BURNING MAN GUIDE CHECKLIST

HOUSING:

  • Extra guy line for tent if yours break

  • 6 solar path lights to mark tent stakes

  • Tent mirror

  • Good quality air mattress or cot  

  • Pillow 

  • Heavy blanket and/or sleeping bag   

  • Throw rug to wipe feet on when enter

  • Rugs for tent floor 

  • Portable chairs

 

HYGIENE

  • 4 big packs of baby wipes (this is how you primarily bathe) 

  • Small bottle of vinegar (gets the dust out of your pores)   

  • Saline solution for contacts 

  • Mints to carry with you

  • Travel hairbrush 

  • 35+ sunscreen (2 bottles so you can share) 

  • Lip balm with SPF  

  • Moisturizing lotion.  I use Johnston’s baby.  It’s cheap, hypoallergenic, and it works   Boudreaux’s butt paste  

  • Low lather shampoo  

  • Serious conditioner

  • Detangler or leave in conditioner 

  • Low lather soap  

  • Tarp & towel for shower floor  

  • Towel 

 

HEALTH

  • Extra bandaids 

  • Ace bandage  

  • Alcohol  

  • Triple antibiotic crème 

  • Moleskin  

  • Blister care  

  • 2 good hats 

  • Sunglasses  

  • Dscarf  

  • Gas X/antacid  

  • Anti diarrheal  

  • Laxative  

  • Ibuprofin/Alleve

  • Any meds you take or might need (pain killers/muscle relaxers/inhalers/epi pen)  Condoms/lube 

  • Saline nasal gel

  • Hand sanitizer travel size

  • Travel sized baby wipes

 

CLOTHING:

  • Heavy coat  

  • Long underwear 

  • Lots of socks  

  • Underwear 

  • Good, lined, comfortable boots 

  • Light weight coat 

  • Light weight comfortable clothing

  • Shorts 

  • long sleeved shirts 

  • Pants/leggings 

  • wigs 

  • sun hat

 

TRANSPORTATION:

  • Bicycle

  • Extra inner tubes for bike tire 

  • Bike basket 

  • Bike lights 

  • Decorations 

  • Bike lube 

  • Absorbent seat rag/cover 

  • Repair multi tool

 

FOOD:

  • Cook stove 

  • Propane

  • Plates 

  • Cups 

  • Travel cup 

  • Groceries 

  • booze 

  • water

  • cooler with valve to empty water 

  • lemons for the water in your big orange camp water jug (if that’s your taste)

 

OTHER:

  • batteries for all lighted devices (get multiples and all sizes you may need)

  • graphite for zippers 

  • carabineers 

  • cleaning supplies for car cleanup (glass cleaner, soap, sponges, etc.)

  • garbage bags with drawstrings 

  • duct tape  

  • d , c, aaa, and aa Batteries

  • Ziploc bags to store things and used wipes until you can get them into a trash can  big water jugs

  • one smaller water jug to pour water from the big jugs into for easy daily use

  • anything you want to burn in the temple to honor, remember, or exorcise someone or something

Cleaning Formulas:

  • only Playa on your stuff

  • 1/4 cup calgon Per 1 gal water (no Vinegar or soap Needed)

  • Playa + Dirt/Oils/ organic material

  • 1/4 cup Calgon per 1 gal water

  • normal amount of soap (laundry detergent/car washing soap/ dish soap etc)

  • splash of vinegar