I first got naked in public in the 70's. Went w/ some friends to a clothing-optional beach. None of us had ever been nude in public before. Then, we all sat around too embarrassed to take our clothes off. There were others there in swimsuits, like we were, and some people were naked. I remember thin...

I think there's nothing we ordinary participants at BRC can do about the constabulary wasting govt. resources looking for penny-ante drug busts. I suppose that some of them love getting to see naked breasts, so have to justify their presence and just pick the low-hanging fruit (cheap drug busts). I'...

[quote="bacon"]They would not even let men into the after party, which they have now deemed a spiritual area??? In 7 years on the playa I have never even been angry however, this year some weasel dick got the best of me. The sacred guards of the CT after ceremony got my goat. They even tried, and f...

One update/correction -- turns out 2008 was the last year for the major post-CT party. Too bad -- it was a nice event, but surely a lot of work. http://www.criticaltits.com/faq.html So, the detail about splitting the ride, then rejoining to head to the party won't work exactly. However, their websit...

Spike's: You will be missed. Critical Tits. Was probably time. Or maybe not. The ladies of our camp looked forward to it every year. I painted up a lot of them, so, I did too. 8) ... Spikes apparently is just morphing, as vampires tend to do (to Underworld). http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.p...

Stewing babies? As for Pam, how do you know it is okay on lenses? There is a famous story of a tv entertainer spraying something harmless on the lens and finding out how much it cost to refinish a lens. I signed out a camera once with a $300,000 lens. I also recommend against spraying anything at p...

Here's the BM official policy on taking pictures. http://www.burningman.com/press/pressRandR.html#pressRR JK Yeah, I've read it, and find it clearly unhelpful, for several reasons. "If any participant asks you to stop filming, you must stop immediately. If you continue to photograph or film, you fa...

One of the most interesting events of each Burning Man is Critical Tits. Unfortunately, this event continues to produce disharmony because of a lack of clarity (or, at least, a lack of clearly communicated clarity) as to the nature of the event. (Note -- I'm a congenital outsider, but on the ePlaya ...

Here's a link to a thread that has some good info -- a spreadsheet of all the theme camps, with locations, and a map showing this year's layout of Black Rock City
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... highlight=

This will be my 3rd Burn (missed last year). I remember considerable times of confusion wondering what/when/where stuff was happening. The first year I though "If I come back I'll get this figured out." The second year I concluded "No, there's considerable chaos, so try to make some plans, be laid b...

Uh, OK Kinetic V . I understand you've made a vigorous warning, although it's a bit confusing. If Jungo Road is such a killer, what's the point of trying to get direct access for egress? How's your pet project going? Is anyone even talking about it? What's the meaning of "... your quick exit may scr...

My cameras survived 2 prior Burns. However, I've a friend whose nice camera was killed by the dust, so best to take reasonable precautions ... unless ... My friend had wanted a new camera anyway, but the damned things are expensive. This way he didn't have to convince his wife he was being extravaga...

Anybody know what's the deal this year w/ leaving via Jungo Road / Road 49? As you can see from looking at satellite photos (e.g. Google Earth, or Google Maps, or ...) there's this nice dirt road on the SE side of the Playa, called Jungo Road or (49). There are also railroad tracks. You can see from...

Below is an excerpt from the Burning Man rules for filming and photography. Since Critical Tits is performance art, this rule does apply. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MEDIA AND PARTICIPANTS The copyright of any unique design, written work, artwork or performance is owned by the person or group o...

Sunday 8/27 -- Plenty of sunshine High 91 ° F / Low 50 ° F Monday 8/28 -- Sunny to partly cloudy High 96 ° F / Low 54 ° F Tuesday 8/29 -- Sunny to partly cloudy and very warm High 93 ° F / Low 52 ° F Wednesday 8/30 -- Several hours of sunshine High 90 ° F / Low 50 ° F Thursday 8/31 -- Sunny High 87 ...

theCryptofishist wrote:try this
from this thread

Beautiful!
(And the advice was pretty helpful, too. I also liked http://www.burningmanopera.org/2006/The ... r_2006.xls)
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Sweet and delightful theCryptofishist:

Is a copy of the map with theme camp locations available online? I looked for it, and failed.

I've seen scooters with fairly large wheels that might do OK, the but little ones w/ tiny tires won't. The playa surface has deep cracks from the sandy mud drying in the sun. The ride would be just too bumpy for little wheels. There are many people who do actually walk -- and may see more because th...

Especially if you arrive early, and look out at the vast, barren, open space, the rule indeed suggests mindless, bureaucratic oppresion, worthy of violating for its own sake. Here are a few countervailing thoughts: #1 -- it's not our rule, it's imposed by BLM. There's some perception or paranoia tha...

There is a thread about sexual assaults, which have occured at Burning Man. I think the community makes participating in Burning Man about as safe as possible, but there is no absolute safety.

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... pe&start=0

theCryptofishist:

Now that you explained it to me -- I think your posts were delightful and am reassured that no impunement (?) was intended.

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theCryptofishist wrote:(followed by rant for sexism)

Sexism?

This will be my 2nd year. I've spent a fair amount of time during the last year thinking of heat coping strategies. I just noticed on the 15 day weather forecast (accuweather.com) for Gerlach that Friday, 9/1, shows a low of 37°F. Yeah, yeah, I know this isn't particularly reliable that far away, an...

My brother will be arriving a bit later than the rest of my camp, so he's planning to bring the minimum and just meet up with us there. So here's my question: Do the people at the gate check to see whether they're satisfied that the people coming in have any particular items. E.g., will they say "it...

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Hmmm -- apparently the bone dry desert can be deceptive:
http://www.rgj.com//news/stories/html/2 ... 102078.php
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Thought I did that. Trying again (trucker's hitch):
http://www.constructionwork.com/resourc ... _knot.html

{Nope. Oh well -- just cut & paste it. A very nice instruction for a very handy knot.)

Trucker's hitch:
[url]http://www.constructionwork.com/resourc ... _knot.html[/url]





P.S. Why isn't the !@#$%^&*! url switch working?

It sucks to have to keep going back to a spot to look for a certain person, when you'd rather be taking in the sites, putting up camp or being seduced. Get you a pair of family-band walkie-talkies, agree on a fairly unused channel and there you go. I suppose that if I ask what is a fairly unused ch...

Otisserie wrote:Me too! I've been looking for a swing dancing camp. Or maybe some Latin or blues.
I hope they allow single males; I can lead, really!

I don't think they're talking about that kind of swing.

Free advice:

Understand that this is a highly unstructured event. Look for possibilities, and don't be too disappointed if you go to some scheduled event and find that there's only the schedule, no event. On the way back to your camp you may well stumble on to something better.