Where do you setup camp?

Antranik · Post by **Antranik** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:37 pm

Question!

When I enter the gates... do I just go and park wherever I want? or do I follow the previous car and everyone fills up the circle in order?

And do the theme camps have addresses already setup? There's a number of camps I wanna visit and don't know if that info will be at the center camp when I get there or what?

Thanks!

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:43 pm

Have you checked out this link yet?

http://www.burningman.com/first_timers/

No you don't just park wherever you want there are certian area's that are blocked off for theme camps or for art projects. You also don't need to camp in order.

Maps are given out as you enter the gate. Those will have a lot of the major theme camps marked.

Antranik · Post by **Antranik** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:16 pm

Thanks!

Yes I'm proud to say I've read the guides repeatedly and many of these threads over and over.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:17 pm

Yeah, "My Favorite Video on YouTube (Today)" is pretty compelling.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:12 pm

Antranik wrote:Question!

When I enter the gates... do I just go and park wherever I want? or do I follow the previous car and everyone fills up the circle in order?

And do the theme camps have addresses already setup? There's a number of camps I wanna visit and don't know if that info will be at the center camp when I get there or what?

Thanks!

There will be a map of theme camps and a guide to events.
It will be wrong.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:42 pm

"There will be a map of theme camps and a guide to events.
It will be wrong."

I think it is right about 1/4 of the time. ;) You can always ask people. They might have some idea what you are talking about.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:29 pm

And a surprising number are willing to make something up.

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:23 am

gyre wrote:
Antranik wrote:Question!

When I enter the gates... do I just go and park wherever I want? or do I follow the previous car and everyone fills up the circle in order?

And do the theme camps have addresses already setup? There's a number of camps I wanna visit and don't know if that info will be at the center camp when I get there or what?

Thanks!
There will be a map of theme camps and a guide to events.
It will be wrong.

lol (out loud)

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:56 am

Short answer:
http://www.library.yale.edu/lhr/library ... OOKERY.jpg

Long answer:
It will be exactly 3 am that you will arrive on the playa. You car's beams will not fully illuminate the endless expanse of hardpan that stretches forth endlessly in the dark in all directions. A few glaring construction lights blind you as you drive about aimlessly. Then, in frustration, you stop the car and get out. The silence is violated by the buzz of a generator. You feel like Neil Armstrong stepping forth onto the moon's surface. A camp is being erected nearby and you walk to them with the question: "Where am I supposed to camp?" The freak that is building the dome hands you a crescent wrench and explains the fetid scheme for his bizarre theme camp, which you suddenly hope you won't be camping near. A map is produced, a finger gouges the paper and the magickal word is conjured: "Here!" You look up and for the first time you see the neon-limned figure of a giant man glowing in the darkness. You return back to your car and another freak is sitting on the hood. He or she says, "You're parking on my theme camp!" and offers you something to smoke. Instead, you follow your directions and soon find a small section of cracker alkali hardpan marked out with tape and stakes. Somewhere you see a tiny sign, nearly unreadable in the gloom that is the name of your themecamp, misspelled intentionally. It is here that you will have your adventure.

plowman · Post by **plowman** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:10 pm

OR,
You could park your vehicle on the outer rim, get on your bikes (with lights, there will be no Moon) and peddle your ass until you find what seems like a good place to camp. Go back and get your vehicle and try to find the same spot. Good Luck!!

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:40 pm

plowman that is just cruel..

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:05 pm

ragabashpup wrote:plowman that is just cruel..

HAHAH! But the technogeek teams who are prepared will have a gps and mark the spot, send one biker back for the car (with gps location also marked) with another member staying in found spot in radio contact with the away team bringing in the rig....crazy huh!

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:10 pm

that is a brilliant freaking idea though. especially when you have a caravan of 4 - 5 cars

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:33 am

When I had Johnny & the Playa Cruisers, and a year or two of experience, I always arrived in the middle of the night and went directly to my spot 'cuz I knew exactly where it was.
But with just random camping like I do now, I'd recommend waiting until morning when you can see the fact that you just set up in the middle of the street.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:49 am

Someone is always trying to park a big rv in the middle of theme camps on the esplanade at the end of the week.
By that point, even camp members would be hard pressed to find any room.
Talk about optimistic parking!

Just camp under the tree.

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:34 am

I'm always amused when the RVs try to tell us they're in Hushville, they're preregistered and know the village rules. Uh-huh, sure. You rented that big-assed vehicle and you will NOT run the genny? Uh-huh.

plowman · Post by **plowman** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:31 pm

ragabushpup,
I don't see what is so cruel about suggesting that people who don't know where they are going, get out of their vehicles and then go back to them after they've found a spot. I see it every year,Cars, Trucks, Campers,RV's driving all over the playa in the middle of the night, some every 30 minutes or so, looking for a place to park.Raising DUST on every loop. It's hard enough to build a camp in the middle of the night but when you have to do it in the middle of a man made dust storm it's even harder. Mother Nature will do that for us sooner or later.
Cruel??? I don't think so. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:44 pm

plow- sorry i was misunderstanding what you were saying. i thought you were teasing him. i apologize.

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:44 pm

plowman wrote:ragabushpup,
I don't see what is so cruel about suggesting that people who don't know where they are going, get out of their vehicles and then go back to them after they've found a spot. I see it every year,Cars, Trucks, Campers,RV's driving all over the playa in the middle of the night, some every 30 minutes or so, looking for a place to park.Raising DUST on every loop. It's hard enough to build a camp in the middle of the night but when you have to do it in the middle of a man made dust storm it's even harder. Mother Nature will do that for us sooner or later.
Cruel??? I don't think so. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't think it's cruel but I've driven quite some distance in a few different directions before I found my resting place. In the dark landgrab it'd be easy for most people to loose their bearings. Especially someone who's relatively clueless. I can imagine after hours of searching, spending hours just tryin' to find the truck/car/RV...I don't think it's a cruel suggestion but I think it's a little unrealistic. BTW, if i didn't know exactly where I was going ALL the time, I think your idea would work great for me.
with GPS, even better.
I also don't think Raga was intending to dis you in any way either...
seemed more like a smiley nudge. Raga likes to smile and nudge....

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:47 pm

"seemed more like a smiley nudge. Raga likes to smile and nudge...."

I am a little dirty like that.

plowman · Post by **plowman** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:07 pm

I donno, Maybe I'm being over sensitive. I've been called many things before,
but this is the first time I've been refered to as "cruel"

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:11 pm

i am really sorry i really just misunderstood what you said. my first year down there we go in at like 4 in the morning and all of our walkie talkies had died and i was so lost and hadn't slept in about 26 hours or so. i wouldnt even of thought of stopping the car and letting the one or two people explore. there would have been a fear of folks getting lost.

we ended up just chilling until sunrise.

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:39 pm

plowman wrote:I donno, Maybe I'm being over sensitive. I've been called many things before,
but this is the first time I've been refered to as "cruel"

..probably oversensitive which is easy to do without inflections of normal speech. *type type type*

I read it as a smiley nudge.

....you oversensitive cruel plowman..

love u

plowman · Post by **plowman** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:42 pm

OK,
Lets start over.
My best suggestion is: park on the outer rim. get the bikes out and ride to the MAN (he is usually lit all night)( besides, that is what you should do first thing anyway). Then look back on BRC and deside on the area you think you will like to camp in. Then find your spot. Send the other person back to the vehicle and wait. Flag him down when he gets there.
Or you could wait for the map, But that is difficult for most virgins to read
Hope thats better

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:45 pm

...that's just cruel, plowman.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:46 pm

*hugs plowman*

Yeah! The map is super confusing if you don't know what you are trying to figure out.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:51 pm

plowman wrote:OK,
Lets start over.
My best suggestion is: park on the outer rim. get the bikes out and ride to the MAN (he is usually lit all night)( besides, that is what you should do first thing anyway). Then look back on BRC and deside on the area you think you will like to camp in. Then find your spot. Send the other person back to the vehicle and wait. Flag him down when he gets there.
Or you could wait for the map, But that is difficult for most virgins to read
Hope thats better

Or, as the two girls who had just arrived on the esplanade said last year,

"So?
Where's the man?"

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:54 pm

"Or, as the two girls who had just arrived on the esplanade said last year,

"So?
Where's the man?"

were they automatically evicted from brc?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:58 pm

The man had disappeared between the time they arrived and started setting up camp, and was gone when they got to the esplanade.
They had been looking around for some time.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:00 pm

derf since i missed last year i keep forgetting about his "accident"

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