The Verge has made an important mini-documentary about motivational speaker James Arthur Ray´s infamous sweat lodge incident that tragically killed three people back in 2009.

One of the many bizzare facts surrounding this retreat is the one about the Peruvian ponchos. When the participants went out into the desert for the vision quest exercise that would last for 36 hours, in which they don´t intake any water or food, Ray offered them to buy ponchos for $250 in addition to the sleeping bags they already brought. Reading about this, you should be aware of that some had paid close to $10.000 to sign up for the retreat. So, show me the money!

Here is Verge´s lenghty article that accompany the documentary.

Update: After now having read the full piece, it´s so full of sickening details that I considered to delete the part about the ponchos for obvious reasons.