Thousands of people attending Burning Man have been told to conserve water and food after thick mud made roads inaccessible.
After heavy rainfall caused thick mud to inundate roadways, tens of thousands of Burning Man revelers were left stranded in a remote section of the Nevada desert.
Videos shared on social media on Saturday show ankle-deep mud throughout Black Rock City, a temporary city erected for the annual week-long event. People can be seen in the clips sloshing around with garbage bags or Ziploc bags over their feet to avoid getting stuck in the pasty mud.
Burning Man is held in a remote part of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada roughly 100 miles from Reno. The event, which dates to 1986, draws more than 60,000 attendees to Black Rock City to dance, make art and witness the burning of a massive wooden effigy known as the Man, according to the event’s website. Burning Man, scheduled this year from August 27 to September 4, has been postponed as attendees, also called «burners,» are trapped by the inclement weather hitting the area.
Some burners, including a few celebrities, decided to ditch their muddy campsites by hiking several miles to the nearest road, according to videos shared on social media.
