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2025 Gayflower Wish List

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

Introduction After two years in operation we have a wish list for some improvements and repair...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Jetpack

Building Camp

The Future Turtles Camp

A typical year for the Build Team, assuming all goes well and there is no weather emergency or sp...

Updated 1 month ago by Jetpack

Work Requirements to Camp With the Future Turtles

The Future Turtles Camp

Camping for a week in the harsh Black Rock Desert is tough. We try to make it easier by collabora...

Updated 1 month ago by Jetpack

2025 Water Plan

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

This is just the outline of how I think we can do water in 2025, based on everything I remember f...

Updated 1 month ago by Jetpack

Water, Fresh and Otherwise

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

Over the years we have constantly revised and updated the way we handle water in camp. We're not ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jetpack

2024 Afterburner Report

Afterburner Reports

In 1990 a small caravan of cars containing members of the Cacophony Society, together with Larry ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jetpack

On Playa Electrical Grid

Burning Man Infrastructure Electrical Grid

On playa we rent a large 56 kW (70 kVA) generator that has ample power for our needs and all the ...

Updated 1 month ago by Peter

2023 Afterburner Report

Afterburner Reports

Best. Year. Ever! Our fourth year, 2023 was the biggest year ever for the Future Turtles. We had...

Updated 1 month ago by Jetpack

2022 Afterburner Report

Afterburner Reports

We went home! For the 36 turtles who came to Black Rock City this year, it was an incredible yea...

Updated 1 month ago by Jetpack

Reno repair resources

Burning Man Infrastructure The Food Fort

Need something repaired in the food truck? We've found these services in Reno who can come out to...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

Technical Details

Burning Man Infrastructure The Food Fort

The Food Fort was built by Concession Nation in Florida and delivered on June 14th, 2023. Equi...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

Food Fort Pictures

Burning Man Infrastructure The Food Fort

Grill, Stove and Oven, Air Conditioner, Handwashing Sink, Dishwashing Sinks, Microwave, Counter s...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

The Kitchen Fort Water System

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

The kitchen fort, delivered in 2023, is a marvel in camp automation, allowing us to bring a comme...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

Moving Water in Camp

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

As of 2024, we don't quite have the water system fully dialed in, but we've learned a lot over th...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

Year Round Storage

Burning Man Infrastructure Storage and Logistics

Future Turtles camp gear is stored in six places: Name Description Contents Location* ...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

Turtle Truck

Burning Man Infrastructure Storage and Logistics

We rent a truck in San Francisco to make camp possible. It brings bulky camper stuff from San ...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

Solar and Renewables

Burning Man Infrastructure Electrical Grid

We often get asked when we're moving to solar power or why we insist on using a big smelly noisy ...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

Vendors

Burning Man Infrastructure Electrical Grid

Generator World, Inc Provides the rental generator along with distribution boxes and the banded ...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack

Backup Plans

Burning Man Infrastructure Electrical Grid

In three years running big generators we have had outages and they were always caused by one of t...

Updated 2 months ago by Jetpack