Some members of Camp Stella are in recovery.  Others are not.  The members of Camp Stella have agreed to experience Burning Man clean and sober from beginning to end.

If you would like to join Camp Stella.  Please contact SPROUT.

2005 Cast

2006 Cast

The Members of Camp Stella 2007

(In order of longevity)

Default Name	Jefferson McCarley
Age	37
Gender	Male
Location	San Francisco
Lived	Dallas, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Chicago, San Francisco.
Previous Burns	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Interests	Recovery (AA 16 years, Al-Anon 1.5), cycling, V, Purely Decadent Soy Delicious ice cream, everything Google, YouTube, Tranny Shack, shade grown coffee.
More...	Looking forward to another amazing year.  Wow.  Camp Stella is growing and evolving.  Looking forward to getting to know our new members.  Top Cat, we'll miss you.

Default Name	Emory Etheridge
Playa Name	Emo
Age	36
Gender	Male
Location	San Francisco
Lived	Dallas, Austin, Minnesota, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Chicago, San Francisco, Black Rock City
Previous Burns	2003, 2004, 2005
Interests	Poi, fire, art, motorcycles, leather, opera, activism, bad movies
More...	This will be my fourth year at Black Rock, and I am very honored to be performing in the Conclave again with Solare Flair.  I'll be in the fire opera Thursday night at Spike's, and lighting up, spinning fire any chance I get.  Please join me in the Billion Bunny March, because this year we are definitely exceeding one billion in our quest for complete bunny liberation.

Default Name	Kevin G Minogue
Age	52
Gender	Male
Location	Santa Fe, New Mexico
Lived	Chicago IL, Madison WI, Albuquerque NM, Alexandria VA/DC
Previous Burns	2005, 2006
Interests	Gardening, Dancing, Talking, Laughing, Games, Gambling
More...	26 Years Sober on Labor Day!!!!

Default Name	Turtle
Playa Name	Turtle
Age	32
Gender	Transgender
Location	San Francisco
Lived	Saratoga Springs; Tilburg, The Netherlands; India; a sailboat in Malaysia
Previous Burns	2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Interests	Recovery (13 years), BDSM, poly, literature, meditation, yoga, anarchism
More...	Co-hosting the Trannie Transfer and Dyke Depot at Comfort and Joy a soriee for trans, dykes, queers and thier friends.  Relationship status: madly in love with my Max but always open to new people

Default Name	Max Joire
Playa Name	Max
Age	37
Gender	Trans & genderqueer
Location	San Francisco
Lived	France, Ontario, Vancouver (Canada), Seattle, San Francisco
Previous Burns	2004, 2005, 2006
Interests	Activism, anarchism, bicycles, bdsm, cars, cats, coffee, computers, dykes, fags, gender, genderqueers, goth, internet, movies, music, photography, piercings, poly, punk, queers, s/m, tattoos, trans, vegetarians
More...	I've been clean for 7+ years, and I'm looking forward to a mellow and fun time on the playa.

Default Name	Philo Hagen
Playa Name	Philo
Age	43
Gender	Male
Location	The Lower Haight, San Francisco, CA
Lived	Seattle, WA and Albuquerque, NM
Previous Burns	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Interests	Hooping - I make and sell custom adult-size hoops, perform, coordinate Bay Area Hoopers weekly gatherings, and serve as editor of the world's premiere online magazine on hooping, Hooping.org.  When I'm not hooping, you might find me writing my novel, driving a taxi, being of service, dancing, road tripping or meditating at Kabuki. I haven't had a drink or drug since 1/4/87 and love Burning sober.
More...	"All we are is dust in the wind." - Kansas

Default Name	Jamie Fucking Gallagher
Playa Name	SPROUT!!!
Age	Old enough to be very good at it :-) 42
Gender	Manly Man
Location	Castro Village, San Francisco
Lived	Richmond, VA, Fairfax, VA, Williamsburg, VA, Philadelphia, PA
Previous Burns	2006
Interests	Uninhibited mansex, pro and college sports (football, basketball), my old dog (Honey is 15!), music, working out, frisbee, fine arts, indie films, camping & hiking, body surfing, helping others find peace and happiness, philosphy, general infantile irksome behavior, grabass and horsing around.
More...	Clean and sober since 4/4/04.  I am quite certain I am the luckiest man in the world.  Would love to start a family in the next few years, preferable with another breadwinning horndawg.

Default Name	Andrew
Playa Name	Kaboodle
Age	over 40
Gender	Male
Location	San Francisco
Lived	well I was born on the peninsula and made the big move to the big city.
Previous Burns	1997, 2006
Interests	Burning Man, working on cars, good conversation, good food, good people.
More...	I’ve been clean and sober for just over a two years now.  It’s been an amazing process of self discovery that I’m not planning on stopping anytime soon.  Single for a while and available.

Default Name	Dave Smith
Playa Name	Diesel Daddy Dave (AKA: Triple D)
Age	50
Gender	Male
Location	Berkeley
Lived	Livermore, Castro Valley, Tahoe City, Truckee, Reno, Portland, OR.
Previous Burns	2006
Interests	Camping, fishing, boats, fast cars, and hot men.

Default Name	Andy
Playa Name	O-Ring
Age	28
Gender	M
Location	San Francisco, CA
Lived	Hershey PA, Williamsport PA, Pittsburgh PA, Phoenix AZ, Greensboro NC, Baltimore MA, My Car for a while, and lottsa places in between.
Previous Burns	2006
Interests	My interests include Hiking, buttermilk fried chicken, punctuation, roscos, cards, shooting dice, hot tips on cool ponys, foxy dames with more curves than the Sececa Railway, and wittlin´.
More...	This year I plan to rule the Playa by winning it from the powers that be in a crooked game of craps.

Default Name	David A. Diaz
Playa Name	My childhood nickname is Cuapi (Kwah-pee)
Age	41 years and counting!
Gender	Gay Male
Location	The Greater Castro, SF, CA, USA
Lived	Berkeley, Oakland, Orange County, born in Boston, MA
Previous Burns	VIRGIN!
Interests	Musical Theatre, Cabaret, Comic books, GLBT history, unbridled creativity...oh, and men!
More...	Have been in recovery since February 2001...2 1/2 years this time around.  I'm so excited to be able to experience the grandeur, the wackiness, & the beauty of Burning Man with my queer 'n' sober compatriots!

Default Name	Mike Riley
Playa Name	TBD
Age	51
Gender	Gay
Location	Inyokern, CA
Lived	Charlotte, NC- Pismo Beach, CA- Independence, CA- Yreka, CA
Previous Burns	Virgin
Interests	Enjoy any outdoor activities like hiking and/or driving the dirt roads here in the desert.  Like any home improvement projects.  Try to make it to  the gym regularly.
More...	Sobriety date: November 1, 1989 Being my first trip to BRC, I am incredibly excited to finally get to see what I've been hearing about for years.  I know that whatever experience I imagine I am going to have will be even greater and more fabulous as it becomes my reality for the week.  Can't Wait!

Default Name	Chel
Playa Name	Chel
Age	I'm 46, but I don't look a day over 146
Gender	Male
Location	San Francisco, CA
Lived	I've lived in the Bay Area and in New York City
Previous Burns	2006
Interests	I'm interested in creating theatre, dancing, writing, filmmaking, cooking, gardening, the beach, witty banter, lifelong education, carrying the message(s) of recovery, and, of course, I'm intensely interested in myself, because I'm not all THAT recovered.
More...	I used to be funny, but then I calmed down.  Now, I'm only kinda funny.

Default Name	Jack
Playa Name	????.  I have chosen abstinence until I become one with the Playa.
Age	Optional. Oh, if it were truly optional...57.
Gender	Let me double check...Ooh!, I'm a boy!
Location	Charlotte (the QueenCity), NC
Lived	Birmingham, Jacksonville, Monterey, San Angelo and Berlin.
Previous Burns	Virgin.
Interests	Attempting DIY projects, reading, gardening, computers, people watching and meeting, stud ogling and meating, wild gypsy sex.
More...	Met Bill W on 8-11-80.  As my good friend Princess Estelle told me long ago when I was but knee high to a grasshopper "Even though there's snow on the roof, there's could still be a fire in the stove."

Default Name	Dean Jordan
Playa Name	TBD
Age	42
Gender	Male
Location	Charlotte, NC
Lived	Lived in Atlanta in my 20's
Previous Burns	Virgin
Interests	biking, working out, dancing, gardening, drawing, painting, water skiing, volleyball on Sundays, laughing and having fun as much as possible.
More...	My sobriety date is January 11, 2004.  One of my favorite quotes:  To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.  -Oscar Wilde  Message:  I'm looking forward to seeing everybody, it's bedtime now. night -night.

Default Name	Bill
Playa Name	Mike? ;-)
Age	42
Gender	Male
Location	Glen Park (but I'm in SF a lot...)
Lived	the Mission; lower Knob hill; upstate NY
Previous Burns	1999; 2000
Interests	photography; swimming
More...	I'm really looking forward to being on the playa again, and especially to sharing the experience with you all.  I've got the desert wear thing pretty well covered, but I am very interested in making that more colorful and expressive, if you know what I mean.  Something better than $600 worth of glow sticks, which is what I did before...  See you all very soon!   -B

Default Name	Bill
Playa Name	TBD
Age	Forty-Something
Gender	Male
Location	San Francisco, CA
Lived	Seattle, Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco
Previous Burns	Virgin
Interests	I love friends, family, travel, country dancing, movies, food, sex, shopping.  Anything to get out of myself... ;-)
More...	I'm very adventurous. I'll try anything once, maybe even twice.  "Kissing is the fire that ignites my passion"