PSA: How Much Water Should I Bring to Burning Man?

Ah yeah - the good stuff! (Photo by de:Benutzer:Alex Anlicker - Creative Commons license)
Ah yeah – the good stuff!
(Photo by de:Benutzer:Alex Anlicker – Creative Commons license)

Many Burning Mans ago Chicken John walked around the desert and pounded some free-standing water spigots into the ground.  They weren’t attached to anything, of course:  it’s a dry lake bed, and there aren’t utility pipes for miles.

But people still walked up to them, held their canteens underneath, and turned the spigot … expecting something to happen.  They stared at it for 10, 20 seconds, waiting, wondering “Why isn’t the water coming?” before it finally dawned on them:  “oh yeah, no water.  Anywhere.”  I’ve seen video.  It’s hilarious.

But – true fact – people need water to survive.  And there isn’t any at Burning Man … unless you bring it!

But people often wonder:  “how much water should I bring?”

Fortunately we have the answer right here in our latest Public Service Announcement from Caveat and BMIR!

 

 

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Caveat is the Volunteer Coordinator for Media Mecca at Burning Man is Burning Man’s leading interpreter of Sea Chanties.  His opinions are in no way statements of the Burning Man organization. Contact him at Caveat (at) Burningman.com

About the author: Caveat Magister

Caveat is Burning Man's Philosopher Laureate. A founding member of its Philosophical Center, he is the author of The Scene That Became Cities: what Burning Man philosophy can teach us about building better communities, and Turn Your Life Into Art: lessons in Psychologic from the San Francisco Underground. He has also written several books which have nothing to do with Burning Man. He has finally got his email address caveat (at) burningman (dot) org working again. He tweets, occasionally, as @BenjaminWachs

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