Bay Bridge in the background

Some woman photo bombed my picture!! Damn her! Emirates Team New Zealand and Team Oracle USA

About 3:30 after race #7, Jimmy Spithill walking back to base at the end of the day.

Oracle wing after a day for racing

Pulling Oracle boat 17 out of the water

San Francisco Sept 2012 back when they were still on the AC45's -- Americas Cup Photos

Here are Club45 with America's CupCake at the St. Francis Yacht Club (StFYC)

Team Oracle USA grinder at Club45 for the America's CupCake event Sept. 2012

Jonathan “Jono” Macbeth's talking about sailing and the sport at Club45

Grinder Jonathan “Jono” Macbeth at America's Cupcake event 2012

Sept 2012 on the San Francisco Bay with all teams for the 34th America's Cup series: Luna Rossa Challenge, Artemis Racing, Oracle Team USA, Emirates Team New Zealand, J.P. Morgan BAR, Energy Team, China Team

Artemis Racing on the Bay with Alcatraz in background - America's Cup Series in Sept 2012

Luna Rossa and Alcatraz 2012

Getting the books signed at Marina Greens

Book and poster signing with the sailors of Team Oracle USA

Jonathan “Jono” Macbeth - What a smile!

Riding bikes around San Francisco with grinder Shannon Falcone of Team Oracle USA

Few people gather and ride around San Francisco - photo op with Falcone. Really cool guy

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global With Team Artemis

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global With Luna Rosa

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global With Emirates Team New Zealand

Cake at the America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global

Photo op with Paul Cayard American yachtsman, professional sailor and CEO of Artemis Racing. He also lives near me so i can add neighbor.

Getting my hair done at Burning Man 2013

From San Francisco to my camp total hours - 13 hours door to door. Sunday Night around 7:30PM at a total stop 7 miles from Gerlach, NV

You can ride your bike there. It might be faster to take the train to Reno, then ride your bike! This woman passed me as I was going 0.2 miles an hour.

Or you can fly in to Burning Man for a small fee of... Not sure, I got this one for free. I went up with Burning Sky camp to watch the skydivers jump!

When everything else fails, purchase a ticket on the sailboat (from Alameda, CA) and sail on in to burning man.

Found my camp around 10PM at night, hopped on my bike and went out to explore the playa. Now this is cool!

Speed boat at Burning Man - lots of boat this year.

Big Heart on the Playa

Always end your night with Sunrise at Robot Heart in the Outer Playa - My favorite way to end the night

Old school hair salon outside of the man. Getting my hair done after a long night out

Maybe you prefer to wakeboard around the playa. Wakeboarding on a skateboard at Burning Man

Tennis anyone - right before the Monday day party at Garage Mahal

SS Malibu at the Monday Day Party at Garage Mahal Camp

Dictators and despots, privates and seamen - mobilize by land, air or sea and join Garage Mahal on MONDAY afternoon at Burning Man for a celebration of all things militaristic. Come dressed in your finest tyrannical attire, fantastic fatigues and martial couture. Weapons of mass destruction are strongly encouraged.

Garage Mahal on MONDAY afternoon at Burning Man Bring out your big guns.

Dictators and despots, privates and seamen - mobilize by land, air or sea and join Garage Mahal on MONDAY afternoon at Burning Man for a celebration of all things militaristic. Come dressed in your finest tyrannical attire, fantastic fatigues and martial couture. Weapons of mass destruction are strongly encouraged.

♥ Aim your heat-seeking missile at our targets of opportunity!

♥ Engage in psych ops with new recruits!

♥ Enroll in basic training or suffer a dishonorable discharge!

♥ Enjoy our Agent Orange Punch!
(BRING YOUR I.D. - We will be checking them.)
Featuring bunker-busting beats on the Space Cowboys' Unimog by:
1200-1300: XO (Jory Phillips)
1300-1400: Deckard (Space Cowboys)
1400-1500: Tamo (Space Cowboys/Angels of bAss)
1500-1600: Shissla v sh00ey (Space Cowboys)
1600-1700: DingDong v JoeJoe (Brass Tax)
1700-1800: Trotter (Royal Soul Records)
1800-1??0: Jack Frost (Antarctica)

It's our DUTY to rock your BOOTY. See you at 1200 hours.

Garage Mahal on MONDAY afternoon at Burning Man

It's cheaper to drink at my camp sailor!

After the day party, this sailor hoped on a ship to sail the seven seas

Risking imprisonment, this stowaways was allowed to stay on the ship and sail away

Then we saw a big, big Ducky

So we drank more hoping it would help... with our sailing

UFO Crash Site Alpha 13. Poor little ET needs to learn to park his ride. Lucky for him, no parking tickets today

Jumped ship and got back on the SS Malibu and we headed to Distrikt!

Surfing at Distrikt was never better - surfboards and Distrikt 2013

Zebra People stampede Distrikt once again. These South African's traveled the distance to be here!

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Flying GoPro at Distrikt - You are always being watched.

GIANT VW BUS AT BURNING MAN - sorry I was yelling, but this is so cool!! I have always wanted a VW BUS!!!

Best Day Party on the Playa - Distrikt (the old Deep End)

DJ booth at Distrikt

Skate Park at Burning Man - Get your boards or just use one of theirs. Nice little skateboarding park at BRC

Big Bug on the Playa - I think this is a cockroach

Then we had a wedding at our camp on Wed night

Wedding reception at our camp

Guest of the bride and groom at our camp

Weddings at Burning Man - Guest of the bride and groom

Wedding at our camp

Weddings at Burning Man

Best Coffee on the playa Sunrise Coffee - Me and my playa friend stoked for our daily trip over here

COFFEEE at Sunrise Coffee Burning Man

After coffee we road our bikes to the Duck Pond at Burning Man to ride the bucking duck

This guy can ride! Duck Pond Burning Man

I couldn't even get on the thing!

White Wed at Burning Man. I ended up going on an airplane ride up to 11,500 feet to watch skydivers jump out to the Playa. I was lucky to be a firefly! Burning Sky