Before you start

NOTE: I really can't stress this enough, but PLEASE read everything, and take it very seriously!

Assumptions

This documentation project is written with the following assumptions:

You have never attended Burning Man before
You're either a member of the New York Dangerous camp or you plan to join
You plan to attend Burning Man @ August 2024
You have a ticket, or you plan to purchase one

No other assumptions are made, which means this book will attempt to cover everything else, including how to get to Burning Man, what to expect, what to bring, what not to bring, etc.

Create your burner profile

Proceed to https://profiles.burningman.org/ and create your profile.

Join the NYD Discord Chat

This is where we coordinate with each other, before and after a burn:

https://discord.nyd.nyc

Join the NYD Facebook Community

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYDangerous/

And if you are attending the event with the camp, also join this group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/963784897972212

Read the official survival guide

This is the official BM Survival Guide, read the whole thing! In fact, read it twice:

https://survival.burningman.org/

And watch this:

https://vimeo.com/348884109/0e693cb310

Some fine folks made this packing list, which is pretty exhaustive (and potentially exhausting!):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1t2KvCRFsTvoLiFeo9ewsCgPUFzfgo0Re3AgDq05AdlU/pub?output=html

And this is a new version of what used to be a legendary Google Doc:

https://hackmd.io/@climent/Syx6QseMc

Pay your camp dues

Camp dues change as BM approaches, starting at $300 on January 1st and stepping up every month:

On January 1st: $300
After February 1st: $350
After March 1st: $400
After April 1st: $450
After May 1st: $500
Until August 1st: $525
After August 1st: $600 (Sparkle Pony Rate)

Venmo the dues