Fire Breathing at Burning Man @Attoparsec

Uploaded September 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Kº very graciously agreed to teach me some fire breathing at Burning Man 2011. This is the tail end of the lesson, including my best (still not very good) burst and then him taking a turn, showing how it's really done.

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