Event organisers claim the ground is still too wet for a safe mass departure but some attendees say a steady stream of vehicles have left since predawn.
For days, some 70,000 people were ordered to stay put and conserve food and water as officials closed the roads and exits, ordering all vehicles to stay put.Some of the festivalgoers ignored the order to stay put over the weekend and attempted to walk or drive out to the highway. Others partied on in the rain.
Videos posted to social media showed costumed revellers — including a few children — sliding through the sticky mess, most of them covered from head to toe in wet earth. Every year Burning Man brings tens of thousands of people to the Nevada desert to dance, make art and enjoy being part of a self-sufficient, temporary community of like-minded spirits.It originated in 1986 as a small gathering on a San Francisco beach and is now attended by celebrities and social media influencers. A regular ticket costs $575.
The festival typically has a penultimate night send-off with the burning of a giant wooden effigy of a man, along with a fireworks show. That has not taken place this year, although organisers said it may still happen on Monday evening. Gate Road remains too wet & muddy for most vehicles to safely navigate out of BRC this morning, but is drying. Exodus likely to begin around noon today, Monday 9/4. We will update you again in the next few hours. Listen to BMIR 94.5 FM, GARS 95.1 FM and watch here for updates.
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