Black Rock City Begins : Surveying Burning Man

[@Shalaco]

Who's watching in 2024?

[@Shalaco]

My first 4K views and first thumbs down on KZbin! It's official, finally more than just my friends have seen my movies. Hi everybody! Thanks for watching!

[@angie_LA_LA_]

HI! Shalaco. i love that you shared this with us- how beautiful- Thank You!! )'( ~La La

[@girlloveshemp642]

Love this. Thanks for sharing these vids! Love seeing the planning and all of it going up. I’m jealous!!!! It must be amazing being a part of making Burning Man. Hats off, that’s a lot of work!

[@dailyflash]

I appreciate you making this, but only left me wanting to see a lot more. Has anyone ever made a time lapse of Black Rock City being built? I'd love to see the order that things are placed as the infrastructure builds. I'm guessing Center Camp goes up first? Maybe some trucks or trailers to provide rest and shelter for the builders?

[@Shalaco]

dailyflash i appreciate your comment and lifehacker.com/give-better-feedback-by-using-and-instead-of-but-1645864365/amp

[@jddr.jkindle9708]

and a little bit of math (trigonometry) goes a long way. Great video. I cant wait to go home. -James BRC EMT Medic

[@NicoleGlass]

I like how you incorporated the drone shots here, super cool perspective.

[@Shalaco]

Ah, shucks thanks @Nicole Glass. This vlog Is the reason I bought a drone. I would wake up in the middle of the night thinking, I have to buy a drone, there's no other way I can show the scale of this project. These shots were literally my first times flying. After flying in the city and experiencing 2-3 feet of drift in landing I can't believe how close I flew to people and that I launched from the tight quarters of the Octagon. Check it at 4:36.… and 4:49 is seriously up close and personal.

[@Shalaco]

You'll totally dig Raising The Man… some of my first flights and experience telling stories at a whole different scale. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4TagaSvet-oe7c

[@hayseman]

Everytime I fall out of love with Burning Man I come across something (like this) that makes me fall in love with Burning Man.

[@DavidAuerbach01]

Well done! Can't wait for the next episode!

[@WHO2TRUS]

Can't wait to be back out there )'( ♥

[@shawndoran2879]

With my disability the videos of burning man will sadly be the closest i will get to being there. Awesome video!

[@RandyWRodrifuez]

i don't know your disability but burning man works with disabled people, in fact you can drive a vehicle on the playa after you register at the dmv so you can enjoy the art just like everyone else :D I dont know you, but i hope for real one day you go and enjoy all the incredible things there. Im rooting for ya

[@RandyWRodrifuez]

Venice Beach is throwing a free Burning man event today and tomorrow, if you live in California. Go :D

[@wkylehamilton]

Wow there's a lot more work that goes on then I thought!

[@artistabigailmarie]

Kyle Hamilton was that sarcasm? lol.

[@wkylehamilton]

o no really like I had no idea how much work went into setting this sort of thing up. Honestly, it was something that I hadn't really put a lot of thought into.

[@Aquacentric]

Amazing Video.

[@kakakathy]

stunning footage! well done:)

[@Teleportcamera]

01:02 somebody is clearly driving faster than 10mph on gate road.

[@Shalaco]

At this point there was no gate road yet, and no speed limit, but thanks for looking out!

[@Teleportcamera]

Shalaco nah, i’m just messin with you. Gods work you’re doing here, thank you so much.

[@franciscoduarte1925]

How long before the burn the city started? And how long after the burn the place is empty?

[@keithhennessy7683]

thanks!

[@DocPop]

Great work, keep it up.

[@Shalaco]

What's everyone doing for Burning Man 2020?

[@Richardsnave]

What is the music that starts around 4:00?

[@caitifty]

What's the song playing from about 3:50 to 5:30? (Also, that was fun to watch, thank you!)

[@caitifty]

Never mind, @Wave existence got it (in comments below): Iced Tea by Not the King

[@marinalina6348]

casey neistat uses it

[@davidwilliss5555]

I want to know how they find the starting point. A permanent survey marker would go against the "leave no trace" principle. Triangulate off of landmarks in the distance? Do they use GPS to accurately place it? Or do they just pick a random point somewhere in the vicinity every year? I would think randomizing the location would be better or the environment. If it's the same every year, eventually the main roads are going to be harder to erase - like how old CRT-based TVs would get if you left the news channel on too long you'd always see a ghost of the news ticker on the bottom of the screen.

[@HeSaid007]

i knew there was some method there.

[@taraburke7651]

whats the song coming in around 4:00? its dope!

[@taraburke7651]

never mind read comments below!

[@rhyliesser130]

Thank you!!!! XO!!!

[@open4adventures686]

Excellent video, cant wait to be home! )'(

[@bjs2022]

‘Bad sound makes good video look bad."

[@matthewcunningham1810]

are you able to take a compass reading example temple due north of say center camp?

[@Shalaco]

Matthew Cunningham 4:00 points due south.

[@matthewcunningham1810]

they could of made easier

[@Denver645]

Why wouldn’t you use a bunch of RTK receivers to stake this quickly and accurately?

[@Shalaco]

I'm told it's because of reasons.

[@matycee]

um.... this started off real nice and showed great promise. Almost got there.

[@Shalaco]

matycee thanks for watching

[@BeCoShooter]

You would think that after all these years, every point in Black Rock City's GPS co-ordinates would have been recorded, and then just walked/driven to each point in the new year. But what do I know. BTW, I'm still looking for a real behind the scenes video of BM. No art cars, or music, just what it really takes to put this together. Anybody?

[@Shalaco]

The site has been moved to different locations to minimize the impact to any one spot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@waveexistence5742]

you whats the song at the end?

[@waveexistence5742]

nvm siri actually knew this one. Iced Tea by Not the King

[@Shalaco]

Life is Excellent… I added a link in the comments.

[@Mikeeey01NZL]

lol singing at the end :)

[@mrlopez5009]

Where does all the poop go?

[@artistabigailmarie]

Luke Lopez lol! i am guessing in the hundreds of port-o-potties around the site, them large trucks come and take the potties. those trucks go to a local sewage waste plant(hopefully).

[@PROCESSOR302]

BLACK ROCK CITY, but not one black person in sight.....LOL

[@rimetime6423]

So it's basic survey measuring

[@joson3450]

FACT or Myth , an exclusive ORGY Pavillions for Attendees , as was rumored around.

[@ЦезарьПионерский]

Вы ахуенные !!!! Добра вам!!!

[@JohnDoe-ge6gb]

was not remotely informative