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This is the wikia page for the Seattle contingent of the Naked Pumpkin Run (NakedPumpkinRun.org - Official Web site), an event where like-minded people party, carve and decorate pumpkins and streak en masse with their pumpkin creations on their heads. NPR is a non-political, participatory arts event.
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[edit] Upcoming events
[edit] Date
On a chilly, dark Halloween night in 2006, Seattle set a new record for the largest inaugural Naked Pumpkin Run event with seven brave Pumpkin Head runners plus a small entourage of friends!
Yes, the time of the year to don our favorite orange squash fruit and run like Jack-o’-lantern-possessed freaks and fools is nearly upon us!
The 3rd Annual Seattle Naked Pumpkin Run (NPR) is scheduled for Friday, Oct 31, 2007 Halloween followed by our 2nd Annual Seattle NPR Daylight Run (still the only NPR Daylight Run in the world) in Fremont on Saturday, Nov 1st! - Meetup time has been announced
[edit] General info
[edit] Participatory event
We will meet up before the start time at a secret Seattle location disclosed to NPR Seattle participants. We want to keep only those with good intentions informed about actual where's and who's of our shindig. Word-of-mouth and friends of people should be encouraged to participate too.
Naked Pumpkin Run is a PARTICIPATORY event, NOT a spectator sport, except, well... for when we are on the LOOSE IN THE STREETS!... Muhahahahahaha!
You are either running with a pumpkin on your head or directly helping out our team, or a random person we run past on the street!
[edit] Pumpkin Party
Want to help us throw our pumpkin party? We could use food, decorations, intoxicating beverages and carving tools! Please put a call out to all your crazy friends! Once at the party many of the fence sitters will be swept away by the contagious nature of the event and may join you on the streets! Please bring your friends to help carve and run with!
[edit] Run time & distance
We will probably start the run somewhere between 9 and 10 PM. The Boulder NPR group also recommends this time as the college bar people are still at bay and the kids are mostly off the streets.
The distance of this run is up in the air. How long will the run be? We’ll discuss it before we run, but last year we just winged it. We actually ran/jogged/stumbled a good distance, 15-25 minutes or so, believe it or not, since the entire Green Lake area seemed completely desolate. There is no planned route – the nature of the run will be at times random, confused, ridiculous and often highly exuberant!
Boulder generally runs for only 4-5 blocks, hardly a blink of the eye, but lets try to decide as a group what we are comfortable with. Obviously, its cold and many of us work the next day and want to avoid legal entanglements (not to mention the challenge of trying to look through and run with a pumpkin on the head).
[edit] Carving Party and Afterparty
2008 will be the first year we will have a dedicated carving and pre-run decorating party! Wahoo!
[edit] What to get/bring
[edit] Before the event
- A pumpkin. Get them early, stores do run out, you want to get one that is big enough.
- One of our artists, Franz, has offered to make papier-mâché pumpkin heads for $17-25 per pumpkin (sliding scale). You can also buy some of these from Daniel in advance.
- Accessories: Daniel had the idea to put light sticks or electroluminescent wire (EL wire) in the pumpkin for a lit pumpkin look.
[edit] For the carving party
- Your friends
- Party supplies
- Drinks and food
- Carving tools, bowls, newspaper, et cetera
- An idea for the pumpkin head design
- Simple bodypainting (however, it is hard to get painted, travel to the start location with clothes, and still retain a nice paint job when the clothes come off)
[edit] For the run
- A carved out pumpkin, large enough to fit over your head, with big openings that you can see out of while running/jogging a short distance. Buy your pumpkins early – the big ones may start disappearing!
- Franz has made four papier-mâché pumpkin heads for $17-25 per pumpkin (sliding scale). Rent one for the evening for $5 - cheap! Please e-mail me ASAP if you are interested (see selections at right). These are lightweight and reusable.
- For those wearing real pumpkins, Cleo recommends wearing shower caps so your “hair doesn't get icky”.
- Somewhere to stash your clothes or something to put your clothes in. While its a bit risky, many people just left their clothes where we met up, which makes it much easier to run.
- One popular idea is to use a trick or treat bag for your clothes to run with.
- accessories: glowsticks, el-wire-ware, et cetera. The area we will be starting our run is _very dark_, you may want to bring a bright flashlight to see your way. Of course you can just follow the aimless ass of the clown in front of you.
- Shoes/socks you can jog in
- Bring a towel if you are crazy enough to take this experience one step further into the lake afterwards. 2007 was the first year a few started taking the plunge. As if running naked with a cold slimy pumpkin on your head wasn't bad enough. Brrrrr!!
- Bring your friends! Maybe the one who isn’t quite convinced of the merits of all of this malarkey can guard your clothes.
[edit] Disclaimer
WARNING: Run at your own risk! The area is dark, the air is cold, surrounded by water and there are some trip hazards in the park (which are even harder to see with a pumpkin over your head.
[edit] Previous events
[edit] 2006
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006, Halloween, was the launch night for our inaugural Seattle event. We unfortunately had no carving party this year, however, we still had a great time and had a very strong event, setting a new record for an innagural run with seven participants (previous record was three people set by Denver in 2005). We decided to meet at 9:28 PM (or 8:88 as Josh would say) at a the secret North Seattle location disclosed to NPR Seattle participants.
This location was at the Green Lake Park East Beach, at the lifeguard elevated chair, inside of the 2.8 mile inner walk/bike trail, and adjacent to/just west of the Community Center/Evans Pool (7201 E. Green Lake Drive N). We took a few pictures clothed and naked as a group (thanks to Peterman and his friend) and then we went off!
We ran somewhere between 15-25 minutes around on the inner path and later started running along the street, before returning to the start area, posing in front of the pool/community center, and posing on the lifeguard chair. It was quite dark in the park, and there were few people on the path, and surprisingly few out driving on the streets. People were honking, pulling over and screaming, giving us cheers, people in the community center were taking our picture with their mobile phone cameras, it was awesome! Great job everybody, see you next year! Bring more of your friends!
[edit] Join up/Discussion groups
- NPR Seattle Yahoo! Group
- Naked Pumpkin Run Yahoo! Group The main discussion group.
[edit] photos
- There are some in the PNW Raw Exuberance Flickr group.
[edit] local coverage=
- Fremont Universe (Blog) Only in Fremont: Pumpkin streakers November 2nd, 2008
- Fremont Universe (Blog) City decides not to ban nudity in parks November 14th, 2008
[edit] External links
- PumpkinGutter.com - amazing carvings
- Pumpkin carving tips
- PumpkinCarving101.com
- 2006 YouTube video
- - New video, very funny!
- Slide and audio presentation for 2006 run
