Well, its that time again.
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And no I dont plan to sneak in this year. All though just like 2014 I do not have a ticket, a job or any money but I still believe. After the magic that occurred last time how cant I believe in miracles? What I believe in is my positive will & trust in the universe that everything will work out.
In 2013 I befriended & communicated via text, email & cell phone with an old guy from Boston to Black Rock City. He originally was offering a rideshare via craigslist (1 way) to Nevada & specifically Black Rock City for Burningman. We kept in touch & then in 2014 we did the same thing, communicating & caravaning out to Nevada. This was when I was making my return cross country trip without a single dollar & without an actual BM ticket (with plans of sneaking in with an IR cloak & other tradecraft but not knowing about the Marine Raar tht would have intercepted me many miles out). We met up on the road again & had lunch & hung out briefly on playa.. He turned out to be a really cool elderly Doctor who volunteers with Medical while at BM. We are from the same general neighborhoods in Boston & share some personal stuff in common despite our obvious age differences.
Anyway last we spoke (2015) I learned that he normally flies out to Burning man in his private airplane & lands on the playa at Blackrockcity airport NV88. Although he has drove his motorhome out for the last several years I recalled that he owned a plane & figured wtf; ill reach out & see how he is doing. Wouldnt you know we spoke today & he offered to bring me out in his Cesna airplane (obviously stopping a few times to make the 3k mile trip). Since I am flying directly into the event & avoiding the long line of traffic, will call & gate security I must have an actual Hard ticket in my hand before I depart Boston on this little prop plane.
Now all I need to do is allow lightning to strike twice & pray that the universe will gift me another free or reduced ticket. I desperately need a hard copy Ticket! I did not attend in 2015 for lack of ticket & funds. This year I have been offered a bucketlist type event that would avoid the long, hot lines through Gerlach & Gate. Skydiving in to avoid buying a ticket has been done but I would be violating the trust of my pilot friend & maybe not able to fly home with him. There are G, P & E volunteers monitoring the air as well to try to catch such villians.
I still have my bike 'The Exterminator'
that I will have to ship out on a container with my tent, sleeping gear & other stuff (in order to reduce the payload weight. That container share costs between $60-$100 not to mention that I will need to acquire some more gear to burn the way I want & get it on the truck by Aug 13th
This year I hope to volunteer with Gate Perimeter & Exodus the guys in Black! Its fitting that these are the very perimeter security types whom I was trying to evade when I wanted to sneak into BM in 2014. I hope that I can get some night shifts on the Perimeter to see if I can thwart a similar military style covert yet illegal entry.
While many on STP feel that BM is too Bougie, as a burner I feel that it is expensive but doable. It still requires intense & exact advanced planning, positive energy & shit tons of luck. I am living proof that a broke traveler can go to Burning Man. I have done it before & Burning Man Gods willing I will do it again.
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And no I dont plan to sneak in this year. All though just like 2014 I do not have a ticket, a job or any money but I still believe. After the magic that occurred last time how cant I believe in miracles? What I believe in is my positive will & trust in the universe that everything will work out.
In 2013 I befriended & communicated via text, email & cell phone with an old guy from Boston to Black Rock City. He originally was offering a rideshare via craigslist (1 way) to Nevada & specifically Black Rock City for Burningman. We kept in touch & then in 2014 we did the same thing, communicating & caravaning out to Nevada. This was when I was making my return cross country trip without a single dollar & without an actual BM ticket (with plans of sneaking in with an IR cloak & other tradecraft but not knowing about the Marine Raar tht would have intercepted me many miles out). We met up on the road again & had lunch & hung out briefly on playa.. He turned out to be a really cool elderly Doctor who volunteers with Medical while at BM. We are from the same general neighborhoods in Boston & share some personal stuff in common despite our obvious age differences.
Anyway last we spoke (2015) I learned that he normally flies out to Burning man in his private airplane & lands on the playa at Blackrockcity airport NV88. Although he has drove his motorhome out for the last several years I recalled that he owned a plane & figured wtf; ill reach out & see how he is doing. Wouldnt you know we spoke today & he offered to bring me out in his Cesna airplane (obviously stopping a few times to make the 3k mile trip). Since I am flying directly into the event & avoiding the long line of traffic, will call & gate security I must have an actual Hard ticket in my hand before I depart Boston on this little prop plane.
Now all I need to do is allow lightning to strike twice & pray that the universe will gift me another free or reduced ticket. I desperately need a hard copy Ticket! I did not attend in 2015 for lack of ticket & funds. This year I have been offered a bucketlist type event that would avoid the long, hot lines through Gerlach & Gate. Skydiving in to avoid buying a ticket has been done but I would be violating the trust of my pilot friend & maybe not able to fly home with him. There are G, P & E volunteers monitoring the air as well to try to catch such villians.
I still have my bike 'The Exterminator'
that I will have to ship out on a container with my tent, sleeping gear & other stuff (in order to reduce the payload weight. That container share costs between $60-$100 not to mention that I will need to acquire some more gear to burn the way I want & get it on the truck by Aug 13th
This year I hope to volunteer with Gate Perimeter & Exodus the guys in Black! Its fitting that these are the very perimeter security types whom I was trying to evade when I wanted to sneak into BM in 2014. I hope that I can get some night shifts on the Perimeter to see if I can thwart a similar military style covert yet illegal entry.
While many on STP feel that BM is too Bougie, as a burner I feel that it is expensive but doable. It still requires intense & exact advanced planning, positive energy & shit tons of luck. I am living proof that a broke traveler can go to Burning Man. I have done it before & Burning Man Gods willing I will do it again.
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