Thunderdome (so, this one time at Burning Man...)

So, all day, Kelly Walton, a fellow Emergency Services Department (ESD) Team Member, had been going back and forth with me, talking smack about the fact that I'd become a Ranger as well as doing my duties with ESD. Actually, we've been going back and forth for years, wrestling in the Commissary with smiles on our faces. We finally decided to have it out - but doing it in a way that was a bit more flashy. Kelly wore my extra ESD shirt, and I wore my shirt as well as we entered the Dome, so that it looked like two ESD members having a grudge match. Especially since the Chief of ESD had fought a member of ESD (also a BIMC Prez) the day before, and lost, this match was especially fun. However, as soon as we were hooked into our harnesses, I yanked off my yellow ESD shirt - and I was head to toe in Ranger Khaki. I looked around, and saw a sea of Rangers (they had put out an all-com that a Ranger was fighting in the Thunderdome). I also saw members of my ESD Team, and BIMC presidents, and people I knew all over the playa. The fight itself was glorious. I was handicapped by being pulled further back in the harness and slammed down to compensate for being bigger and stronger, to make the fight more fair. I still managed to get to my feet quickly, and I had the best technique - however, Kelly had the best game face, and as you'll see in the video, was a crowd favorite. We both won, though, as the fight cemented relations between ESD and the Rangers, and we both earned a coveted Death Guild patch, excellent schwag, as well as some amazing bruises. We both had an experience that will bond the two of us together for years.