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 🙄
@@Maaaattologyyyy "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."
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.
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).
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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 😂
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.
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.
…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 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. ?
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
Seeing so many rv roofs with no strips of plywood, planks or blocks, mud tires... Wasted opportunities to be prepared? Imagine if they had deconstructed part of The Man to help them all out?
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!
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.
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?
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’
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
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.
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.
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".
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!
Much of my childhood was spent with my Dad, who was brilliant, an inventor of Sand Tires, and he RESCUED people who were clueless, got themselves into off-road challenging situations of GETTING STUCK. We pulled thousands of such folks out of the sand dunes, beaches, desert areas, and wilderness for decades. Watching this, I just shake my head on how the Human Race has barely learned anything, come UNprepared for the wilderness areas where conditions change rapidly and in isolated locations. Always come ready.
What? They came prepared! None of them are asking for rescue. No one is asking for food or water to be airlifted in. The video reports from BRC have been quite measured and realistic. There's plenty of food and water. Electrical power? A bit spotty in places. Porta potties? Some are getting full. But they have done a great job, individually and institutionally, of preparing. Rainfall like this is very unlikely, but BM guidelines urge people to be prepared for a lot: bring extra food and water, bring a range of clothes, bring a mindset that's flexible and adaptable. It's really impressive how 70,000 people have dealt with this. Not really even "coped". Many (most!) are celebrating, learning, having a good time, and helping others.
yes, I'm wondering why the others aren't helping the stuck people. Still, anyone's vehicle can blow a radiator or timing chain or something and will be stuck, regardless of their tires
@@rzella8022 - Nope. Off-road custom TIRE business. Dad invented Sand Tires, PadlaTrak, Big Brother tires and others because such tires assisted the vehicles floatation over various terrain conditions supremely. He was a Good Samaritan and Friend to ALL, the last of his kind as a desert off roading pioneer.
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…..
Come on, if you aren't from there and/or don't know how to navigate the clay which the ground has become, you may not know the safer places to drive. The ones who got stuck didn't get stuck because they were "chicken foots". They got stuck because they didn't know which areas to drive were more likely to let them out. Some of you people are just mean. Regardless of what you think of the people there, they are in a dangerous situation. People could die whether they stay or leave. They could die of the heat. Food and water running out. They are isolated. If anyone needed to go to the hospital for whatever reason, and couldn't get there they could die, and some of you people just laugh! I'm sure many will learn lessons from this, but laughing at people in a dangerous situation is disgusting.
I think all of this is so absolutely hilarious!!!! The typical personality type drawn to events like this display and underscore how helpless the 'enlightened above the rest' sort of folk really are!!! I know people who attend... they hold themselves in high esteem above the 'normal' people like the rest of us, who exist responsibly, paying our bills, furthering our work/careers/investments, children, etc.
If a building contractor allowed vehicles to track mud like that onto the roadway, he would be fined severely. Contractors are sometimes required to install drive through wash ponds and rock beds to knock the mud off of the tires. I can imagine how muddy and slippery that paved road is.
That’s a great point. What a mess. I hate the entire concept of Burning Man. I hope this discourages a least half of these people from coming next year.
@@abbyhillman769try looking at 7:57. Does that not look like a muddy paved road to you? Do you think that just because they are all in the desert, they don't need a paved road to get home? Yes, the road is paved. 🤦♂️
I went to this event many years ago, I remember one of the main goals of the people was to leave the area as untouched as possible. That is clearly not the case now and I don’t mean because of the rain/ mud. That many people, I am sure a great many don’t care and trash the place. I would never go now
I went 35 years ago, had a blast. Went 3 years ago, it totally soiled my image with a big turd stain. Not even the same people or vibe. No more hippies, just a bunch of rich yuppie urban trash thinking they can do anything they want cuz their out in the dessert. It ain't about brotherhood or peace or world preservation anymore. It's corporate greed fueling a vision of what a good thing used to be and using that glorified image to make a buck off the ignorant expectant masses. It's really sad.
The problem is that Matt would show up in the off road wrecker and they could complain about the 8.2L gasser under the hood while that city must have used a couple hundred million gallons to set up, service and take down. Ten thousand RVs at 5-8 MPG 300 miles from the closest city... The irony... Glass houses...
@@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'm trying to understand why so many people find it hillarious to watch others suffer. Like, why is this funny? I feel like this attitude is the shittiest part of humanity.
the people who have RV's will never get out of there. vehicles that weigh thousands of pounds have been slowly sinking deeper and deeper into that mud for several days. someone will have to dig then pull them out. it could be forever to muster the resources to handle all of them.
I just left burning the man yesterday. All those people who were stuck in the mud on this video were pacifically told not to drive. They did this to themselves, they are not true burners.
A tip for you, if you are in a car that gets stuck in mud, sand or snow, take the rubber mats(if you have them) from the front and rear place them on top of the mud, snow sand in front of the drivng wheels, the dry rubber of the mats shoud give you the traction needed to boost you out of trouble, if you get stuck again repeat the process.
An interesting study in human behavior. I have never been curious about attending such a thing. Crowds are inherently dangerous and destructive for an uncountable number of reasons. Deserts aren't able to take this kind of abuse lightly.
"Deserts aren't able to take this kind of abuse lightly."... poor poor mud...poor poor mud and dirt.... should we maybe punish those bad bad _bad_ humans for stepping on it?
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." - The Great Gatsby
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.
What is a biker supposed to do? Tow them? He obviously brought the right equipment for the conditions. That those hundreds of stuck people ignored the "Shelter In Place" advisory is not a bikers fault.
@@grecco_buckliano Diz iz political, yo. Close da borders yah an' diz shitz crazy yo. Never trust drunken bikers, especially when days in da pack! We wuz in dat hood and dem bicycle-alcoholics, days surround me ands tooks mah wallet and I hadda walk alls dah way home, and nobody help me tah get there!
Not all mud is created equal. Black Rock desert has very high clay content which makes it impossible to drive over when it's wet. Clay also takes longer to dry..
im sure that probably true. no plants grow there and im sure it would be hard to extract any nutrients from clay.i doubt even a single animal lives there.
@@andred3299 it depends really. No one wants to get stuck again. I’m sure I would have plowed right past some ppl. Especially if I’d just spent an hour or more trying to get going myself. Life is hard. But this scenario is real. And I’m usually the most helpful person. But in these conditions, I admit I’d probably give in to my weakness and selfishness and just want to get out of dodge. But I’d most likely not even be there. I hate unclean environments. 🥺😭
The lake bed will restore itself the next time it rain. Anyways, why is it so important to restore it. It serves no useful purposes other than supplying dust and dirt in a dust storm, and maybe home to a few lizards and snakes.
There is a common assumption that simply because a place has "desert" in the name, that it never gets really wet. But, they also seem ignore the reality that "playa" - the land form where the event is held - is a dry (usually) _lake_ bed. Deserts generally lack dense vegetation, and rain that falls, runs off faster than it sinks in. Since water runs down hill, it runs to those lake beds, and turns them temporarily into lakes. I wonder what the Paiute authorities and the state of Nevada are thinking about the clean up ahead.
Yeah, I don't know if these gringos know it, but the "playa" (beach) is NEXT to the lake, NEXT to the ocean@@placebomandingo2095 . Not at the bottom of the "dry" lake. They might "know" that, but they sure didn't know it. Everyone with the slightest lick of sense camps up on high ground in the desert. I've been in the chaparral in Colorado, had a flash flood hit, & instantly the hillock I was on turned into an island as the arroyos filled up. This is some white people in horror films level thinking.
Great opportunity for the off-road recovery community to show their stuff. Yankum Rope and all their friends get down here and have a ball. Nothing like playing in the mud while preforming some good will. What a great chance to build some PR for the off-road folk
Im from Shreveport Louisiana where so many southern guys love mudding. I've gotten stuck a few times being on friends land and within minutes someone is eager to drive 15 minutes to me to pull me out and look like a badass with their super duty truck pulling another in the mud hahah
In my many years of experience driving in mud, I've found that it's the people who panic and slow down or hit their brakes that get stuck! In mud like this you get your speed up and keep it up! Momentum will carry you through the bad parts!
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 🙄
No one talking about how fantastic the filming is, felt like i was watching a movie about a primitive sub species of man
Haha me too not thinking exactly that but yeah
@@Maaaattologyyyy "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."
Sub species - right on !!
LOLOL
The Bad Batch.
Whether it be catastrophic mud bogs or blinding dust storms Burning man will always be an adventure that I have always chosen to avoid.
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.
😂😂😂 Me too. 🤦♀️
what about the ritualistic burning of an effigy representing human sacrifice? ... in any case, count me out.
The filthy, overflowing Port-a-Johns were enough to keep me away.
I prefer to watch it on TH-cam even though I live just a few hours away from it... sure glad I'm not there now 😊
Everyone just driving by, leaving that guy stuck.
What a strong community.
No kidding Eh? Came to party, not to love
Poor dude getting the Trumpster treatment by his very own, lol
Semper Fi . . . Lol !🇺🇲
You want to change the world go out the and do it yourself
Eh, water. It’ll all work out
It would be bad enough to have your RV stuck in the mud but to have 70,000 people drive by without one offering a hand has got to be depressing.
My thoughts exactly!
Goes to show you what kind of people go to this event!
If they stop they will be stuck too. Those stuck people need proper help from a tractor or tow truck.
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).
They should build a giant Mud Man..
😆🤣🤣🤣that's too good
@@atomfallen2409 😂
😂
lol, that's good!
They did 😊
The compassion in these comments is heartwarming.
A lakebed turned to mud after it rained. Amazing! Incredible! Who could guess!?
Savy natives of the area would have "Known". No guessing at all.
It's common. Very common.
I would guess the average attendee isn't very bright......
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.
@Light_over_darkness not during this event it hasnt been. Just saying.
They rush out of the cities to the middle of nowhere to...build a city? How ironic.
The real test would be to stay and live there!
Problem is... these are wannabe's. Burning Man lost it's originality when Hollywood took over.
What's crazy to me is the amount of money these people spend to pretend to be poor for a week.
@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.
Man, those porta potties must be a nightmare.
I saw one dude going from stall to stall chcecking🤣🤣
LOL
I noticed a few shots of someone opening the porta potty door, looking then turning around and going to another door. When you gotta go, you go!
Use da Bidet😂
Oh you know they are.
Wet wipes and some pure isopropyl alcohol would be a must have.
I love how they’re really big on self-reliance, but all it took to bring it all crashing down was rain.
I doubt it’s really about self-sufficiency from what I hear.
a broken levee brought NOLA to near civil war. 20 years later a dead crackhead brought the US to near civil war
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.
they just like the idea of self-reliance.
These aren't the kind of people that believe in taking care of themselves. They want big brother to take care of everyone.
Love, peace, freindship, community, thanks for sharing? Wonder if that couple in the stuck in the puddle now feels the fakeness of it all!
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.
This is the best coverage of this even I have seen, IMO. Well done.
Raining man was a success this year
SoggyBoi
I really enjoy watching ppl slow down before the mud puddle before going through. these are the kids that didn't get outside and play.
I hope I’ll be pardoned if I express a large amount of indifference to their plight.
I think you're amongst friends here. 😂
You should express indifference. This is no big deal. I've been 3 times and rain happens. Next.
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 😂
feel the same way
Denied.
Now accept your circumstance, resistance is futile.
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.
Really? Thank you for the information. I had no idea. I know that we used to stop to wash the truck and boat every time we left Steinhatchee.
Yea! Very high PH! Close to 10
It might be caustic to your skin but it's not acidic just stop exaggerating
@@billwhitenack1662 so what a pH of 10 means nothing
That's not how the pH scale works
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.
News like I like - no annoying short cuts and gratuitous edits or talking heads ...
right?
i'm glued to my screen. heart races every time someone has a go at the crossing
Thanks for the video chopper guys,
So much better than listening to a narcissist explain what's going on at every whimsical turn.🙂
After years of wondering, I went a few years back. It's basically a giant, self-important, trailer park.
😂❤😂
Where were the thousands upon thousands of people fleeing burning man?………
Self-important. Perfectly said.
As for myself, I am important.
Is there a difference between a trailer park and a junk yard 😂
We learn from the mistakes of others. And plenty of people are willing to give us a new lesson everyday!!!
Next year a lot of rust buckets will be for up for sale lol
Very very true, but didn’t anybody bother to listen to weather forecasts?😮
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.
@@Wildstar40
hehe yes i agree,once in a life time experience@@pauliewalnuts240
Absolute insanity. I'd never go to something like that with all those crazy people. Just to see a bon fire. Good lord 😮😮😮
It's a sacrifice
Haha like they all go there just to see a big fire. Right. That's only on one night, people go there for many days, you realize that right?
@@kennithnieman9130 no it isn't.. It's a party. It is more like a family reunion camp out that just got really, really big. lol
What ever you say, you have fun. lol@@101Osprey101
He is good as a matter of fact He is a great God. 1 Kings 18:35 😊
And the people that are leaving by walking out, have just abandoned their tents and coolers and belongings for ... who to clean up ?
…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 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.
a giant fly trap
Somehow I doubt you would know one mud from another
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. ?
My pops* not pope lol
When it gets wet don't try to run away just wait a while
Meanwhile, Maui was just living their lives and rarely a helicopter flyover. Sad world.
In Maui flyover prohibited. Bodies are still be recovered
because they have a ton to hide from We the People - law enforcement is all in on it
@@mmock3399the ones that drowned, the bodies are incinerated.
They don't want people near Maui, but not because they are trying to protect people from seeing burned people.
so the same winds that fueled the fire also kept helicopters out of the sky
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.
If only there was a structure made from wood they could disassemble to use as traction through the slog.
They're hippies
There is, the wood man to be burned.
@@Candy-O1776. That’s what he’s saying
😂😂😂
If only..lol
You need an aerial view to appreciate the sheer size of this event.
sheer size
This chopper is actually from a Salt Lake City, Utah news station but it's pretty cool it was flown down there to offer this perspective.
It looks like a Bangladesh slum.
I watched about 30 seconds, never seen so much trash walking along just like human's ! @@cunning-stunt
@@cunning-stunt😂😂
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.
City folk never have any sense
cityots😂
This is the best comedy of the summer, I needed a good laugh! Thanks burners
18 minutes and 32 seconds of pure gold!
And proof that the human race is doomed 😂
@@FutureSystem738 These RV/Van rental companies will be making bank with cleaning fees.
Ngl I was giggling like a school girl thinking about the chopper pilots being like 🍿🍿😂
No just california that's where most of them come 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.
Haven't heard one word about all the environmental damage that has been done..... weird
I'm sure that will be assessed as soon as everyone clears 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.
That is insane. I wouldn't go if someone paid me.
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.🤣🤣🤣
Perfect
@@JebidiahKrackedyetagain-xv9hc No deal. I'm disabled, so I can't hop on one foot, I don't know the tune "Dixie", and I don't need the money.
@@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.
Seeing so many rv roofs with no strips of plywood, planks or blocks, mud tires...
Wasted opportunities to be prepared?
Imagine if they had deconstructed part of The Man to help them all out?
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!
Every time I finally stop laughing, I read another post and start laughing all over again! 🤣
Media is playing it up like a humanitarian disaster, but that wasn’t the case at all.
I thought the point is self reliance?
@@rodyoutsey8786but then is that self reliance or just reliance ? ;;
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 can tell you...they leave more then a trace in the desert...lol
Side of the roads trashed left big time
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.
I wonder who is going to clean up all the trash behind?
,😂😂😂
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.
there was not this time, and never has been so much as a paper plate left behind, you could fact check, but then this wouldn't be TH-cam.
hi
@@Bogus_Watchdog_Groups Trash left behind is only one way you can damage an area, the deep tracks scarring the land is also damaging to the playa.
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?
This video sure does have a calming effect with no one talking
They sure didnt leave the desert "untouched".
They leave it untouched until they get to whatever closest city and dumb it all on the surrounding cities.
The desert will be fine.
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’
@@shannonwhitaker9630 all that poo and disease going into the water supply.....fun
@@shannonwhitaker9630 They will protest and cause problems until they can get it for free at someone else's expence.
It was at that moment when RV drivers realized momentum is golden.
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
Most city folks are like that. @@paula718
😂
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’d LOVE to hear the conversations going on inside these exiting vehicles. “Honey..Are we going next year”?😮
This event has always given me the creeps. I’ve never wanted to go. Gross for so many reasons.
💯 x 💯
Ditto
At least three : Feaces, Pee and Vomit
Alkiline dust up my butt has never held any appeal to me for some reason...
@@Jreb1865Alkaline Dust ??? 🔋
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.
@moshmob -- This is it's own show - leaving burning man 2023 !!!
Honestly it was watching the Police trucks push the non violent environmentalist activists off the road and the 10 mile back up those idiots caused
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.
Ha. But they can't really stop and help because they would get stuck also
Love has grown cold!
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.
In this case the lions are the local tow truck drivers...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A flood in the desert. Very symbolic.
Funny how it only seems to effect the lowest lying areas, like as if the topography had something to do with it. 🤔
@@paul9156c That doesn't stop it from being symbolic though, does it?
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".
My first thought was that the facilities must be ghastly. Footage of the woman going to door to door at the port-a-johns only confirmed that
I bet they smelled and looked like a bunch of Muscovy Ducks were in them, lol
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!
I am in the quarantine zone and its still on lock down. Why is no one reporting on this?
People are being locked down??
@user-uc9nu1yn1n I'll ask the Lord to unquarantine you. While you have some time I suggest reading 1 Kings 18:35 KJV
The poor guy trying to find a Porta-John that was not over flowing kind of summed up the whole experience .
Thank you soo much for posting this. There is so much conjecture on ALL media about the situation there.
In more important news; the fire victims of Lahaina, Maui are still homeless and the dead and missing are still unaccounted for.
Seriously
Democrats
Much of my childhood was spent with my Dad, who was brilliant, an inventor of Sand Tires, and he RESCUED people who were clueless, got themselves into off-road challenging situations of GETTING STUCK. We pulled thousands of such folks out of the sand dunes, beaches, desert areas, and wilderness for decades. Watching this, I just shake my head on how the Human Race has barely learned anything, come UNprepared for the wilderness areas where conditions change rapidly and in isolated locations. Always come ready.
I assume your father was either WW 2 generation or silent generation, you are correct they were smarter and more resilient that us.
Toe-truck driver business? Surely he didn't rescue 1000's for free.
What? They came prepared! None of them are asking for rescue. No one is asking for food or water to be airlifted in. The video reports from BRC have been quite measured and realistic. There's plenty of food and water. Electrical power? A bit spotty in places. Porta potties? Some are getting full.
But they have done a great job, individually and institutionally, of preparing. Rainfall like this is very unlikely, but BM guidelines urge people to be prepared for a lot: bring extra food and water, bring a range of clothes, bring a mindset that's flexible and adaptable.
It's really impressive how 70,000 people have dealt with this. Not really even "coped". Many (most!) are celebrating, learning, having a good time, and helping others.
yes, I'm wondering why the others aren't helping the stuck people. Still, anyone's vehicle can blow a radiator or timing chain or something and will be stuck, regardless of their tires
@@rzella8022 - Nope. Off-road custom TIRE business. Dad invented Sand Tires, PadlaTrak, Big Brother tires and others because such tires assisted the vehicles floatation over various terrain conditions supremely. He was a Good Samaritan and Friend to ALL, the last of his kind as a desert off roading pioneer.
Excellent footage
This is exactly what most of them need. An eye-opening wake-up call. How to become one with nature. That's what they all want. Let's see how you do.
They will ALWAYS justify it.
You really thinks anyone there is going to have learned anything? 90% of them are there for clout and views.
You have some nerve to talk about learned people. lol
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…..
😂😂😂
Looks like a scene out of Mad Max 😆
Indeed i was thinking the same . But muddy 😊
More like Sad Max.
Mud Max.
They finally got the real post-apocalyptic utopia they were aiming for.
Mad max meets Waterworld
Can't say I'm shedding a tear for these poseurs...
This is a new word to me. Thank you.
What a shame ... Nobody seems to help those who got stuck in the mud. Is that the spirit of "Burning Man"?
Great video. I saw a bunch of good drivers who weren't afraid to attack and made it with ease while others were chicken foots and got stuck.
Nonsense. There are no such videos on YT showing people getting stuck
They probably don’t even know where the traction control off button is, nor would they know what it does even if they did.
Come on, if you aren't from there and/or don't know how to navigate the clay which the ground has become, you may not know the safer places to drive. The ones who got stuck didn't get stuck because they were "chicken foots". They got stuck because they didn't know which areas to drive were more likely to let them out. Some of you people are just mean. Regardless of what you think of the people there, they are in a dangerous situation. People could die whether they stay or leave. They could die of the heat. Food and water running out. They are isolated. If anyone needed to go to the hospital for whatever reason, and couldn't get there they could die, and some of you people just laugh! I'm sure many will learn lessons from this, but laughing at people in a dangerous situation is disgusting.
Just like in snow.....momentum is your friend.....sissys who slowed down paid the price
When in doubt throttle out. A lot of problems can be solved by giving her the beans.
Hats off to all the know it alls who think you will " leave no trace"
I wouldn’t leave a trace , because I wouldn’t be at something like that if I had a choose.
The Trace is what its all about! The Bigger the Carbon FootPrint the better!!!
Note to self, Never let the dude with a man-bun drive, you will get stuck.
This will make the crowd stronger next year .
I think all of this is so absolutely hilarious!!!!
The typical personality type drawn to events like this display and underscore how helpless the 'enlightened above the rest' sort of folk really are!!!
I know people who attend... they hold themselves in high esteem above the 'normal' people like the rest of us, who exist responsibly, paying our bills, furthering our work/careers/investments, children, etc.
And to think they had to pay over $500 each just to get stranded in mud. You could not pay me a $1000 to go. No way
Most paid well over $500, most paid at least $5,000 all in
If a building contractor allowed vehicles to track mud like that onto the roadway, he would be fined severely. Contractors are sometimes required to install drive through wash ponds and rock beds to knock the mud off of the tires. I can imagine how muddy and slippery that paved road is.
A little Power Washing is not Enough 🙌🚜💪
That’s a great point. What a mess. I hate the entire concept of Burning Man. I hope this discourages a least half of these people from coming next year.
Paved? I don't think so....
@@abbyhillman769ya that's not pavement under the mud. It's all dirt now mud!
@@abbyhillman769try looking at 7:57. Does that not look like a muddy paved road to you? Do you think that just because they are all in the desert, they don't need a paved road to get home? Yes, the road is paved. 🤦♂️
I wonder if the chain sets used in the snow can be effective in the mud too.
All this creativity and inspiration in one place. You'd think they could build an organic hovercraft.
Or think of a way to check the weather
😂😂😂 a mud glider!
They can sure "fluff" the ego well, that's their specialty!
No creativity within that crowd. More like a cult worshipping evil, and some might not even realize it.
Funny 😂
For some reason I don't feel disappointed watching this footage.
I went to this event many years ago, I remember one of the main goals of the people was to leave the area as untouched as possible. That is clearly not the case now and I don’t mean because of the rain/ mud. That many people, I am sure a great many don’t care and trash the place. I would never go now
I can imagine the stench even from the helicopter.
I went 35 years ago, had a blast.
Went 3 years ago, it totally soiled my image with a big turd stain.
Not even the same people or vibe. No more hippies, just a bunch of rich yuppie urban trash thinking they can do anything they want cuz their out in the dessert.
It ain't about brotherhood or peace or world preservation anymore. It's corporate greed fueling a vision of what a good thing used to be and using that glorified image to make a buck off the ignorant expectant masses. It's really sad.
you just made that chit up, it is still left without one speck of trash, and tire tracks are not trash in case you go that route
What a mess. Leave no trace they say. The damage to that place will last thousands of years
If it only rains in the desert once a year, this is when it should rain every time.
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yo Matts off-road recovery, I think this should keep ya'll busy fora few months
I fuCCs wit Matt's on hood Cuh
@@eganc1976 You ok?
I’ve been thinking the same thing! He could bring all of his rigs and all his buddies and get ‘em out!
The problem is that Matt would show up in the off road wrecker and they could complain about the 8.2L gasser under the hood while that city must have used a couple hundred million gallons to set up, service and take down. Ten thousand RVs at 5-8 MPG 300 miles from the closest city... The irony... Glass houses...
well said...@@timdskibum
Excellent overview coverage from KSL!!!!!
The Nevada desert mud is almost Woodstock-like, but without local police helping out
Perhaps Dwayne and Oprah can ask us to go out there and help those people.
fantastic shots...no need no anchor talking...the images speaks by itsef. GREAT WORK OF PILOT AND CAMERA MAN..congrats
So, you're tellin' me there's thousands of people gave thousands of $ just to get there and sit in a bog for days?
That's really amazing!
@@karlwithak. 350 million $ overall with 50 million just as BM revenue for a week long party... yeah, a chump change...
*there are thousands, not "there is thousands". Fire your English teachers for not teaching you about plurals.
@@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.
Even more amazing is gullible people donating to billionaire Trump!
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....
The litter and the sewage waste would be a nightmare to clean up.
not one speck of trash is left behind, hate to burst your made up bull chit bubble
i have no doubt a lot of those people are having a bad time (and bad trip) but this is one of the funniest things i've seen in a while.
I'm trying to understand why so many people find it hillarious to watch others suffer.
Like, why is this funny? I feel like this attitude is the shittiest part of humanity.
the people who have RV's will never get out of there. vehicles that weigh thousands of pounds have been slowly sinking deeper and deeper into that mud for several days. someone will have to dig then pull them out. it could be forever to muster the resources to handle all of them.
They need to work together. This is their time to shine, I hope they take it.
Did you not see the full size RV's driving out? Hammer down through the slop.
Heavy D and Matt's towing can get them out and make a great video to boot!
Yes the the mud will handed and it will be like cement;
Their cleaning deposits for camper and truck rentals will be YUGE!
Magic how it rained like that.. pure magic
I just left burning the man yesterday. All those people who were stuck in the mud on this video were pacifically told not to drive. They did this to themselves, they are not true burners.
A tip for you, if you are in a car that gets stuck in mud, sand or snow, take the rubber mats(if you have them) from the front and rear place them on top of the mud, snow sand in front of the drivng wheels, the dry rubber of the mats shoud give you the traction needed to boost you out of trouble, if you get stuck again repeat the process.
Another tip. Do what you just said and put it in drive and push it might coast it’s self out. Run catch up when out of the patch
except it does not stay dry in mud - works ok in snow tho
These people will have to repeat that process 20,000 times to get out of that mud puddle.
Did anyone else notice the ones that got lucky left the other poor basterds behind
Works
An interesting study in human behavior. I have never been curious about attending such a thing. Crowds are inherently dangerous and destructive for an uncountable number of reasons. Deserts aren't able to take this kind of abuse lightly.
They're burning out of there. 😂
"Deserts aren't able to take this kind of abuse lightly."... poor poor mud...poor poor mud and dirt.... should we maybe punish those bad bad _bad_ humans for stepping on it?
@@inTruthbyGrace 😬🤣 exactly.
Deserts don't like abuse anyway
@@robertfeeley9738 Deserts are abuse. They don't like liberal firebugs.
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." - The Great Gatsby
This.
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.
Check that. Probably watch it 8 times
A truly awesome spectacle of modern America.
Awesome spectacle of naivety......
Spectacle is right!
Vanity all is vanity
Modern Americans with fancy Liberal arts degrees.
@@carlmorgan8452…Psalm 107:35
“He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.”
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The person on the bike just cruising past all the people who are stuck.
ya hahahhaa they are having fun!!!!!
Use a 4 wheel drive
What is a biker supposed to do? Tow them? He obviously brought the right equipment for the conditions. That those hundreds of stuck people ignored the "Shelter In Place" advisory is not a bikers fault.
Amazing right I just seen that part and this
@@grecco_buckliano Diz iz political, yo. Close da borders yah an' diz shitz crazy yo. Never trust drunken bikers, especially when days in da pack! We wuz in dat hood and dem bicycle-alcoholics, days surround me ands tooks mah wallet and I hadda walk alls dah way home, and nobody help me tah get there!
*I'm glad that many at "Burning Man" finally got their first bath in years* .
This, at last, gets me some smallish joy about all the stupid ways I got stuck in the mud as an idiot teenager. Country life!
Not all mud is created equal. Black Rock desert has very high clay content which makes it impossible to drive over when it's wet. Clay also takes longer to dry..
Yup, fun to play in with the right equipment.
im sure that probably true. no plants grow there and im sure it would be hard to extract any nutrients from clay.i doubt even a single animal lives there.
WOW Good job to the one person helping someone get unstuck!
I noticed that also , I heard how everyone was helping everyone, and watched car after car pass right on by .
@@andred3299 it depends really. No one wants to get stuck again. I’m sure I would have plowed right past some ppl. Especially if I’d just spent an hour or more trying to get going myself. Life is hard. But this scenario is real. And I’m usually the most helpful person. But in these conditions, I admit I’d probably give in to my weakness and selfishness and just want to get out of dodge. But I’d most likely not even be there. I hate unclean environments. 🥺😭
Organizers must pay to restore the lake bed.
Why? they are just gonna dig it all up next year. Eventually there will be a paved road all the way in and 10K full hook up RV sites....
The lake bed will restore itself the next time it rain. Anyways, why is it so important to restore it. It serves no useful purposes other than supplying dust and dirt in a dust storm, and maybe home to a few lizards and snakes.
@@itslogical3884yeah forget the lizards and snakes . I mean humans are more important. Right
It all started one evening with a man on a lonely beach burning memories of his past - today, thousands gather to start anew...
Fear the LORD and depart from evil
Amen!
I thought it was a loving God.
@@Liam_Maddog read the book!
There is a common assumption that simply because a place has "desert" in the name, that it never gets really wet. But, they also seem ignore the reality that "playa" - the land form where the event is held - is a dry (usually) _lake_ bed. Deserts generally lack dense vegetation, and rain that falls, runs off faster than it sinks in. Since water runs down hill, it runs to those lake beds, and turns them temporarily into lakes. I wonder what the Paiute authorities and the state of Nevada are thinking about the clean up ahead.
I wonder if they'll reconsider where they do this. I would.
I'm betting they are looking for a new location next year.
@placebomandingo2095 I hope so I'll be cleaning their trash for the next two weeks.
Yeah, I don't know if these gringos know it, but the "playa" (beach) is NEXT to the lake, NEXT to the ocean@@placebomandingo2095 . Not at the bottom of the "dry" lake. They might "know" that, but they sure didn't know it. Everyone with the slightest lick of sense camps up on high ground in the desert. I've been in the chaparral in Colorado, had a flash flood hit, & instantly the hillock I was on turned into an island as the arroyos filled up.
This is some white people in horror films level thinking.
Pretty sure the organizers named it the "playa." Means "beach." They were like "hey, it's sandy, it's a playa!" See my other comment 8)
Great opportunity for the off-road recovery community to show their stuff. Yankum Rope and all their friends get down here and have a ball. Nothing like playing in the mud while preforming some good will. What a great chance to build some PR for the off-road folk
They aren't letting anyone in so it becomes a moot point.
Leave them kids alone
Enough work to keep matt and Robbie going for a while!
Im from Shreveport Louisiana where so many southern guys love mudding. I've gotten stuck a few times being on friends land and within minutes someone is eager to drive 15 minutes to me to pull me out and look like a badass with their super duty truck pulling another in the mud hahah
Have they considered making a huge fire to try and dry everything?
In my many years of experience driving in mud, I've found that it's the people who panic and slow down or hit their brakes that get stuck! In mud like this you get your speed up and keep it up! Momentum will carry you through the bad parts!
Yes. Gun it!
Full send and cross at an angle.
Lo, no chance in that stuff.
That stuff is like clay. It just keeps building up on your tires. The road is 5 miles away. There is no way out of a sufficiently wet playa
This isn't your typical mud. Its dust. It turns to sludge. There isn't really any grit for it to break apart.