Burning Man lures techies with siren song of going unplugged
For a week starting Sunday, tens of thousands of attendees will create what will temporarily be the state's sixth-largest city as they immerse themselves in nudity, DIY art and an anything-goes attitude. The experience, drug-enhanced or not, is cherished as a week free from the high-tech shackles of modern life, or what some attendees term the "Default World."
A massive topless bicycle parade is among the event's longest-running traditions, and there's a dust-controlled orgy dome that's exactly what you think it is. Things will be set on fire....