New Burner with a question

dadinpain · Post by **dadinpain** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:42 pm

Hello all, I was curious how one finds a camp to be part of. I have spent many hours in the camp section reading about what the camp has to offer and what they are about. But the real question is: How does a newbie just show up and say " Hey Im gonna hang out over here and camp with you strangers for the next week" Is there a spot on this site were others like myself can hook up.....or do I just post a new thread....... Hello, looking for other 420 friendly people who are not on a time frame and looking to start a new camp....where the ladies always have smiles, and the mens beers are never more than 1/2 empty. 26 foot travel trailer with 12 foot slide out. Bathroom and SHOWER !!!!! LOL maybe Ill get a few responses LOL

Later Gator Dad

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:52 pm

dadinpain wrote:just show up and say " Hey Im gonna hang out over here and camp with you strangers for the next week" LOL maybe Ill get a few responses LOL

Later Gator Dad

Ya might laugh, but that's kind of how I did it my first year....and slept out of the back of my pickup.

Don't forget to read up on the survival guide, though...... It is a tough environment.....

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:30 pm

Here's a few ways I can think of:

1) Know a bunch of people already and go with them. If you don't know enough burners or can't talk enough friends into becoming burners, this won't work.

2) Participate in building a project of some sort and camp with them. You can wait for help requests to come in a few months before the event, or you can try to pimp yourself out, or you can try to reach existing groups/camps and offer to help out. Be prepared with something to offer - skills, cargo space, rides, shade structures, etc.

4) Try to gather a bunch of stragglers and start a camp of your own.

5) Do none of the above, and just show up with your own gear. Scope out camps, introduce yourself, and ask if you can join them.

Edit - note that you should count on having at minimal gear of your own even if you join a camp that already has what you need. No matter how cool people seem back home there's always the possibility of drama once you get out there and it's nice to have the option of bailing.

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:13 pm

Another suggestion is to try to get involved with your closest Regional Network and get to know Burners that way. Im not sure where "High Desert" is located, but there are great regional burns in Arizona, Texas, Colorado, to name just a few western states.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:18 pm

An easy way to attract attention to yourself is to advertise the fact that you are looking for "420 friendly" people.

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:54 pm

helitack wrote:An easy way to attract attention to yourself is to advertise the fact that you are looking for "420 friendly" people.

Gotta admit, its better than "fellow pipe bomb enthusiast".

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:44 pm

I'm guessing an open bar would help attract people, too....

B.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:50 am

You can also go to the camps pages off the main page, and contact people, asking them if they are looking for new peeps and what their criteria are. Treat them as informational interviews, more interested in process then results.

Don Muerto · Post by **Don Muerto** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:15 am

Show up at Gigsville, they are easy to find, well-established and will totally take you in with open arms. It never hurts to tell them this is your first time, and that you are 420-24/7.

If you want to meet sweet honeys at BM, I wouldn't worry so much about your admittedly nice sounding RV, and instead make sure you show up with an assload of mardi-gras beads and go shirtcocking in a tie-dye.

BigCock · Post by **BigCock** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:45 pm

I recommend sporting a cumbersome masked costume. Lot of sympathetic lovin, and a reasonable degree of anonimity in case any of your experiments get out of control.

BigCock · Post by **BigCock** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:04 pm

"is it really? guess you'll have to find out for yourself, baby"

SED · Post by **SED** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:06 pm

Just go and get really shitfaced then pass out in the same camp every night. By the end of the week, people will think you're the founder.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:30 am

Camps are over-rated.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:55 am

Don Muerto wrote:Show up at Gigsville, they are easy to find, well-established and will totally take you in with open arms. It never hurts to tell them this is your first time, and that you are 420-24/7.

There is also RV Camp which is at Center Camp right on the Esplanade, just to the 6:30 side of the 6:00 radial. ( If you have trouble locating it, ask around for Larry RV, they should be able to point you in the right direction. It's the biggest, baddest RV on the playa and is parked in RV camp every year).

Another idea would be to locate BLD and just let them know you are camping there and put down stakes whereever there is some free space available. They will appreciate the shade from your RV.

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:12 am

...make sure you show up with an assload of mardi-gras beads and go shirtcocking in a tie-dye.

Damn! That's what I did and I got's no action! WTF!???

Desert Duck · Post by **Desert Duck** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:27 pm

Lots of great suggestions here. I'd say the only way to do it right is to try them all within the first two days, then go take a nap. Also, paint in big black letters down the side of your RV "Fuck You". People will think you're DPW and won't try to make you take responsibility for anything you do.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:04 pm

You may need to shout occasionally,
"All of you hippies, get off of my lawn!"

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:10 pm

Seriously, I think I could join any camp in the city and be content.
But there are a lot of differences in style and logistics.
It is worth the trouble to get to know how some of them work.
I don't actually spend much time at home anyway.
Next year, I'll probably be in a camp where that changes.

At Enthion, a very elaborate camp, they have reefer trailers and each person is flash frozen at night to stop aging and then reanimated in the morning.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:18 pm

I think of BRC as one big camp and it gives me warm fuzzies.

SED · Post by **SED** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:32 pm

gyre wrote:
At Enthion, a very elaborate camp, they have reefer trailers and each person is flash frozen at night to stop aging and then reanimated in the morning.

I heard they were all Nazis.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:37 pm

I feel sure they all predate the Thule Society.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:48 pm

gyre wrote:I feel sure they all predate the Thule Society.

Predate, huh. that's when you have sex and THEN buy them dinner and a movie, aint it?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:54 pm

Oxford Unabridged

Date- A surreptitious rendezvous for the purpose of illicit sex.

AKrena · Post by **AKrena** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:13 am

whatever you do to get in a camp, let in NOT be shirtcocking. Unless of course, you want in a shirtcockers camp. :wink:

dadinpain · Post by **dadinpain** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:52 am

So then where do all the good looking ladies from Oregon stay? Some have said they grow um better in Texas? I still have to make up my mind........but what group.....what camp. Are the names of the streets the same every year, and how will I know what camp is where and if I will have ample room to park. I propose ie. The Camp Share Board. Post a pic of yourself and what your bringing to camp. Tell about what your likes are, and make sure your compatable before you get in a fight and kill each other all week. I wish I could find a sweet honey who is willing to haul up 30 cases of Beer, 6 - 55 gal drums of water in return for hot showers anytime :) I guess ill just keep my eyes out and see what camp or theme village gets the most response. I am open to any and all offers. And yes. I run a generator. I need my blender.....DirecTV....Music.....and hell....the fridge. The keeper of the cold beer!!! Anyone else ever have this problem before?

Later Gator
Dad

Don Muerto · Post by **Don Muerto** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:57 am

Sounds like you want to camp with Flaming Lotus Girls or maybe Deathguild.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:04 pm

dadinpain wrote:... I wish I could find a sweet honey who is willing to haul up 30 cases of Beer, 6 - 55 gal drums of water in return for hot showers anytime ....the fridge. The keeper of the cold beer!!! Anyone else ever have this problem before?

Later Gator
Dad

Well my West Texas Granpappy used to say,
"Boy, you can wish in one hand, and shit in the other, and see which one fills up first"

dadinpain · Post by **dadinpain** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:20 pm

Well hello Don, I was curious as to why you choose these camps for me? Is there a special reason or will I truely have a fun week, getting to know these wonderful people?

[quote="Don Muerto"]Sounds like you want to camp with Flaming Lotus Girls or maybe Deathguild.[/quote]

Don Muerto · Post by **Don Muerto** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:25 pm

Just doing my job (see profile.)

SED · Post by **SED** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:30 pm

dadinpain wrote:So then where do all the good looking ladies from Oregon stay?

Oregon. There are no ladies at BurningMan

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