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November 22, 2013

And thinking of ending your Birgin status? Trailer Life has the best short guide to Burning Man aimed at the responsible (but fun loving) adult who wants to give it a try.

Ed Coffman first "Burned" four years ago. "I didn't even really know much about what it was, except that it was an art festival in the middle of the desert," he recalled. "I had some time off so I bought a tent, some wine and a cooler, a sleeping bag and a bicycle, and I flew down here and bought a ticket at the gate." (Walk-up tickets are no longer sold at the entrance.) "I liked it enough I bought an Airstream!"

Ed's younger brother Bill accompanied him in the 1998 Airstream Safari the following three years, and baby brother Quentin joined them in 2012 — marking the first time they had traveled together since they were kids in North Carolina.

"Anything you read online is never going to indicate what Burning Man really is," said Bill. "I knew it was an art event and I knew it was a party event, but it's a lot more spiritual than I thought it would be. It's also so much bigger than I could've ever imagined; when you go out on the playa that first night, it's just phenomenal. It's something you'll never forget."

Filed under Burning Man,Travel | permalink | November 22, 2013 at 05:02 PM

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