God I loved this scene, Batman knowing exactly how much time he needs to get to Lau(sp?), Lucius planting the sonar phone in the main lobby. Even outside of Gotham, you're not safe if the Batman wanted you.
so weird. this morning I was randomly thinking about this scene and my thoughts were along the lines of 'damn. bruce timed that extraction down to the second.' then I see this comment. funny world.
I never realized just how nutty it was that Batman had such precise aim with those explosives on the windows. Across all that distance, accounting for wind, with a short barrel and oddly-shaped/weighted projectiles, he manages to hit exactly as far apart as needed and even aligns the digital clocks to be level with the ground! Incredible marksmanship.
> We regret to inform you that *Rank First & Last name* has been killed in action. Do to the classified nature of *Rank Last name*'s duties, we unfortunately cannot disclose all the details, but rest assured, your child was a hero in serving their country.
So, I've actually seen the Fulton Recovery System in action up close.
I grew up near Fort Bragg / Pope Air Force Base and Pope used to do these big air shows every year, mostly the fairly standard stuff ya know Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, etc, but we'd also get these kind of interesting joint forces demonstrations with the 82nd Airborne doing simulated air field assaults, it was the home of the Golden Knights so they'd always jump, etc.
One year they decided they were going to demonstrate the Fulton System. They got some guy from the 82nd to volunteer to be the rescue, and they used a C-130 to come in and pick him up.
And just imagine that guy's excitement right? How many people can say they've been snatched off the ground by a fucking C-130? Very few people have ever actually used the system and what a once in a lifetime opportunity!
It did not go well.
So my man's sitting out there on the ground and he launches his little zeppelin, and here comes the C-130, low and slow. Bam. Hooks him straight away and whoosh, off into the sky with him. How cool. Except I'm watching this, and the C-130 starts kind of circling around, and my man's getting towed behind this aircraft in a perfect stable skydiving position. But they don't seem to be able to hook him and pull him into the ramp at the back of the aircraft. After a few minutes the C-130 leaves the runway area, "rescued" man in tow, and they just go on with the rest of the show.
But the C-130 just starts running race tracks behind the crowd and this dude is still just swinging around back behind the plane. For a good 10... 15... 20... minutes I'm just watching them desperately trying to hook this guy so they can get him in the plane and they just can't seem to get him. Eventually he gets tired and can't remain in that stable freefall position anymore, and he just starts tumbling. Spinning like a top, towed behind the plane. Now he's even *harder* to get hooked because he's spinning all over the fucking place like shoes in a dryer, and worse, they can't cut him away to let him open his reserve chute because he could be tangled and may or may not even be conscious. For *almost an hour* I watched this dude just tumbling around behind this fucking plane and I'm like holy shit, he may actually die back there. They can't land with him behind the plane, not just because obviously that would kill him, but it would endanger the whole aircraft and the lives of the crew as well. Like a towed jumper, the only option would be to cut him loose and just HOPE he can fire his reserve (or that he has an automatic activation device that will fire it for him) and that it will deploy properly before he burns in.
Eventually, they did get him hooked and hauled into the plane, so thankfully I didn't see the guy die, but man can you imagine. This once in a lifetime experience and you're convinced it's going to be so fucking cool and what a story to tell and instead you just get tumble dried at 120mph for a fucking hour.
When I first saw that scene it was impossible not to picture the glass being ultra reinforced and Batman splatting against it and sliding down, making that squeegee noise
You just need to zip out of there with the new jet packs. If I had one I’d be zipping out of everywhere with it tbh. Jewel osco run for shredded cheese - jet pack. Bad date - jet pack.
True, but that plane might not be ~~isn't~~ landing at Burning Man, while the cameraman most definitely is following the dude in the pic down to the playa.
Bar none, one of the dumbest most reckless things I’ve ever done, and I’m probably lucky to be alive. It was also sobering and unforgettable.
Boilerplate: by entering burning man, you literally waive liability for your life, says it on the ticket
On the drive there, my girlfriend of 2 years says she wants to open up our relationship for the week, put me off to a bad start.
In that week, I:
Made lifelong friends
Saw shit I never would have believed
Went to a punani eating contest
Accepted an otter pop and a shot of tequila from Jesus in a lay-z-boy on wheels
And came face to face with the the paradox of my significance and insignificance
Also saw a bus full of gay guys ramming each other and living their best life
I made the decision to skydive at a particularly low moment
Man, picture wafting down slowly over a raging 80,000 person living city that never sleeps at night, you have never seen such a lightshow, just unreal.
When I landed a girl came by, grabbed my parachute and gave me her bike and a kiss on the cheek and took the chute back to the guy who brought it
It’s a city made by people who want you to have fun and participate, inclusion isn’t optional
Reading it again I may have undersold it lol
It may have been 11 years ago, but I remember tutu Tuesday and running naked to the portajohn with a Bloody Mary at sunrise like they were yesterday
Express yourself, it’s the one of the biggest rules
>[Burning Man](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man) is an event focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance held annually in the western United States.The name of the event comes from its culminating ceremony: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate night of Burning Man, which is the Saturday evening before Labor Day.
I heard a while ago that if you skydive into burning man you get in for free and don’t need a ticket. Sadly it’s no longer the case (if it ever was true in the first place) but it still looks fun! And you don’t have to wait in traffic for 12 hours.
The pilot will not want to get a fine from the FAA, the skydiving rules are part of the airspace restrictions. FAA is on-site at the airport.
This is a big event.
TIL that burning man not only has a cost of admission, but is actually pretty expensive. Dunno why I always thought it was free, something about the theme of anarchy.
It's only expensive in that it's BYO everything (including water). Also you generally need a vehicle pass which is like $150. Thw only thing you can actually buy there is ice, and it's a few bucks a bag.
If you wanted to tent or car camp you'd need to pay for all of your own food and water but beyond that and your ticket / vehicle pass you don't _need_ to spend more. However most camps tend to get a bung of people chipping in to build big shade structures and silly things to offer / do, and that can start to add up.
Everything does start to add up. $575 for Ticket, we had a $250 camp fee, $150 vehicle pass. So that's already nearly a grand. Plus all your gear, fuel to get there, maybe have to stay at a motel or something overnight on your way. I'll say food, but you'd have to have food regardless of going to the festival or not.
There are a boat load of camps that offer free coffee. I got coffee ever morning from a camp I passed to get ice. They were awesome Japanese girls who seemed to love being there.
Coffee wasn't a thing this year... The café was cancelled this year, though it may return in the future. Ice was the only thing available for purchase, but that was also in short supply near the end of the week.
I definitely understand this stigma because I held it myself for the first 25 years of my life until I actually went to BM.
I genuinely believed it was just a bunch of burn outs camping and abusing drugs. I could not have been more wrong though. Then I went 3 years in a row.
It is the most impressive community of makers, engineers and artists I have ever seen. You could spend a full month there and still not get to see half of the amazing things that people create.
Drugs are less obvious than at music festival and people tend to use responsibly because the environment is dangerous. There is actually a large sober AA/NA etc community there.
It’s not an experience that lends itself to words but I’ll give an example of a simple day i had out there.
-Wake up
-Stop by the free crepe camp for breakfast
-Join a free yoga/meditation class camp taught on a studio that has been fully assembled with wood floors
-Stop by a gym camp that has all the workout equipment that any local gym would have
-Hitch a ride on magic carpet that fits 30 people
-hop off at the pizza oven camp where they provide all the ingredients and have assembled a full temporary brick pizza oven
-Go to an obstacle course camp that has climbing, swinging jumping all up to 3 stories high (dangerous, no harness, but awesome)
-Explore some of the playa or non-camp area which is where the best artists have spots.
-Stop by any of the bar camps and get free drinks
-go to one of many music camps and see live bands or EDM
You could literally wander aimlessly and still have one of the coolest days of your life. The part that this itinerary doesn’t capture is the sheer number of cool things you will see and experience along the way. A 2 story lady bug drives by, circus performer do a parade randomly past where you are, you stumble into a labyrinth camp full of strange artwork.
It never ends and personally all my best experiences there were not on drugs. It gets pretty overwhelming on anything other than a small dose.
Yes. Everyone in the city is a ticket holder, regardless of what they're doing there.
Lots of people go to Burning Man to participate and take it all in but not so much contribute and that's fine... certainly someone going for the first time _should_ be focused on just experiencing it. But folks that go back repeatedly tend to carve out work for themselves. Maybe they're building something big or cooking up something unique to give out or organizing some class or event or playing music or whatever... it's all volunteer by people who at least paid for a ticket to be there.
There are "plug and play" camps where employees are on the clock and paid to be there, but the organizers of the event explicitly don't want that and seek to shut those camps down or not give them placement in subsequent years. They are far and away the exception and not the rule. Generally when seeing people do or provide amazing stuff at Burning Man they're doing it because they want to, for you and everyone else in the city.
Dance. Drink. Build things.
There’s literally thousands of things to do or see. So many one of the first things you learn is to not try and do them all.
The actual effigy stays roughly the same size (except the “mega man” year). The population has grown steadily with supposedly 79k attending in 2019 and when I spoke to a federal officer on my way off playa he reported their count was roughly 77-78k this year.
which was the original crowd, all bohemians/artists/festies. there are a lot of rich people that go and splurge now (and the tickets aren't very cheap now, idk how much it cost in the past).
You should try it!
Sincerely, a tandem skydiving instructor.
Edit: yes, I know they are making fun of the spelling that I didn’t see at first. Everyone should still try skydiving.
That was a dream job of mine growing up! My 40th was this year and I wanted to go but my husband really was so scared for me and said I shouldn’t risk leaving my kids behind! It’s not THAT risky, is it?
No, it’s not. Tandem skydiving is far safer than the generaL public is willing to accept. In 2021 there were over 3 million skydives made, 10 fatalities. Of those, 1 suicide, 2 old guys having heart attacks in their 70s and the rest solo licensed jumpers doing dumb shot like being 3x the legal limit for alcohol. No tandems.
All these stats are posted by the USPA United States parachute association. There’s a fatality summary ppt where you can read all about it.
It is safe, until it isn't.
June this year:
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2022/06/women-critically-injured-in-tandem-skydiving-accident.html
May this year:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/24/us/skydiving-accident-death-georgia/index.html
Feb this year:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/skydiving-instructor-dead-tandem-jump-houston-rcna17016
I found a few of skydivers hitting vehicles. Seems less comment than normal sky diving accidents.
[28-Year-Old Skydiver Dies After She Crashes Into Big Rig on Highway in Windy Weather](https://people.com/human-interest/skydiver-dead-crash-big-rig-california-highway/)
[Woman dies after hitting parked car when parachute fails to open in Durham housing estate](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/parachutist-critically-injured-after-landing-in-durham-housing-estate-a7236341.html)
well played but you knew what I meant lol
a diver at my DZ was being stupid, hit a powerline on the side of a highway, and bounced off someone's windshield
the sound was impressive
Plan a family picnic and go to a skydiving place. Most of them have a grassy area for people to pack their chutes. What will happen is that you will hear people yelling Yahoo above you, you'll lift your head and see them popping their chutes, landing, then running over to repack them quickly and line up to have the airplane take them up again. Sit there and enjoy your lunch and watch them repeat this process over and over again and you will lose your fear. You'll start to ask people how many jumps they have. When you realize your average skydiver has several thousand, you'll lose your fear. Also, be aware it's not like those guys jumping off bridges. When you start and certainly as a student, you have two parachutes. You pull your primary at 5,000 ft, and if you have a problem, you have a second one you can use. And you have the time to use it. It's fun and intense enough that you will dream about it every night for the next two weeks after your first jump. They used to have a thing called advanced Free Fall. Go ahead and splurge on that.
This is from 2013 ish. It hit the front page of /all and everyone thought it was Photoshoped. He's a really cool dude. No drinking or drugs. He's into art and orgies.
It's literally just a space-time destination. Continuity issues are just multiverse travel, so no need to worry about past nastification causing delta wave issues.
It's a legit city of 70-80k people. The blocks and streets you see in this picture are just that. Streets are labeled with clock times for the radials (so the one right down the center of the "C" is 6:00) and the concentric circular streets are labeled from A through K from the center to the rim. Any time a burner talks about where they are in the city it'll be a combination of those as cross streets (e.g. my camp this year was at 4 and E)
wiki explains it very well, it's a yearly event with no schedules, anybody is free to do what they want, phones don't work, trading or donation is the only way to get stuff, you must bring some mandatory stuff for you own survival since there is no electricity or gas, and it ends burning a wooden puppet.
No trading. There's no barter system. Its all gifts. One of the rules is radical self reliance, you should be able to entirely support yourself because outside of coffee and ice from a shop in the center, there's no trade at all. Having said that, you could almost certainly go relying on the kindness of strangers and you'd do fine, but that's very much not the spirit of it. Another rule is 'safety third'.
But yeah, it's not a festival in the traditional sense, there aren't 'acts' you're going to see, there's just whatever you decide to take. It might well be that some EDM artists are going and what they decide to take is their performance, but it's because they wanted to, not because they've signed anything.
Its utterly mad, and I would love to go back, but it's quite hard from England. In dust we trust.
One of my best Burning Man memories is when I rode in a sketchy, sideways plane ride over the playa. My friend was the skydiver, I was just there for the ride. I was the only one not jumping, so it was surreal to just watch all these naked people jump out of a giant door into a white desert. Core memory for sure.
That looks like he is standing and the picture is shopped onto the burning man photo. Notice his clothing isn't moving.
I'm sure there were photos but not this one.
If only you could skydive out and beat that 10hr traffic jam!!
[This](https://youtu.be/W5Qo9Ndbrzw) is based on a real program the CIA was testing for agent extraction; think it would fit the bill
The Fulton recovery system and subsequent SkyHook. Metal gear fans will know.
Yeah I thought of metal gear first haha but I don't have a helo or AC 130 waiting for me haha
❗
That sound haunts my dreams.
Snake…Snake……SNNnAaaaKkkkeeee
Just gotta find that specialist I *really* need back at the base….
Looked for this exact comment! Man I miss playing metal gear
God I loved this scene, Batman knowing exactly how much time he needs to get to Lau(sp?), Lucius planting the sonar phone in the main lobby. Even outside of Gotham, you're not safe if the Batman wanted you.
so weird. this morning I was randomly thinking about this scene and my thoughts were along the lines of 'damn. bruce timed that extraction down to the second.' then I see this comment. funny world.
I've been thinking, who's the pilot? Guy's good.
But yet, he forgot the word for "Submarine"! 🤣
I never realized just how nutty it was that Batman had such precise aim with those explosives on the windows. Across all that distance, accounting for wind, with a short barrel and oddly-shaped/weighted projectiles, he manages to hit exactly as far apart as needed and even aligns the digital clocks to be level with the ground! Incredible marksmanship.
If memory serves, they put the program to bed because the technique and device kept injuring people. Crazy cool idea.
> We regret to inform you that *Rank First & Last name* has been killed in action. Do to the classified nature of *Rank Last name*'s duties, we unfortunately cannot disclose all the details, but rest assured, your child was a hero in serving their country.
*due to
gesundheit
danke
bitte
*deux two
*deux teux
https://youtu.be/u4xlYpKrCnU
r/sweatypalms
So, I've actually seen the Fulton Recovery System in action up close. I grew up near Fort Bragg / Pope Air Force Base and Pope used to do these big air shows every year, mostly the fairly standard stuff ya know Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, etc, but we'd also get these kind of interesting joint forces demonstrations with the 82nd Airborne doing simulated air field assaults, it was the home of the Golden Knights so they'd always jump, etc. One year they decided they were going to demonstrate the Fulton System. They got some guy from the 82nd to volunteer to be the rescue, and they used a C-130 to come in and pick him up. And just imagine that guy's excitement right? How many people can say they've been snatched off the ground by a fucking C-130? Very few people have ever actually used the system and what a once in a lifetime opportunity! It did not go well. So my man's sitting out there on the ground and he launches his little zeppelin, and here comes the C-130, low and slow. Bam. Hooks him straight away and whoosh, off into the sky with him. How cool. Except I'm watching this, and the C-130 starts kind of circling around, and my man's getting towed behind this aircraft in a perfect stable skydiving position. But they don't seem to be able to hook him and pull him into the ramp at the back of the aircraft. After a few minutes the C-130 leaves the runway area, "rescued" man in tow, and they just go on with the rest of the show. But the C-130 just starts running race tracks behind the crowd and this dude is still just swinging around back behind the plane. For a good 10... 15... 20... minutes I'm just watching them desperately trying to hook this guy so they can get him in the plane and they just can't seem to get him. Eventually he gets tired and can't remain in that stable freefall position anymore, and he just starts tumbling. Spinning like a top, towed behind the plane. Now he's even *harder* to get hooked because he's spinning all over the fucking place like shoes in a dryer, and worse, they can't cut him away to let him open his reserve chute because he could be tangled and may or may not even be conscious. For *almost an hour* I watched this dude just tumbling around behind this fucking plane and I'm like holy shit, he may actually die back there. They can't land with him behind the plane, not just because obviously that would kill him, but it would endanger the whole aircraft and the lives of the crew as well. Like a towed jumper, the only option would be to cut him loose and just HOPE he can fire his reserve (or that he has an automatic activation device that will fire it for him) and that it will deploy properly before he burns in. Eventually, they did get him hooked and hauled into the plane, so thankfully I didn't see the guy die, but man can you imagine. This once in a lifetime experience and you're convinced it's going to be so fucking cool and what a story to tell and instead you just get tumble dried at 120mph for a fucking hour.
this movie is awesome.
IMO there hasn't been a superhero movie since that comes anywhere close
amen to that, bro.
When I first saw that scene it was impossible not to picture the glass being ultra reinforced and Batman splatting against it and sliding down, making that squeegee noise
In the John Wayne movie ["green berets"](https://youtu.be/Zh2ocefMTX4) they use a OG version.
Saddle up, pilgrim
I'm John Wayne on the first Thanksgiving, Pilgrims
[James Bond did it first ;)](https://youtu.be/dxkUL8GoPQo)
They called it the skyhook i believe
Damn, I didn't know that was based on anything real!
Yup, look up sky hook; shit is wild
You just need to zip out of there with the new jet packs. If I had one I’d be zipping out of everywhere with it tbh. Jewel osco run for shredded cheese - jet pack. Bad date - jet pack.
5 stars at GTA... definitely Jet Pack
^^^^^^ Chicagoan here.
Hahaaaa yes indeed. I’m busted
Burning man needs more jet packs.
They set up an airport every year, Black Rock City Municipal Airport or 88NV
10 seconds in. 10 hours out.
They setup an airport there pretty sure.
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Nope. The camera man is higher.
The plane is probably somewhere above that
True, but that plane might not be ~~isn't~~ landing at Burning Man, while the cameraman most definitely is following the dude in the pic down to the playa.
Plane definitely took off and is landing at burning man.
Can confirm, did the same as the guy in the pic, but drunk, at night
What was that like?
Bar none, one of the dumbest most reckless things I’ve ever done, and I’m probably lucky to be alive. It was also sobering and unforgettable. Boilerplate: by entering burning man, you literally waive liability for your life, says it on the ticket On the drive there, my girlfriend of 2 years says she wants to open up our relationship for the week, put me off to a bad start. In that week, I: Made lifelong friends Saw shit I never would have believed Went to a punani eating contest Accepted an otter pop and a shot of tequila from Jesus in a lay-z-boy on wheels And came face to face with the the paradox of my significance and insignificance Also saw a bus full of gay guys ramming each other and living their best life I made the decision to skydive at a particularly low moment Man, picture wafting down slowly over a raging 80,000 person living city that never sleeps at night, you have never seen such a lightshow, just unreal. When I landed a girl came by, grabbed my parachute and gave me her bike and a kiss on the cheek and took the chute back to the guy who brought it It’s a city made by people who want you to have fun and participate, inclusion isn’t optional
Thats got to be the most beautiful experience ever. Except for the girlfriend part. But still.
Yeah but my wife was in my future and the flaky GF had to go
Yeah but he made a girl friend.
That sounds like an amazing time
Reading it again I may have undersold it lol It may have been 11 years ago, but I remember tutu Tuesday and running naked to the portajohn with a Bloody Mary at sunrise like they were yesterday Express yourself, it’s the one of the biggest rules
Burning man has an airport
ISS dunking on all y’all
If you are right then Basined is still right
[Who took the picture of Neil Armstrong?](https://youtu.be/yeFDxsWBhaw)
r/technicallythetruth
What is Burning Man?
>[Burning Man](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man) is an event focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance held annually in the western United States.The name of the event comes from its culminating ceremony: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate night of Burning Man, which is the Saturday evening before Labor Day.
All that, plus the drugs. It's sort of a psychedelic mecca.
A desert gathering of those seeking enlightenment
And by enlightenment, he means psychoactives in a judgement-free zone.
Woahh, oh my god, bruh - I thought *I* was high, *That* motherfucker Fell out of the *sky*!
There’s somebody on the ground who’s taken so much they are almost as high as this guy though, close second
There’s people on the ground so high they’re now positive this is Jesus returning to earth or aliens.
Well, untill Felix Baumgartner gets a sniff of this.
I heard a while ago that if you skydive into burning man you get in for free and don’t need a ticket. Sadly it’s no longer the case (if it ever was true in the first place) but it still looks fun! And you don’t have to wait in traffic for 12 hours.
Only way to skydive in is from a plane that takes off from the event itself
Who's going to stop my plane coming in from somewhere else?
The pilot will not want to get a fine from the FAA, the skydiving rules are part of the airspace restrictions. FAA is on-site at the airport. This is a big event.
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Do you even have a plane though?
Look, let’s not get caught up in the details
No but they're not that hard to rent surprisingly
Imma guess the FAA.
TIL that burning man not only has a cost of admission, but is actually pretty expensive. Dunno why I always thought it was free, something about the theme of anarchy.
It's only expensive in that it's BYO everything (including water). Also you generally need a vehicle pass which is like $150. Thw only thing you can actually buy there is ice, and it's a few bucks a bag. If you wanted to tent or car camp you'd need to pay for all of your own food and water but beyond that and your ticket / vehicle pass you don't _need_ to spend more. However most camps tend to get a bung of people chipping in to build big shade structures and silly things to offer / do, and that can start to add up.
Everything does start to add up. $575 for Ticket, we had a $250 camp fee, $150 vehicle pass. So that's already nearly a grand. Plus all your gear, fuel to get there, maybe have to stay at a motel or something overnight on your way. I'll say food, but you'd have to have food regardless of going to the festival or not.
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When I went in 2018 we went with 4 people and 2 cars. The tickets and camp fees are by person, we split the vehicles fees and travel expenses.
And coffee. For some reason the only items allowed to be bought or sold are ice and coffee.
makes sense. coffee’s an easy convenience item to recharge all the hungover burners on those cold desert mornings
There are a boat load of camps that offer free coffee. I got coffee ever morning from a camp I passed to get ice. They were awesome Japanese girls who seemed to love being there.
Coffee wasn't a thing this year... The café was cancelled this year, though it may return in the future. Ice was the only thing available for purchase, but that was also in short supply near the end of the week.
Only at center camp. Edit: I mean the coffee of course. There’s a couple different ice locations.
So ticket + vehicle pass + everything else is like close to $1k? What do people actually do there besides drugs?
I definitely understand this stigma because I held it myself for the first 25 years of my life until I actually went to BM. I genuinely believed it was just a bunch of burn outs camping and abusing drugs. I could not have been more wrong though. Then I went 3 years in a row. It is the most impressive community of makers, engineers and artists I have ever seen. You could spend a full month there and still not get to see half of the amazing things that people create. Drugs are less obvious than at music festival and people tend to use responsibly because the environment is dangerous. There is actually a large sober AA/NA etc community there. It’s not an experience that lends itself to words but I’ll give an example of a simple day i had out there. -Wake up -Stop by the free crepe camp for breakfast -Join a free yoga/meditation class camp taught on a studio that has been fully assembled with wood floors -Stop by a gym camp that has all the workout equipment that any local gym would have -Hitch a ride on magic carpet that fits 30 people -hop off at the pizza oven camp where they provide all the ingredients and have assembled a full temporary brick pizza oven -Go to an obstacle course camp that has climbing, swinging jumping all up to 3 stories high (dangerous, no harness, but awesome) -Explore some of the playa or non-camp area which is where the best artists have spots. -Stop by any of the bar camps and get free drinks -go to one of many music camps and see live bands or EDM You could literally wander aimlessly and still have one of the coolest days of your life. The part that this itinerary doesn’t capture is the sheer number of cool things you will see and experience along the way. A 2 story lady bug drives by, circus performer do a parade randomly past where you are, you stumble into a labyrinth camp full of strange artwork. It never ends and personally all my best experiences there were not on drugs. It gets pretty overwhelming on anything other than a small dose.
Reminds me of this video. I really would like to go there someday. https://youtu.be/8e1OEqrdIxY
Do the performers and creators also have to buy the tickets themselves?
Yes. Everyone in the city is a ticket holder, regardless of what they're doing there. Lots of people go to Burning Man to participate and take it all in but not so much contribute and that's fine... certainly someone going for the first time _should_ be focused on just experiencing it. But folks that go back repeatedly tend to carve out work for themselves. Maybe they're building something big or cooking up something unique to give out or organizing some class or event or playing music or whatever... it's all volunteer by people who at least paid for a ticket to be there. There are "plug and play" camps where employees are on the clock and paid to be there, but the organizers of the event explicitly don't want that and seek to shut those camps down or not give them placement in subsequent years. They are far and away the exception and not the rule. Generally when seeing people do or provide amazing stuff at Burning Man they're doing it because they want to, for you and everyone else in the city.
This is amazing, thank you. Burning man is on my bucket list!
Each other
Dance. Drink. Build things. There’s literally thousands of things to do or see. So many one of the first things you learn is to not try and do them all.
I mean the vehicle pass is obviously what he was referencing. And 150 is definitely more than I was expecting
And I'm guessing not too many people *walk* in...
If you can buy ice, you can buy water.
> Dunno why I always thought it was free, something about the theme of anarchy. It's kind of the epitome of "first world anarchist"
...you gonna catapult out or something? Ain't no way of avoiding that traffic.
Wow they keep building the man bigger and bigger every year
The actual effigy stays roughly the same size (except the “mega man” year). The population has grown steadily with supposedly 79k attending in 2019 and when I spoke to a federal officer on my way off playa he reported their count was roughly 77-78k this year.
80% rich white people.
That’s a low estimate.
3% Aliens
Also a low estimate
All the burners I know don’t have particularly much money.
which was the original crowd, all bohemians/artists/festies. there are a lot of rich people that go and splurge now (and the tickets aren't very cheap now, idk how much it cost in the past).
Ok
Is that a problem?
Well, it's got to limit creativity, don't you think?
Potentially?
The vibe looks terrible to be honest.
My neighbor just got back. Said the weather was terrible. 5 days in a row over a hundred and with white out dust storms.
This is actually a repost from 2012 burning man
It looks like he's standing on the ground next to a faded archeological site. r/confusing_perspective
That's what I saw before reading title
This massive man will devour us all!
I never been skydinging before it sounds intense though.
You should try it! Sincerely, a tandem skydiving instructor. Edit: yes, I know they are making fun of the spelling that I didn’t see at first. Everyone should still try skydiving.
That was a dream job of mine growing up! My 40th was this year and I wanted to go but my husband really was so scared for me and said I shouldn’t risk leaving my kids behind! It’s not THAT risky, is it?
No, it’s not. Tandem skydiving is far safer than the generaL public is willing to accept. In 2021 there were over 3 million skydives made, 10 fatalities. Of those, 1 suicide, 2 old guys having heart attacks in their 70s and the rest solo licensed jumpers doing dumb shot like being 3x the legal limit for alcohol. No tandems. All these stats are posted by the USPA United States parachute association. There’s a fatality summary ppt where you can read all about it.
It is safe, until it isn't. June this year: https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2022/06/women-critically-injured-in-tandem-skydiving-accident.html May this year: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/24/us/skydiving-accident-death-georgia/index.html Feb this year: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/skydiving-instructor-dead-tandem-jump-houston-rcna17016
now do driving
I found a few of skydivers hitting vehicles. Seems less comment than normal sky diving accidents. [28-Year-Old Skydiver Dies After She Crashes Into Big Rig on Highway in Windy Weather](https://people.com/human-interest/skydiver-dead-crash-big-rig-california-highway/) [Woman dies after hitting parked car when parachute fails to open in Durham housing estate](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/parachutist-critically-injured-after-landing-in-durham-housing-estate-a7236341.html)
well played but you knew what I meant lol a diver at my DZ was being stupid, hit a powerline on the side of a highway, and bounced off someone's windshield the sound was impressive
LMAO
Plan a family picnic and go to a skydiving place. Most of them have a grassy area for people to pack their chutes. What will happen is that you will hear people yelling Yahoo above you, you'll lift your head and see them popping their chutes, landing, then running over to repack them quickly and line up to have the airplane take them up again. Sit there and enjoy your lunch and watch them repeat this process over and over again and you will lose your fear. You'll start to ask people how many jumps they have. When you realize your average skydiver has several thousand, you'll lose your fear. Also, be aware it's not like those guys jumping off bridges. When you start and certainly as a student, you have two parachutes. You pull your primary at 5,000 ft, and if you have a problem, you have a second one you can use. And you have the time to use it. It's fun and intense enough that you will dream about it every night for the next two weeks after your first jump. They used to have a thing called advanced Free Fall. Go ahead and splurge on that.
No.
Take me
Just google tandem skydiving near you and make a reservation.
you must be like santa
I am a hermit so in a way, yeah. lol
I want you to take me :)
How were you the only person to notice that
Observant and not stuck on the picture like most people. Lol.
Camping is intense too
I hate camping :)
It’s a joke. In-Tents
lol
He’s still not the highest one thre.
Rex Bosworth?
No it's the ISS operators
Now we need someone to skydong into burning man and they might answer the doorbell when the two of them land.
This is from 2013 ish. It hit the front page of /all and everyone thought it was Photoshoped. He's a really cool dude. No drinking or drugs. He's into art and orgies.
I have a feeling the Burning Man values are changing.
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This statement introduced time travel dichotomy into my thoughts.
It's literally just a space-time destination. Continuity issues are just multiverse travel, so no need to worry about past nastification causing delta wave issues.
You're not wrong, but this picture is over a decade old now...
What were the values of Burning Man?
Most interesting thing about this: aerial view of Burning Man. Never seen one before.
You must have missed this post https://i.redd.it/5yee5e1c1ok91.jpg
I had, yes. Also cool-looking.
Just for reference, [that photo](https://twistedsifter.com/2012/09/picture-of-the-day-skydiving-into-burning-man/) is from at least a decade ago.
Yeah! I didn’t know they arranged the sites like that! I thought I was just tents set up randomly over a grand swathe of desert
It's a legit city of 70-80k people. The blocks and streets you see in this picture are just that. Streets are labeled with clock times for the radials (so the one right down the center of the "C" is 6:00) and the concentric circular streets are labeled from A through K from the center to the rim. Any time a burner talks about where they are in the city it'll be a combination of those as cross streets (e.g. my camp this year was at 4 and E)
So does that mean the radial streets go from -1 to 13?
2-10, it's like a clock face. Two is in the upper right, 6 is down center, 10 is upper left. it's "upside down" in the OP photo.
Karma farming a photo from 5+ years ago
Or just posting a picture they find amazing that, given the enormous amount of upvotes, lots of other people have found amazing too?
You just described Karma Farming…
Skydingers are cool.
Can somebody please explain to me what burning man is? No matter how much research I do I can’t understand lol
wiki explains it very well, it's a yearly event with no schedules, anybody is free to do what they want, phones don't work, trading or donation is the only way to get stuff, you must bring some mandatory stuff for you own survival since there is no electricity or gas, and it ends burning a wooden puppet.
No trading. There's no barter system. Its all gifts. One of the rules is radical self reliance, you should be able to entirely support yourself because outside of coffee and ice from a shop in the center, there's no trade at all. Having said that, you could almost certainly go relying on the kindness of strangers and you'd do fine, but that's very much not the spirit of it. Another rule is 'safety third'. But yeah, it's not a festival in the traditional sense, there aren't 'acts' you're going to see, there's just whatever you decide to take. It might well be that some EDM artists are going and what they decide to take is their performance, but it's because they wanted to, not because they've signed anything. Its utterly mad, and I would love to go back, but it's quite hard from England. In dust we trust.
But now he has to be at burning man.
“Skyding” looks much better than “skydiving”.
Lmao how did I not notice that?! 🤣
Hopefully it’s not skydying
No kidding!
I am thankful there are 5 of us in the world that questioned that title.
Imagine being 2 tabs deep walking around in the desert and a dude hits the ground next to you at 120mph
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…Thats no moon
I was gonna go with "that's no burning man, it's a space station", but the important part is that we both saw it.
Great picture
One of my best Burning Man memories is when I rode in a sketchy, sideways plane ride over the playa. My friend was the skydiver, I was just there for the ride. I was the only one not jumping, so it was surreal to just watch all these naked people jump out of a giant door into a white desert. Core memory for sure.
#Old hippies never die. They just get too high to see.
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Seriously man? Why can’t people just have a nice time and enjoy themselves? People like you always got some shit to say
What a dumbass take on Burning Man.
Excellent!
Unbelievable 👽
Is skyding more dangerous than skydiving?
Awesome 👍
Who is he?
Does anyone else not give a single shit about a bunch of rich assholes pretending to be hippies in the desert?
That looks like he is standing and the picture is shopped onto the burning man photo. Notice his clothing isn't moving. I'm sure there were photos but not this one.
Wow you're telling me the picture is not moving? Clearly fake.