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Burning Man 2007

I was schemeing on going to burning man this year, also I don't even have the $$ to keep my heroin habit going, much less spend $300 or so on tickets, find a ride and buy like $500 worth of smack to get me through the week and the traveling.

A bluelight tent at next years sounds awsome.. I've never been to any bluelight events or meet anyone off here.
 
I heard that they're going to try and save and rebuild this years man. I dont know if thats true or not, I have no idea whats left of him. That'd be nice though.

I hope it doesnt turn out to be arson, that would suck so much, just knowing that there are people out there who will pay that much money to get in, only to go and destroy it. But who knows, maybe it'll encourage everyone there to come together and build something bigger and better. Maybe some good can come of it.
 
Yeah well parts of that are accurate but it really is a life changing experience... impossible to describe
 
i almost wound up going this year but i have a job and i'm not an artist in the extravagant hippie sense of the word... if there is a designated BL area next year i'll go and take some of my psychedelic carvings with me :)
 
alasdairm said:
thanks for the link - a different perspective is always a good thing.

that said, i always got annoyed and lashed out at things i didn't understand. when i was 5 years old.

:)

alasdair
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Ali I love it when you whip on people it gets me so excited. Sexually
 
alasdairm said:
thanks for the link - a different perspective is always a good thing.

that said, i always got annoyed and lashed out at things i didn't understand. when i was 5 years old.

:)

alasdair
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I got nothing but love for Burning Man. I really want to go someday. A few years back when they had this channel Tech TV in New Work, they had special on Burning Man. Ever since I saw it I wanted to go.
 
9mmCensor said:
out of curosity, what does the funds for the tickets go towards? getting the organizers stoned?
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Insurance is a bitch. For bridge day in WV, an annual gathering of BASE jumpers, they are required to buy a 1 million dollar insurance policy alone. Typically, only about 1,000 people jump and it is a one day event. Burning man will probably exceed 40k people in '08, and is in a hot ass climate...I can't even imagine their insurance costs. Plus they have around 450-500 portable toilets which are serviced (rough guess) at least 2 times a day, when you rent portable toilets it's normally between 60-90 dollars for one toilet serviced once. Therefore, toilets alone run in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not to mention the expensive equipment, safety concerns that cost a grip of cash, hell even the fence that sorrounds the general camp area is miles long, and that isn't cheap.

They might make a slight profit, but in the end if they weren't passionate about it, the profit wouldn't be worth the logistical headache.
 
I have 2 questions:

Do you have to bring all of the food/water you'll need for the entire week with you? (Or are there places to buy both)

Are there DJs or musical artists performing at burning man?
 
^ You can purchase nothing at the playa. You can trade for it... and of course certain things like drugs you can pat for but for the most part the essentials (food water etc) you must bring or have a plan for obtaining it. I know pwoplw who do work for meals or yenno they bring the random shit up that people may want, but they do not bring... make sense?

Yes musicians preform at the Burning Man events! The playa can get so loud at night that you cannot get ti sleep at night. However, there are some places (like hush camp) that noise and sound systems are forbidden.

Try this link
 
TSM said:
Insurance is a bitch. For bridge day in WV, an annual gathering of BASE jumpers, they are required to buy a 1 million dollar insurance policy alone. Typically, only about 1,000 people jump and it is a one day event. Burning man will probably exceed 40k people in '08, and is in a hot ass climate...I can't even imagine their insurance costs. Plus they have around 450-500 portable toilets which are serviced (rough guess) at least 2 times a day, when you rent portable toilets it's normally between 60-90 dollars for one toilet serviced once. Therefore, toilets alone run in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not to mention the expensive equipment, safety concerns that cost a grip of cash, hell even the fence that sorrounds the general camp area is miles long, and that isn't cheap.
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from earlier in this thread:
alasdairm said:
one item alone - event fees to the blm - cost $710, 404 in '05 - that's about $25 per ticket right there.

other major expenditure includes: fees to other local agencies (e.g. law enforcement); toilets; art funding (through the black rock arts foundation); fire safety and supplies; fuel; insurance; rent; taxes; etc.

safely enabling a huge (> 30,000 participants) event for 10 days or so and further ensuring that, a month after it's done, there's no trace of said event at the location is a major undertaking with significant cost.

as with anything, i would encourage people to look at the value, not the cost...
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:)

alasdair
 
i havnt figured out what i want from the folks i kno for my birthday (which passed a looonnngg time ago) until i just looked at this thread again. next years just gotta be bangin cuz i think i might just have to go
 
i stumbled across this thread while looking for something else.

@VerbalTruist did you end up going in 2007? have you been since?

after a 4 year run from 1999-2002 i stopped going to a while. i went back in 2016 then again in 2022 (dustiest year i've experienced!) and 2023 (wettest year i've experienced!).

i am not planning to go this year but have firm plans to go back in 2026. i've been trying to talk a couple of friends from tahoe into going for over 15 years and they both finally agreed to plan to go in 2026. game on!

related reading: burning man

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
i stumbled across this thread while looking for something else.

@VerbalTruist did you end up going in 2007? have you been since?

after a 4 year run from 1999-2002 i stopped going to a while. i went back in 2016 then again in 2022 (dustiest year i've experienced!) and 2023 (wettest year i've experienced!).

i am not planning to go this year but have firm plans to go back in 2026. i've been trying to talk a couple of friends from tahoe into going for over 15 years and they both finally agreed to plan to go in 2026. game on!

related reading: burning man

alasdair
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I went once. 2007 sounds wrong though. Few years there that are uh… Quite hazy. No plans to return. People say it’s different. I dunno. If you go back LMK what you think.
 
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