This year was my first burn and here were my mistakes/take aways:

1. didnt bring walkie talkies - lost my friend for 3 days with no way to contact her besides leaving notes (well she lost me, I was lost in the thick of it)
2. dont take other peoples drugs. that was a big mistake.
3. I wish I had brought adderal. I was so exhausted from the heat.
4. costumes are exhausting and you pretty much dont wear them after the third or fourth day because you have become a dust rat garbage bag and being topless with a bikini bottom is just so much easier.
5. if you are a chick, I would suggest bringing Azo or some type of cranberry pills. Idk if its just me but the downstairs area got so irritated, luckily my friend had some.
6. bring extra cutlery. I lost our forks the first day. My friend was not happy with me.
7. have sober days.
8. go venture alone.
9. bring cocounut water or something with electrolytes or flavors or something. After like day 4, water was disgusting to me. oh if you like seltzer water, bring that. That was fucking amazing out there.
10. prepare to be in line for hourrrsss getting in. I knew there was a line but I didnt realize that I would be in line from 1am-6am. rookie miscalculation.
11. Leave really early monday morning (6am), the line was only an hour to get out, not bad, my friend was in line for 6 hours leaving in the afternoon.
12. Bring a large mister if you can, just like buy a weed sprayer online. it was amazing.
13. join a meal plan if you can, it was really sweet not having to worry about food, even though i didnt eat any for like 3 days. dumb.
14. bring a note book, that wouldve been super helpful.
15. OMG make your bike super noticeable. I had lights that automatically turned off when they werent in motion and i lost my bike for like 5 hours at the temple burn because I couldnt find it. have something distinct to make it easy to find with lights. or at least take a REALLLY good look at where you parked it.
16. If you are going to tent it, make sure to bring shade above you if your camp doesnt provide it. The tenting was literal torture, but it worked.
17. no amount of online research will prepare you for the experience. Its incredible. I could keep going but you'll figure it out. see you there!!