The awesome thing about "analog photography" is the "delayed gratification" that you get as you wait for the films to be developed. I have a different attitude in shooting when using analog compared to a digital camera. I guess it could be used as a metaphor to your 45-hour offline weekend experience.

When in analog photography, we tend to slow down and immerse ourselves into the subject. Like your experience, you had more time to get to know the other offliners and had a great time. Contrary to digital photography, we tend to fast track the activity, burst the shots and never really appreciate the subject & the time we spent on it.

You sharing your experience is wonderful as I never thought that something like this is possible. Thank you :)

P.S.
Can't wait to see the results :)