CFNM Village Discussion Forum

I have seen many photos where people have a white 'dust' caked up their lower legs. I have also seen pics of peoplewearing goggles, so that makes sense. Is it not a mix of dried mud, 'sea' salt and dried decomposed vegetation/fish?

D the R

No. That's an inaccurate description.

The Black Rock playa was formed by the prehistoric Lahontan Lake, a fresh water lake which dried up about 15,000 years ago. What remains is a flat, hard ancient dry lakebed. There is no "sea" salt, although salt is a natural part of any similar desert playa - i.e. Death Valley, Bonneville Salt Flats, etc. There is no dried decomposed vegetation/fish as that disintegrated prior to the earliest arrival of humans about 10,000 BC.

The dust storms can be a problem, but it depends upon the year. The times I've been there there was no dust storms. Just a powdery dust on the floor of my rented RV that I had to clean prior to returning it (I had a shower in my RV - very nice in that environment). Just go prepared for it.

The playa gets an average of 7.9 inches of rain/year. Odds are you won't experience any precipitation as it's a desert. But then, there's always the possibility.

The biggest uncomfortableness at BM isn't the dust on the playa, the heat (unless you're one of the folks sleeping on the desert floor in a sleeping bag), or anything else in the environment. It is the loud partying that goes on each night until about 7:00 a.m. - well after the sun is up. Kids bring loud speakers and amp them up, particularly at about 4:00 a.m., and they're everywhere throughout Burning Man all night long. You can't escape that loud noise. The other problem is that god-awful techno music that plays nonstop...the kind that basically is made using computer programs, is synthetic, and is in a constant loop - and they all sound identical. No music composed by true artists or vocalists that have learned to play instruments, but then, that's the new age - instruments take too much work to learn.

I had earplugs and wore a sleeping mask, but it's still tough to get sleep. The most quiet time at BM is from about 8:00 a.m. to about 3:00 p.m., which is when everyone seems to be sleeping. It's actually nice to walk around the city then and absorb the mellow and quiet ambience. But things begin to pick up again at about 6:00 p.m., and by dusk, it's back to an incredible loud and hyper-energetic scene.

Regardless, standing on the playa at night and looking out at the thousands of lights of the "tent city", the many illuminated art objects and animatronics, light shows and spectacular events is something one cannot describe - it can only be experienced. It is why people fly in from countries all over Europe, Asia, Russia, the UK and elsewhere for the experience. It should be on everyone's bucket list.

It's also something I advise folks on this site about...if you go expecting to look at nekkid girls or experience CFNM, well, you'll certainly have some of that, but it quells in comparison to just going a little further west to the many clothing-optional beaches on the west coast. But that's not why anyone should go.

Burning Man is an experience unlike any other, and going solely to have an erotic experience with nudity distracts from the great opportunity of going.

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