That year's theme was Hope and Fear, The Future Photograph: Andy Barron/Reno Gazette/AP Share But most impressive of all is the setting: a 100-mile lakebed known as the playa on which a temporary city, Black Rock City, is constructed complete with roads, street signs, cafes etc Photograph: Piers Moore ede Share Scorching days that nudge 110F and clear nights add a surreal quality to proceedings Photograph: Piers Moore ede Share Because the festival takes place in one of the harshest environments on the planet, there is plenty of advice on survival tactics: 'You'll want to reconsider drinking that alcohol (or taking those other substances) - the mind-altering experience of Burning Man is its own drug,' says the website Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/Corbis Share And then there is the Burning Man, which has grown from a mere 8ft in 1986 to last year's towering 40ft man standing on a 32ft art-deco pavilion

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Congratulations to all of our State Qualifiers, and to every Screamin Eagle who went out and competed
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