My Experience at Burning Man-*Not A Montage of Pretty People

Ryan Van Duzer
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8 Video Views·Oct 25, 2022
Three, two, one.
Woo!
Man!
Look at that.
Holy ----.
It's hot as hell.
Is this the desert or something?
It seems warmer than usual.
But God, it's beautiful.
Feels so good to be back.
Who would have ever thought that I'd come here five years in a row?
That's just crazy.
A lot of people say, welcome home, when they come back to Burning Man.
It's not my home, but I certainly love the hell out of it.
Ah, bring it on.
Actually, I love the dust.
I love it.
I love it in my teeth.
Love you guys!
Woo!
Good morning, world!
Good morning, sun!
Good morning, hippies!
Good morning!
Teddy bear trampoline time!
Oh, it's amazing!
High five!
I love you guys!
Yeah!
You can't not have a smile on your face.
We'll see what I say at mile 30, but for right now, all smiles.
We got the whole crew, ladies and gentlemen.
We're going out to Deep Ply.
We're going to give out some coconuts.
We are coconuts without borders.
We travel to desert places and give out coconuts to people who need coconuts.
Like Sweden.
Places where they just don't have coconut trees.
This is definitely the spot.
Yep.
Glad we found it.
Nice open area.
Nobody's around.
They're going to come to the oasis.
Coconut!
You want some fresh coconut?
There's a coconut!
Within minutes, we have a huge crowd of people just loving the coconuts.
Thank you so much.
This is ******* amazing!
Let's do it!
It's gap time!
Get em!
Coconut!
Yeah!
High five the coconut!
It's like Sprite!
Sprite!
Get em!
High five!
Sandy, what's on your arm?
Uh, an alien?
It's gap time!
Goozers TV for life!
Get out there!
One of my favorite places out here is the temple.
And every year it's different.
Every year it's intricate and beautiful.
And I love it.
I didn't grow up going to church.
I don't go to church now.
I wouldn't call myself a very religious person.
But the temple is a place that I go where I feel connected to something that's a little bit bigger than just the desert.
And the dust.
And the mountains.
There's an energy in there.
And there's so many people from around the world here from different religions.
But the temple brings everybody together.
And it's the one quiet spot where you can come and pay your respects to loved ones.
Or write on the walls and talk to friends who aren't here anymore and share in their energy.
And it's quiet.
It's one of the few quiet places at Burning Man.
And it's really inspiring to walk around and see all the messages people write about loved ones.
About friends who have passed.
Parents.
And it brings you back to what's important in life.
It brings you back to life.
That's what it does.
It brings you back to life.
You can be rocking and rolling and partying all night.
You go into the temple and you're back to, oh yeah, this is what it's all about.
It's all about sharing that love.
Sharing those smiles.
Sharing your heart and your soul.
Honoring.
Honoring people.
It's about honor.
I think it would be good for Trump to come out here and experience Burning Man.
I bet he's never been part of something like this.
I think it would blow his heart up in ways that would be very good for him and our world.
What I really love is how many moments you can have at Burning Man.
You can meet some incredible people on a dance floor and connect with them.
And then you go on your way.
You may never see them again.
Or you might run up in an art car playing beautiful music and you follow it for a few minutes.
And you get inspired and your heart swells.
And you leave it.
It's kind of the whole idea of impermanence.
Nothing lasts forever.
So be real present in the moment.
Be real friendly.
Be real kind with everybody you meet.
Make every interaction incredible.
And just enjoy it.
Enjoy this.
It's very enjoyable to enjoy this.
You got a fish there?
Yes, I think it's a tuna.
Come on, pull it in, pull it in.
Broke bass.
A bass?
It's a bass tuna.
It's a bass.
Did you get it?
Oh, it broke the rod.
Oh, there's the sharky.
Shopping for costumes.
What do you think about that, Pablo?
Costume shopping.
Costume shopping at the costume cult.
You can find things like this.
You ever seen a bloop?
It's a bloop.
Oh, it's your fave.
Okay.
Love it, yeah.
Got some hot potatoes in there.
People are crazy cooking food at the open fire.
Why would you do such a thing?
This is so hot.
It's so hot out here.
Pablo's the master cooking up steak and eggs.
Yeah, that fire's been burning all night long.
Just a bunch of hot, hot coals.
Your food's gonna taste so good.
Yummy.
We're the five best friends that anyone could have.
And we're the five best friends that anyone could have.
Pizza.
So there's a term called the playa provides.
And that's just what happened right now.
I was riding down the road and this dude is standing out there
like he's at an aid station in a race.
And hands me this.
And I was like, how'd you know?
He's like, I could just tell you needed this ice, and it's true.
It's hot as hell right now.
I'm tired.
I'm whooped.
in this little snow cone right here.
Saving the freaking day.
I love you, Burning Man.
Getting my head washed in the desert by Boblicious.
Hi, Mama.
Best, hi, Mom.
Everything's good at Burning Man.
All the art cars are lining up for the big burn tonight.
They're getting front row seating.
What a scene, what a scene.
Everybody's heading to the band, burn.
Little chaotic, I love it, I freaking love it.
As you can see, all of the art cars at Burning Man
have surrounded the band.
Everybody is here, 60, 70,000 people.
There's a crazy tribal feeling about it all.
Everybody is so amped up.
It's the last morning and I'm lying out here
on this ancient lake bed.
My voice is a little funny
because I think I have a little bit of a cold
or the dust has got my sinuses all a whack.
Out of whack.
I got a lot of boogers, a lot of drippy ones.
But I don't care.
It's been an amazing week.
I love it here so much, I love it.
I love the creativity and the people
and the sculptures and the art
and the extreme goofiness.
It's so beautiful.
I love it.
The end of my fifth year.
I'll keep coming back, I will.
It's an ordeal, it's expensive.
But I love it, I absolutely love it.
Burning Man, you're the best.
Over and out.
Look at that sunrise.
Sunrise, sunrise, sunrise.
