because I was getting ready for the real world.....playa dust, I wish it would leave no trace yet my home is a playa mound of dust, I can smell it every time I come home

that is why I use the same bags/blankets from years before...hmmmm playa dust.

Angry Butterfly wrote:...I almost didn't come because I was really worried about the desert, I knew that burningman is one of the cleanest events on earth, but I still couldnt shake that I had heard it takes at least 100 years for a desert to heal after you break the crust...
Ha! Is that ever true! I brought 2 regular sized school backpacks, one for clothes & gear, one for food, my camelback, my sleeping bag, my tent and a throw pillow, My camelback had essentials like sunscreen and such, that I always carry climbing or on distance bike rides, plus 3 essental peices of rave gear. Everything else I brought was related to my project or fire safety. AND I STILL BROUGHT TOO MUCH! Next year I am skipping the fire safety, which will leave me more room for clothing I actulay like (black cotton, BLEAH!), the bike, unless I ride it out there, and most of the food. Everybody told me how essential a bike was! To me it was just a distraction.PetsUntilEaten wrote: It's almost like it doesn't really
matter WHAT I bring and somehow the less I bring (outside of a project) the more fun I have.
To add just a bit, the "crust" you heard about is cryptogamic or cryptobiotic soil (different words - same thing). It indeed can takes a century or more to reform if severely disturbed, but does not exist on the playa due to harsh soil conditions and periodic flooding.PJ wrote:Angry Butterfly wrote:...I almost didn't come because I was really worried about the desert, I knew that burningman is one of the cleanest events on earth, but I still couldnt shake that I had heard it takes at least 100 years for a desert to heal after you break the crust...
My understanding is that, because the Playa is the bottom of a prehistoric lakebed, the winter rains and snows soak it and the spring and summer winds blow back and forth, completely renewing the normal surface annually. (Which wouldn't be the case in a more typical western states vegitated desert.)
Don't mean to be a hammer here but the above is way the fuck off as descriptive terminology for the soil you're trying to describe. They're barely applicable in any descriptive sense.To add just a bit, the "crust" you heard about is cryptogamic or cryptobiotic soil (different words - same thing).
E-playans have such a way with words!Badger wrote:Yep. A kinder, gentler way of telling someone they smell like shit.So my underwear is crufty instead of crusty?
It's not possible for me to pick one or the other. So the question is: Between Thai or Italian, which one goes well with Natural Ice?raven74 wrote:it's the whole springer car crash on the highway thing...people can't help it...but they should try eh? dinner next week? Thai or Italian? hmmmm.....numers
To hell with the hipsters; If I'm going to drink a cheap pilsner in a can, it will only be PBR. It is the only yellow beer that is consumable without being ice cold.the next hipster trend is beginning to rise: miller tallboys.
It can ALWAYS be done better. Maybe you should visit the playa and see if you can help with the LNT process.Kinetic wrote:This thread is making me want to do some research on the playa itself, and find out what the BLM and other groups have to say about playa surfaces and how well they heal up. I mean 30,000 people, art cars, etc will definitely make an impact.....We practice LNT, but are we doing it well enough?
That is interesting!Their theory was that we were each taking at least half a pound of dust back to town with us, most likely quite a bit more. Multiply that by 30,000 people, and we're taking 15,000 pounds of playa back to our respective homes each year. Not that I think it has a whole lot of scientific basis in reality, but it was rather interesting and amusing to listen to.
Not entirely sober...ahh I miss those daysSome of my campmates, while not entirely sober, got into a discussion
Thai, unless it is pizza, pizza sluts pizza that is.atari-x wrote:It's not possible for me to pick one or the other. So the question is: Between Thai or Italian, which one goes well with Natural Ice?raven74 wrote:it's the whole springer car crash on the highway thing...people can't help it...but they should try eh? dinner next week? Thai or Italian? hmmmm.....numers
Did you shudder?