my girlfriend one "distorted" night saw what appeared to be a ________ (something of interest at the time), and walked right up to about 10ft away from it before realizing it was actually 2 darktards makng out on the playa.

five bucks says they probably got biked over sooner or later

my favorite were the DPW vehicles. never have i seen so many people simultaneously yell "your art car sucks!" at various black, unmodified, unexciting trucks

look into vitamin C and a chemical called piracetam (available as a health supplement). piracetam especially has the capability to wake up in the morning-after with no hangover or grogginess whatsoever, be it after alcohol or mdma

youre gonna wind up with a big bandage shaped tanline at best, and a nasty, playafied infection at the likely worst

This will be my second year going, and my girlfriends first burn. Im not worried about her, she is very capable of taking care of herself, the only thing that truly gives me due pause is timing. we are both with the lamplighters, so luckily that puts a certain set of timelines to our day (prep/light...

id avoid using oils, theyll likely just be counteracted or made useless by the dust.

its still possible to give a great massage to a dusty back, and it will be highly appreciated nontheless

suspension of reality item 1. grey water has no particulate suspension suspension of reality item 2. grey water steam is not a health issue then.... grey water powered steam calliope! http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Calliope/Sys/sys04a.gif hmm, ideas for a grey-water-powered steam engine on the pla...

^agreed. there are a few known "hangouts" for dancing/house/techno/etc, of which most have thier setlists determined well in advance. bring some tunes, and keep an eye out for gaps in other camps' schedules, but i wouldnt suggest getting your hopes up too high. then again, hundreds of people showed ...

tent in a tent seems a little unnecessary, not to mention that it will likely involve a lot of swearing when you try to erect the smaller tent while having almost no space for those bendy-rods. Come out earlier, it will be VERY well worth it. Its not like youll get bored out there if you show up at ...

I worked at actika last burn, and the blocks seem quite solid and one piece.

theyre approx 1'X1'X7" in size if i were to take a totally ballpark guess

overdoing it on wednesday night's "white party", and being unable to accomplish anything all thursday (even missed infected mushroom-had to settle for daft punk)

another big remnder: youre at Burning Man, in the DESERT. fcuk air conditioning. get out of the RV and go find a hammock camp to lounge at in thier shade/breeze.

by the time night rolls around and youre to drunk/tired to party, it wil be nice and cool in the RV again.

Im gonna side with doc here. itd be hard to find love on the playa. besides the fact theyll probably live on the other side of the country, the playa is generally a place of lust, frolic, and experimenting. hell, that furry, glitter-covered lass you spent the past 3 days with may end up going back h...

gas is fairly stable. store it out of the sun, out of your tent/vehicle, and make sure you loosen off the cap to let it vent a little on really hot or cold times of day. at night, the playa can get fairly cool. but it depends what youre doing that determines if youll actually get cold. There is plen...

worked: being part of a camp (lamplighters) volunteering at artica (got free ice / cool place to spend a few hrs selling to overheated burners) disposable cutlery/dishes those compressed towels that you soak in a bit of water and they urn face cloth - sized massive rubbermaid tubs that are well-labe...

Ive found that a week on the playa does wonders for my skin (as a guy) i return home to find that the dust has dried my oily/acne-prone skin, caked my nails in a way that dissuades my chewing on them, and generally gave me self-confidence as it washed off to revel the fact that i actually tanned ver...

you have 2 options.

you can either keep trucking into california and check out/camp at lake tahoe (absolutely beautiful area),

or you can sit outside the gate twiddling your thumbs till midnight.

i stayed in center camp while the man burned, and went to bed before midnight

i also missed infected mushroom's show. but thats to be made up for tommorow when they play toronto

id reccomend simply finding some simple CBRs or labrets that you are comfortable leaving in place andnot fiddling with for an entire week.

the dust SHOULDNT cause issues, but that hasnt stopped people getting infections and injuries before.

if you plan to burn that thing, remember that its not gonna come crashing down vertically. Theres a high risk of it toppling in any given direction.

consider building it around a metal core of some kind that can help "guide" the structure as it crumbles

i didnt find exodus too difficult. our vehicle entered the lineup around 3pm on monday, and was cruising along the highway a little over 2 hours later. however, i fell the pain of those who left even 20 minutes later, since we wernt far behind (and therefore quickly directed around) that flipped veh...

some theme camps will get you early admission for 2-3 days before the event opens in order to help with the setup of the camp. afterwards, you can stay a few days for teardown, or even longer with the DPW and moop efforts however, dont try this your first year. learn to survive days first, then work...

wake up get the hell out of the tent, wondering "how the hell is it so hot at 8am" go piss eat something change pack your daily needs and wander out to search for more food (bacon preferred) start some shit and run away regroup and become best friends with your fellow shit-starters do some good deed...

i went in with about 5 3-gallon jugs of water that could be found at amost any grocery store in nevada (if you have an old jug, its like a 90c refill), and used about 3/4 the water during my week.

any saffety precaution that goes above and beyond dumping the bike at the side of the road or in a pile of other bikes is often enough.

as said above, gate crew isnt thier to cause trouble or fuck up your shit. theyre just making sure that your smart enough to have read and understood the basic rules and packing requirements for the event. just make sure they cant see any drugs, or youll find them confinscated for "archival cataloug...

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Ontario, Canada
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ontario, Canada
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ive been charged 40$ for going 5$ overlimit before...

i bet you could get 5.1 to tream okay if you reduced the quality slightly.

i mean, youtube is pumping out quality stereo alongside 720p nowadays...

I do agree with CG, but it is really a mixed hat. i watched several small children having a blast in center camp and on the darwin slide (amazingly evolution favors kids over drugged-out burners), yet i did feel that they were a bit young for the playa, and couldnt really cope as individuals. on the...