DJ and Producer Diplo documented his journey out of Black Rock City to Washington D.C. where he had a concert on Saturday night.
Burning Man attendees are still struggling to escape from Black Rock City as around 70,000 remain stuck on muddy camp grounds following two days of heavy rainfall and one reported death.
DJ and Producer Diplo said he hitched a ride out of Black Rock City in the back of a pick up truck with comedian Chris Rock on Saturday. The musician documented his journey out of Black Rock City to Washington D.C., where he says he had a concert on Saturday night. "I just got done DJ'ing for three hours, after walking f*****g for four hours out of the desert and taking a flight, mud still on my face," he said in a video posted to his Instagram story Saturday night.Former Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States Neal Katyal also said he hiked through mud to get out of Black Rock City on Saturday.
Another festival attendee, 22-year-old Kevin Schultz, was scheduled to leave Burning Man Friday so he could make his friend’s wedding in Houston, Texas.He left prior to the festival’s lockdown, when the weather was still clear, and his bus ended up being stuck in the mud as the storm rolled in. Going back to Burning Man seemed like a bad idea, Schultz decided, as he considered ongoing issues with sanitation and resource scarcity. So he and six other people decided to take a risk -- tie trash bags around their feet and walk to town when they woke up Saturday morning.
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