Burning Man organizers reopened the road leading out of the remote Nevada desert festival on Monday (September 4), allowing tens of thousands of attendees to escape after they had been trapped for days by mud. - REUTERS
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00:00 Tens of thousands of Burning Man attendees were finally able to leave on Monday after
00:06 spending days stranded at a site that became mired in mud.
00:12 After the way out had dried up, organizers reopened the exit from the week-long music
00:17 and art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
00:20 Aerial video showed a ten-lane-wide line of vehicles inching their way on a five-mile
00:26 dirt road to the nearest paved road.
00:29 Burning Man is usually held in sunny and dry weather, but an unexpected summer rain turned
00:34 the venue into a quagmire.
00:36 Festival organizers had told people to conserve food and water for days, as the road to the
00:40 main gate remained closed due to the storm.
00:44 Some reportedly ignored the orders and tried to drive or walk to the nearest highway.
00:49 Volunteer Evie Airey described what she saw.
01:05 Festival goers shared video of campsites smothered with sticky, deep mud.
01:10 Just the tickets for the event, which drew tens of thousands of people including celebrities
01:15 and social media influencers, were set for around $575, and that's before gear, supplies
01:22 and other costs.
01:24 Festivities continued despite the weather, although some events were rescheduled.
01:28 The festival's signature burning of a giant wooden effigy of a man was postponed to Monday
01:34 night, a day late.
01:35 - I'm happy.