Stuck in the mud with 70,000 people, stranded in the rain-sodden Nevada desert, toilets overflowing, no communications … we loved every muddy minute!
Stuck in the mud with 70,000 people, stranded in the rain-sodden Nevada desert, toilets overflowing, no communications … What’s not to love about Burning Man, the world’s biggest music festival?
It was so wet, even Burning Man’s famed Orgy Dome – where thousands of people cavort each year, so long as they arrive in groups of two or more – was temporarily closed. Supposedly. Then you had to confront the toilets! Water tankers had been unable to get in, so they couldn’t empty or clean them. They overflowed with faeces. That was less fun. It may have been too much for the few. Some left early in 4WDs. Some in choppers. Some paid $US1500 a head to be rescued by all-terrain vehicles.
And that is what we witnessed from Camp Bang Bang, a Burning Man gathering founded by Bondi locals and still frequented by Australians each year. There was no panic, no hysteria, no rioting, no dissent into uncivilised behaviour. These days in the mud were testament to the decency of people. We shared fuel and water. We cooked pancakes for each other, gave gifts. When the deluge came on the first Friday, friends from Bang Bang were unable to return to our camp for two days.
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