oh the Burning Man "free spirit of brother and sister-hood" - actually just a mob of narcissistic exhibitionists who wouldn't even think of helping someone else out who was in a real jam, esp, if it inconvenienced them to ever the slightest degree - ugly mess literally and figuratively
There’s not much they could do. Not enough traction for a tow, you can’t push it out if it’s buried up to the frame and unless you can pick the entire vehicle up and walk it out it’s stuck until it dries up. Kind of reminds me of people who have never driven in snow getting stuck in a couple of inches. If you notice the most successful ones crossing the “rivers” crossed at right angles in a spot not trafficked before and got some decent speed up so momentum carried them through (luckily it’s not soft enough to sink in to the bumper or frame before they’re across).
@@Mattology1 "Historians have pondered why these 'ritualists' would travel so far in their metal carriages, often hundreds of miles, to reach the bottom of a dried lake-bed and burn stuff."
I'll bet the guy that yelled at me for wading in the river while fishing was there. apparently he felt I was disturbing the river bed 🙄 so many claim to be environmentalists but have no problem destroying a pristine remote area for their get together 🙄
This should be an annual spectator event - watching thousands of helpless yippies stuck in the mud. Free spirits doing their free spirit thing. It looks like downtown Portland.
You will never know what you've missed. I've traveled slowly around the world, seen all kinds of wondrous things, and they pale in comparison to burning man.
I love waking up in a mud puddle, hung over, in 90 degree temps. I saw an ad saying, they leave it like they were never there. I want to see arial pics in a week.
It takes weeks to fully clean up from burning man. They even install trash fences to catch anything that blows away. ( normally ) they do a great job packing in and packing out. It's part of the culture of the event. Granted I do have to say that many of the people that go to burning Man are complete cityits.
Nothing brought it down. Most everyone there, while a little unpleasant at times, had a great time. Music, dancing, hanging out with friends at the camp. New media made this out to be some huge thing and it isn't.
All those RVs could have sat in place for a day or two as the ground dried and solidified then left a lot less damage behind. I mean the funny thing about an RV is that they are a self contained living unit usually capable of being lived in for days at a time. Instead everyone just had to rush out when the ground was at its softest. Remember to take care of the playa and not damage it, unless it is inconvenient of course.
...and the media is spinning it as some sort of failure of the entire event when in fact it was the failure of a few individuals who could not follow shelter in place recommendations.
What about hygiene, access to fresh water, telephones run empty, medication runs out. It all depends on a change in climate. Why was the desert flooded and where did all the water com from?
I particularly enjoyed how they all just drove past the people who were stuck and left them behind...yeah, that's comradery, explains the Biden administration and libbies to a T.
Oh, anyone but the techies that tend to throng to BM and escape their workstations. This scene had its merits say... 30 years ago. Anyway, there's a reason people who actually live in high desert areas prefer a 4wd. Now the real horror: some of the birdbrains attending this extended mudhole work on AI endeavors, lol.
I raced motorcycles in the desert for years. There is nothing worse than a rainstorm in the desert. It's hard to describe that mud but these videos are doing a pretty good job conveying just how treacherous it is.
Are you a fan of Bob hannah or were you by chance? My Pope raced for Yamaha in the 80s locally here in Pennsylvania and into new york(unidilla).. he loved bob hannah. If I remember correct hes from baja? Or somewhere desert like. John Dowd was another west coast desert guy too I think. ?
Well gee...That's too bad, because I was going to offer you an all expenses paid trip and $350,000 to attend with one little condition.... You would be video recorded there hopping on one foot and whistling "Dixie" for 30 seconds.🤣🤣🤣
@@paul9156c Just as well....Whistling "Dixie" TODAY could conceivably get you into some serious hot water in "woke" culture, and the people who attend BURNING MAN are not exactly the same types that show up at JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY gatherings.
@ar4122 They take it down and leave no trace, that's the entire point of it that I guess you missed. The track record of a peaceful celebration that brings out what they brought in is really impressive. The type of mud there in the desert is much different than in the suburbs. (I live in a high desert area and experience that stuff). I hope the rain stops and they're able to carry on enjoying their vacations or smoothly get out so they can go home.
@@AnnAndNala So would you say that they have left no trace this year? LOL. Weird vibes dude. By the way, most celebrations are considered peaceful for those who partake and enjoyed the celebration. That doesnt mean that everyone or the majority feels that way. Sorry to pop your ego bubble.
Watching this, I'm reminded of an old Sunday School song: "The foolish man built his hedonistic festival upon the sand. The foolish man built his hedonistic festival upon the sand...and the rains came tumbling down."
That Playa dust is alkaline - if you're skin is sensitive, or it stays on you long enough - it can produce blisters, even a mild burn. And, the stuff has a slightly negative electrical surface charge, so it sticks to everything, and soap & water wont remove it all - it takes a mild acidic solution, like vinegar & water, to break it loose. It was a nightmare getting it all off the underside of my van the first time I went.
Hippes feel right at home in Roached out and Rusty “good times” vans anyway…..so it’s all good. What pisses me off is when the rocks and crusty mud-poo falls out from under the frame on the road and goes flying into everyone’s windshields.
…or they could be looking for a real bathroom, and will return to clean up after themselves? Unless of course you can tell the future, then I bow to your brilliance.
I would bet that most of these people know nothing about flotation or momentum They rent a car, put gas in it and go .. that's the extent of their mechanical knowledge
Their golden moment, pardon the attempt to parlay on your commentary, was when they arrived at their destination, instead of stopping they should have kept going. Yeah, I'm a riot at parties, too /s.
@@paula718That's by design. There's a reason high schools had automotive courses for classes. There's a reason government funding for it stopped. Self suffiency is dangerous to a government that thrives off dependency
I wish South Park would make an episode on Burning Man and this. Oh the stereotypes and characters they'd make. It would be absolute gold. Probably watch it 7 times.
15:30 We were part of a caravan in Central America for SCUBA and surfing. In just our small village, we saw about eighteen (18) Sprinter-type vans down for repairs. Some waited for entire engines from Florida and Arizona. . Our caravan chums are experienced travellers. We travel in old trucks, old Chevy vans, and home-built ExpeditionVehicles. Not one Sprinter-type van in the bunch.
Serves them hippies right for not having 4x4 trucks dummies thinking cars are good idea in dried up lakebed I wish I was there in lifted 4x4 sitting on my tailgate laughing at them while I drink my miller light 😂
You only live once gentlemen. You might make it to 100 on your couch, or you can go out and experience our great nation. On your deathbed, you won't be thinking "good thing I didn't go to that muddy festival in the desert" but you might be regretting the opposite.
I am not understanding the problem here. As Wikipedia says, "Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert campout focused on... self-reliance..." When you hold an even on a dried lake bed water is bound to pool there.
See you have a brain that functions like it should. You use reason and logic. They don't have those capabilities. They were told from a child that they are special, it's always going to be fine and it's always someone else's fault!
Can you imagine the Chaos Confusion and MayHam about to decend on every coin operated car wash in the greater Tri-State region. There could even be an enhanced Earth wobble or early polar axis shift because of the great Mud and Poo displacement disaster of 23’
strange that they are all about peace and love for your fellow man yet nobody stops to help anyone thats stuck.....love and peace my arse....its every man for himself !!
I wonder if the guy at 16:00 who's been stuck in the mud all day heard about how all the Burners "come together as a community to help each other out".
@@karlwithak.And so we are the caretakers of the earth. How many of us compost, recycle and reuse materials. Do you do all of these simple and easy things? Waste not, want not.
This is the most entertaining footage Ive ever watched. I think i enjoyed this much more than any show they put on at burning man itself. this should be its own show.
Looks like a good place for a hovercraft, or maybe a Sherp, or an Argo. But really, after two days of camping in the mud it dried out enough for everybody to just drive out. No big deal. Glad to see everybody is safe.
Makes me wonder that with all the material from some of the installations that they could have built up over some of those “rivers” that were the hardest to get through.
No way can you be "Self Reliant" around that many city dwellers who don't have a clue, or respect for Mother Nature!! I remember a few years back, it rained and they couldn't get in, they closed the gates! Then opened them up a day or so later.
Having lived in Reno for many of these events, feel bad for the city when all this muddy trash starts getting dumped everywhere. They don't leave a trace in the desert, just everywhere else they go.
I guess a lot of people will be lining up at car washes to wash themselves before appearing in polite society. Not that the garage people aren't polite.
Seeing those individuals stuck as the others drive by it's like watching Animal Planet, when the weak or young gazelles get singled out by the pride of lions.
It's not like this is sub-freezing Alaska. They'll just have to wait until the tow trucks come in or someone has some extra wooden planks to get them unstuck.
We’ve been to Burningman several times and we also have done a bunch of offroad trails like Rubicon and for “just in case” our truck always has recovery gear in it. The conditions there at Burningman can get pretty bad with the slightest breeze and if you spill a glass of water on the ground it turns into a slippery mud just before it becomes like a shape of a bowl where the powdery, alkaline sand starts to dry. It was amazing to see how unprepared *some* people that go there are. Some come with nothing but a few bottles of water, granola bars, but tons weed or whatever. I knew if SHTF it would mostly be each for themself so people leaving the stuck guy is no surprise.
Yet yall want to pose around like you all love eachother at the party yet leave anyone stranded once your pills wear off. Just a fake community is all.
@@MagikFingers420 You don't know that anybody left anyone. Those people tried to drive out of the desert when they were told to stay put, because they would get stuck. But they didn't listen, so they are just sitting out there stuck. Anybody that tries to go pick them up will just get stuck too. They have no choice but to stay at their cars and wait until the ground dries enough to drive away. You're ignorant though, it's cool.
I'm glad I stayed for the mud and left once the ground dried up. I saw plenty people who decided to drive with their RVs and vans and eventually got stuck.
@@riproar11 If I use my native language you wouldn't understand a single word. Be thankful I've invested my time to learn second one just for you to be able to criticize it over a single typo and give you're life a meaning. Btw, there's nothing wrong with my English teachers, they're all perfect. Have a nice day, grammar police.
You may want to fire your English professors...your second reply contains more mistakes than your original post! Stick to your native tongue for the time being....
I just love how everyone that is stuck has so much help getting unstuck, really shows the "community" at burning man. I don't think a single vehicle didn't stop and offer assistance to those stuck and not to mention the "self reliance" of those that just stood next to their stuck vehicles just looking around helpless and hopelessly- err, I mean dug themselves out on their own. Just a, wholesome, heartwarming and fulfilling experience.
yahh but if you noticed those were the ones that wanted to keep their new riggs clean as they tried to cross the obstacles to slowly. And you are right, this video is like watching some sub cultures of humans driving away from a diseased area.
Caged mice (people)coming out of the maze (Bay Area) to find themselves at a made up Utopia for 10 days. (to find self awareness, not) to return to the maze (city) Your still a mouse 🐭 What’s sad…. Is these people will return next year. Hope you find what your looking for…..
I love that you used the raw footage here, thank you. For people that follow the instructions of the Gate and Event Operations team at Burning Man, they're much less likely to end up in a bad way like all those stranded vehicles. What a mess!
