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one of my favorite gifts i ever received was a cold handful of pickled ginger in the sweltering exodus line-up. thank you random ginger guy!

coconut oil is invaluable. it's cheap. good to cook with. good to grease up your cracked feet. it's wet and cooling in nature so whether you eat it or smear it on your body, it helps counter the effects of the dry desert heat. also, put just a tiny bit on the tip of your little finger and apply to y...

Howie Johnson wrote: ... And room temperature water.

keep in mind that your "room" will be 100 degrees.

i'm a doula and soon to be midwife. we get the ladies to drink this when they are in labour to stay hydrated and replace electrolytes. it's way better for you than the chemicals, dyes, and ridiculous amounts of sodium and sugar in gatorade. and it tastes good: Labour-Ade put into a juice pitcher: 1/...

hey oneeyeddick::

1300km = about 808 miles. most of the rest of the world uses metric, monkey boy. time to catch up with the new math.

but thanks for the public service you provided to your fellow americans.

we're in vancouver, bc. it's about 1300km from my place to the playa, not including the driving around in towns along the way. we could do it in about 18 hours, but we take 2 1/2 days of camping and driving to make it more sane. that also gives us time to stock up on cheap american booze and other t...

No one's asked yet, but seeing as this is a FAQ list, a lot of new folks might read it... if you are a menstruating female and if there is any chance whatsoever that you might get your period while you are at the burn, make sure you bring yourself a system for storage/disposal of bloody products. yo...

Those screen houses mentioned by Hollywallydoodle are total crap on the playa. They make nice shade, but I had one my first year (newbie mistake # 1) and it crumpled like a piece of paper on the first windy day, not even a big storm. The poles bent almost completely in half, and there was no fixing ...

naps really help. sometimes you are just not going to get enough sleep at night, so nap! build a shade structure, camp on on outer-ring street, and nap away the hottest hours of the mid-day with a wet sarong draped over you if you are too hot. i like a good long evening nap, from about the time the ...

same time, 11pm ish, can't remember if it was wed or thurs night... who was the dj playing the disorient bus at the temple? such an awesome dance i had............

but the carcass wash is not a communal bath or shower. people do not share water. it's no more a shared shower than it is for a group of people to be sprayed down by a random passing watergun. i heart the HCW. it's all about the love. the gentle, safe, boundary-honoring touching. the volunteers and ...

the best playa drink, invented and enjoyed copiously on the playa...

1 can frozen lime-ade concentrate
3 cheap crappy american beers
a generous free-pouring of tequila

stirred up in a jug with ice if you have it. the limeade can be thawed out...

it sounds gross but it is heavenly

we found some birds out in the deep playa. i dont know if they were desert birds or were super dehydrated or if they'd got into some burner's magik cookies, but they were moving in super slow motion, just walking around .... ... . at first we thought they weren't real, they were behaving so strangel...

yeaaaahhhh........ there's no such thing as a one day pass. you can buy a full priced ticket at the gate and then leave after one day if you want.

here's a description from the website of the founder of shadow yoga. check out the site for more details and photos. taken from www.shadowyoga.com The name Shadow Yoga is derived from the 6th chapter of the ancient tantrik treatise – ‘The Shiva-Svarodaya’ (the birth of the breath of life revealed by...

does anyone out there practice shadow yoga? want to plan to practice together on the playa?

ohmygawd a pants cannon. genius.

hey there, i'm looking for some shade. my camp's 3 year old structure met one too many wind storms last year and is now resting in piece(s). and now my camp is dwindling in size, cutting my resources to building/buying a shade structure with others. are there any BC burners out there with a shade st...

bedsheets do make a lovely easy breezy shade covering. however be warned. once that wind whips up, your shadey paradise might be ripped to shreds. camp give'r had a huge shade structure that we covered in sewn together used sheets from thrift stores. really cheap and easy. we even double layered the...

just so yah know... if you're due to bleed sometime in the next week, no amount of mustard powder or slamming your back into a wall will speed things up and bring it on before you hit the playa. i know a little about female biology and through the course of my studies, this was a misconception i had...

really kids, i am shaking my head in shame. being at burning man is so far from the false reality of TV movies and music videos. any person who is famous in that realm is probably coming to brc to escape their celebrity and experience the community and art like the rest of us. please stop talking ab...

hey vancouver burners...

does anyone have space in their vehicles for 1 to 4 people?

our camp consists of 8, but it looks like we might only have rides for 4... the 4 who need rides would have very little stuff with them. we are sending all our gear in one of the existing vehicles.

i am crazy about my fancy-ass camera and about taking pictures, as you seem to be, so i would say bring yer "good equipment" as well as a few disposables and take precautions as others have suggested (ziploc bags, lens paper, locking it in your car when not in use - don't forget to mylar your window...

aahhh one of my fondest burn memories... my 3 partners and i *came* in third in this most excellent contest. whatever your role is, being part of eating beaver is fun times for all. and you get prizes! i love the kids at gigsville...

rendrag --

i am going to find you and give you whatever you want for some of that nectar...

that was an insane night of some of the hottest sex this week... this aries was on fire... bring on the mars retrograde