Comments on: Fire on the mountain, thanks to Outing Club sky lantern launch

By: Sean Cranmer

Sean Cranmer — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:57:03 +0000

Hmm, I seem to recall the “Children of Midnight” was coined by one Todd P. Bailey. The idea was born from our annual Katahdin trips with a departure at midnight, we drove through the night, hiked all day, had a a bbq before returning to �ֲ��ý that same day. Then was the “suffer-fest” (Mark Synott) of a bike trip up the auto road on Mt. Washington that Todd led at night. Ever after, sketchy, ill planned excursions that departed �ֲ��ý late at night with no plan for sleep coupled with long miles or great exertion were referred to as “Children of Midnight” missions. This lantern launch seems like a rather watered down example of the “Children of Midnight”, Todd Bailey is probably rolling over in his stinky polypro.

By: Jack Murphy

Jack Murphy — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:29:42 +0000

It’s so nice to hear that Children of Midnight continues!

One night in 2006 we organized a Children of Midnight critical mass bike rider.

The email went out around 10pm (“The air is crisp, and the Moon is bright, Meet at Hathorn Hall when clock strikes midnight . . . a bring any human powered vehicle that roles).

Around 30 �ֲ��ýies on bikes, skateboards, scooters, etc. rolled through the street of Lewiston in the early morning hours with no leader. Whoever was in front at the time would make a turn and the adventure would continue.

It was a good day to be a Bobcat!

By: Jay Burns

Jay Burns — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:07:36 +0000

In reply to Joan. Hi Joan. Sky lanterns are basically small hot-air balloons. In this case, the source of the heat is a burning square of paper that's suspended by wires at the bottom of the lantern. - HJB

By: Joan

Joan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:47:14 +0000

It does look very beautiful, what are the lanterns made out of and how do you get them to fly up into the sky??