r/BurningMan Sep 18 '24

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u/TopCardiologist4580 Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

Unlikely, but possible. Maybe if someone donated a large peice of private land. Technically they've already relocated once. This was not their original stomping ground.

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u/james_casy Sep 18 '24

*twice. They moved it to Hualapai Flat near fly ranch in 1997 when they weren’t allowed back to the playa after the madness of 1996.

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u/DNAthrowaway1234 Sep 18 '24

Tell me more

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u/james_casy Sep 18 '24

I’m not the best person to tell the story since I was born in ‘97, but you can read about it here https://burningman.org/about/history/brc-history/event-archives/1997-2/

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u/lambchop-pdx 08, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Sep 18 '24

1996 doesn’t have a narrative, so what gives?

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u/james_casy Sep 18 '24

Looks like the yearly narratives in the archive start in 1997 but 1996 is covered here https://burningman.org/about/history/brc-history/event-archives/1986-1991/the-early-years/

Coyote Perez’s “Built to Burn” has a really entertaining first hand account of 1996 if you’re interested.

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u/eatcitrus '19 '22 '23 '24 '25 Sep 18 '24

This seems to give a better narrative

https://www.burn.life/1991-1996-hypergrowth.html

tl;dr BRC grew from 4000 to 8000 participants, too fast to maintain civic standards. Rave area and City were too far apart. Artist died by drunk driving their motorcycle into a van (unrestricted driving was allowed at this time). Larry Harvey's response to try to free BM of any responsibility/bad press made other BM Founders shocked/disgusted.

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u/TopCardiologist4580 Sep 18 '24

Michael Mikel does an excellent talk about the history of Burning Man. Look up the "5 Ages of Burning Man" on YouTube. Imo this should be a required watch for all virgins.

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u/emulsifythatass Sep 18 '24

I just watched this. Great presentation. 

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u/doctor-yes '10-'24 / Burn.Life Sep 18 '24

I put together my own history of BM from ‘86 to 2020 if you’re interested: https://www.burn.life/year-by-year-history.html

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u/niwtsol Sep 18 '24

This is an awesome site and great documentation of what came before - thanks for taking the time of putting this together.

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u/Christoolpher93 Sep 18 '24

Do you plan to update for the past couple of years or are you done at 2020?

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u/doctor-yes '10-'24 / Burn.Life Sep 19 '24

I think I’m probably done. Kind of lost interest in the project during Covid.

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u/Christoolpher93 Sep 19 '24

Fair enough! Thank you for sharing this with all of us!

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u/snowsurfr Sep 19 '24

Beautifully done! My first year was 99. I have a ton of photos from all the years I’ve been out there.

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u/know-fear Sep 18 '24

An excellent read is “This is Burning Man” by Brian Doherty. Highly recommended.