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:

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

Login to your Facebook and navigate to this group:

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:

Venmo the dues 


Revision #10
Created 25 July 2023 19:55:02 by Friendly Ghost
Updated 21 July 2024 19:46:18 by Friendly Ghost