Lone Wolf Camping at Burning Man: The Walk-in Section

You may not be comfortable with camping in the thick of the crowd at Black Rock City, with everyone around you knowing exactly when you get up to go to the bathroom wearing five layers of stupid looking clothes in the middle of the night. You may not want all the Burners knowing who you have in your tent with you making those strange sounds, and if you are eating the special luxury food you don’t want to share, on your front “cool down porch.” Camp alone at Burning Man. Not only that, camp in the walk-in site.

A lot of people have never even realized the walk-in section at Burning Man exists, and have never tried it, as it is only a small area for people who are willing not to be next to their cars, and who are willing to carry their equipment a little way in this desert in Nevada. This can be tough when they either arrive in the cold dark of night, the extreme heat of the day, or the invisibility of a wind storm, or, at worst, rain, in which every footstep causes more clay to stick to their feet. Most people tend to be more social, going with others they want to pay around with, or with a whole camp they are integral to. They may want to camp close to everyone else to make meeting others easier, or to have handy neighbors with air conditioning in their campers. They may want to cool down and take “showers” by running after the trucks that spray water along the circular “streets” in front of their tents, to keep the dust down on the playa. They may want others they know close by to keep an eye out for their belongings, so they aren’t stolen. Maybe by now you’ve decided that makes most sense. Maybe you decided to go to the Playa with 36,500 Burners because you actually like being around people.