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I grew up in Nevada along a main highway that people take to burning man. I really wish "leave no trace" included places outside blackrock. People would also r
by vhost- 10y ago
I grew up in Nevada along a main highway that people take to burning man. I really wish "leave no trace" included places outside blackrock.
People would also routinely leave their playa covered and broken down vans, RVs and cars in my neighborhood. In the desert by my parent's house we would find numerous trailers abandoned full of trash, empty water bottles and old clothes. You knew it was from burning man because the stuff was covered in playa dust.
- marssaxman 10y agoWhen was this? I lived in Reno for a while, and I remember having a similarly disgusted response to the trash strewn along the road when I happened to pass by shortly after the burn in 1998. My understanding is that the org has tried hard to deal with that problem since - there is certainly a lot of messaging before the event about where you can and cannot dump water or trash, and how not to be a dick to the locals, generally. I didn't start going to Burning Man until after I moved to Seattle, so I haven't actually seen what the fernley-wadsworth road looks like post-event these days, but my impression of Hwy 447 going northwest is that it generally stays clean.
- vhost- 10y agoLast time I saw it was probably 2005-ish. It was along 445 near Spanish Springs.