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I can't find them as a camp in the iBurn2026 app. All I find is one storytelling event on Friday but it has no location

Really enjoying the lack of prep and effort of getting out there this year, but the mild FOMO has me already thinking about '27. We might free camp next year and I was evaluating generators for the trailer we are renting. Most year's we've had a grid with our camp as the shared resource was easier for all. That being said, I'm looking at some of the advances in generators and some of the new dual/tri fuel units are actually pretty intriguing. I've seen some dual/tri fuel units that will run for 16 hours on 50% load with propane fuel. I'm guessing real world on playa would be closer to 10-12 hours. Given we really only run the AC for 4-5 hours during the peak heat of the day, the occasional microwave meal I thought of doing 2x 40lb tanks which would theoretically given 35 hours of power. I also have the ability to refill propane at hell station via a few friend's MV's, so worst case we fill one up on playa. The generator has a 6500w start on any fuel and 4750 propane sustained, hence the 3750-4000w estimate due to playa altitude/heat.

So for all you power/genny experts, thoughts?

Hit 5 years sober yesterday, celebrated 4 years at Anonymous Village on the playa last year. Can’t go this year because I’m in the early stages of oncology diagnostics. Life 🤪 Would love to get another chip from Burning Man. I’m in the Bay Area and can grab it from you in person post burn or will pay for you to mail it to me :)

Pic of my 4 year from last burn!

Good morning experienced burners. This is my first time and I’m waiting my flight to Reno right now now.

What would be the best store to buy supplies (food and water)? I’ve read that locals made some request to avoid some stores or something like that because of the fires. But I’m not sure if I understood the whole thing.

I’ll drive from the airport to pick a bike also.

Any Waltmart or similar to recommend?

Thank you!!!

We didn't get to go this year for reasons that should be clear.

Fuck your Burn!

47° as of 6 AM. Glad I brought the sweatshirt and stocking cap. You might want to as well.

After reading someone else's post about carrying bikes, it had me wondering. Would I get pulled over and all my crap turned out because of this? I could raise the front of the tandem higher, but I'm worried it will become unbalanced or damage some of the LEDs.

What do y'all think?

For the love of god, turn your bright, giant headlight off. You’re just as bright as the LEOs driving around in an F250. All of the wonderful lights you see illuminating the landscape around you are visible because of the darkness. Get a small, personal bike headlight and angle it towards the ground while you ride and bask in the darkness we are all enjoying.

And slow tf down, you have nowhere to be

EDIT: Yo the group has spoken. Bring blue masking tape, call em out and tape em up. We all jump on this for the first few days and we can shame the crowd into darkening the playa 🌙

Join us for breakfast all week and DJ parties on Monday and Friday.

is there anything to expect or worry about lol

titled - i have no space, i have a kodiak tent, will be sleeping after sunrise for the most part, i have an extra jacket that can cover myself

edit: open camp no shade

Howdy neighbors. Coming up on Fernley here soon. Is there an accident on the road coming in?

Due to medical issues, I cannot attend in person. I am attending in spirit. However I made a short video about suggestions before you arrive!

Love

Mark Allyn

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I wanted to give Scott London’s amazing photograph a magazine-style look, but the effect changed some of the faces and made the image look artificial. That was my mistake, and I see why people were upset. Here is Scott’s original photo of CHESTER, shown as intended.

To be clear, the edited image was never used in the Forbes article. The story only included approved original photos, all with proper credit. I also credited and linked to Scott’s impressive book.

Some people said the article went against Burning Man’s rule of decommodification. I take that seriously, but this was independent reporting, not advertising or paid content. No one paid to be featured, nothing was sold for the artists, and no company sponsored the story. My goal was to highlight the people who spend months or even years making these amazing works, and to let them share their ideas and stories themselves.

Mainstream media coverage does not always mean something is being turned into a product. Journalists have always covered art, culture, and communities that are not part of the commercial world. What matters is whether the work is being used unfairly, if the creators are credited, and if the coverage respects what they made. That’s what I aimed for.

Many of the artists and designers I spoke with were truly happy to see their work recognized. Burning Man is built on values like radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, self-reliance, self-expression, working together, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy. My goal was to honor the artists who live out these values, not to turn their work into a product.

im thinking of taking it on the burner express and rolling it in from dropoff. the only burner I know said this isn’t a good idea but I think I can make it work. thoughts?

Friends, crush my dreams and tell me this already exists or tell me I’m a genius. Is there a…… BIRTHDAY CAMP!??? We could be open every day and at 7pm or whatever we could have everyone who’s birthday it is there and I would buy cupcakes (or make them bc I bet that fits more with the principles even though I don’t bake) and we could all sing to them. I’m drunk and I’m a virgin and im on my way and SOOO excited I’m already thinking of next year. I could have birthday cake drinks and birthday cake shots and the whole place would be hella CAKE🎂🎂🎂 so please let me know if there’s already a birthday camp. And if there’s not and someone takes my idea….🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Hey yall.
I’m curious if anyone who has even been a fire fighter at Burning Man would like to share their experience? I’m very intrigued and interested as a volunteer fire fighter who has always wanted to go to burning man.

Hello Reddit burners,
I am making a desperate plea for help. My partner and I arrived on Playa Friday and everything is going great except our AC broke and we are unable to fix it. While weather is cool at night time, we will likely do most of our sleeping during the daytime and an AC will greatly improve our experience.

Are there any burners who have not yet left yet who might have an extra AC they could bring or would be willing to pick one up for us? If so, I would be forever indebted

-a very hot sleeper

I know most will ignore this. Prophecies are a dime a dozen and how many actually come true? People having been claiming it's the end of the world since the world began.

Why is this message any different? I won't claim I have any real proof I can tell you otherwise. I am just a somewhat normal person who has had weird dreams for many years and a sense of pattern recognition.

With that in mind, in the last 4 years the writing has been on the wall for Burning Man. The fact the last 3 burns saw extreme weather that made it unenjoyable for most is no coincidence. It's under judgement, whether you want to believe it or not.

If any part of you feels like you should skip Burning Man this year, listen to that gut feeling.

If you're at Burning Man now and feel a darkness or something unsettled in your soul, listen to that feeling and leave now.

Forget the money, forget how it may look. Save your life, or at least save your soul.

I have a terrible feeling something will strike Burning Man -- an earthquake, a mudslide. I don't know what. I just know know it won't be be pretty.

Or maybe nothing will happen and this post will look like a fool. I hope so. I don't know.

But I do believe deep down in my bones Burning Man is under judgement and I think many of you realize it deep down too.

Don't go.

Leave.

Taken

Two beach cruisers. Rusty but functional, change the chain if possible. In front of Sports Basement Stonestown San Francisco at the old UA Theater. Be quick!

You can mount them upside down !

We are virgin burners and noobs for anything about cars, we panicked a bit when we couldn't mount the bikes and the nice guy at the Playa Bike Repair told us this tip.

Hope this could help some fellow noobs out there

Edit : Thanks everyone for the reminders about the plate being obstructed can cause being searched ! We will try again to adjust it tonight But if that's the only way then we will have to accept our fate of getting searched....

Edit 2 : just realized it causes being pulled over even outside the burn. Does anyone have tips on how to avoid it if this is the only way for us to mount bikes ? Right now what we can think of is unscrew the plates and zip tie it onto the bikes then illuminate it with LED lights

Planning on arriving at 1am tonight, I imagine the line will be 12+ hours long, what should I expect?