Public Service Announcement: What kind of tent do I need at Burning Man?

If you want to be comfortable at Burning Man, you need the right tent. Extreme environmental conditions out in the Black Rock Desert make most conventional tents not only useless, but a hazard to you and your fellow campers.

So what kind of tent are you looking for? What specifications should it meet? Don’t worry – we’ve got answers with this BMIR Public Service Announcement!! Listen below!

[audio:http://journal.burningman.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/What-Kind-of-Tent-PSA.mp3]

Want more PSAs, covering everything from coping with traffic to finding an orgy? No problem – they’re all archived here!

 

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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