Map of Bonnaroo

Public Health Announcement from One Who Knows:
Severely swollen feet can usually be prevented, depending on the cause.

Cause 1: You are unaccustomed to walking. A person who rarely walks will almost certainly get swollen feet if they suddenly start walking at the Bonnaroo Level. To Prevent - start NOW walking as much as is comfortable to you, and up it by about 1/4 to half a mile EVERY DAY. Walk in the shoes you intend to wear to bonnaroo.
IF this happens at Bonnaroo, find a good music lineup and stay put to watch it - with your feet ELEVATED.

Cause 2: Heat, overheating. Heat can cause foot and leg swelling. You need to stop, find a cool (er) place and drink some cool water.
And keep your feet ELEVATED.

Cause 3: Stress Fractures - usually you will have more swelling in one foot or the other if you have a stress fracture. Way too much walking and dancing can cause stress fractures. Bring a roll (or 3) of Ace Bandage, just in case. When wrapping any part of your body, make sure you a) wrap loosely enough to allow circulation - your limb/digits should be warm and pink. If the limb or digits are white or blue/purple or are cold, you have a circulation problem. and b) wrap snugly and thickly enough to support the foot/ankle/shin, whathaveyou. Wrapping with Ace can help support shin splints, too. If you have lingering pain, you DO need to seek medical support.
And keep your feet ELEVATED.

Cause 4: Heart/ Kidney/ Liver problems. Been drinking a lot of alcohol stuff? Been doing a lot of...stuff? Sometimes, swelling in the lower legs and feet can be a sign of Something Serious. If you have tried cooling down and drinking some water with your feet ELEVATED and the swelling is still there...check out one of the medical tents - especially if you feel ill or "off."

Folks, our feet can tell us a lot about our health at the moment.

I am making a garmin GPS file for the bonnaroo site. I based it on the pdf map and some satellite imagery. should be accurate down to a meter.
I just hope they don't change it all around this year. Has anyone every did this?
Thought it would be cool, so I can place way points of peoples camps and other places I want to get to quick.

It is not this years map. I don't know how much changing will happen but I know there have been some changes in access camping (I won't know the details til I get to the farm).

Some pirate footage of Centeroo shot yesterday...

What the heck are "pods"?

I did the same thing a couple of years ago before Google had map-editing capabilities.
Its here on QuikMaps: www.quikmaps.com/show/26869

'07 - Pussy Galore
'08 - Ivan Drago

Here's a close-up of 2009 centeroo.

rob

So, I haven't been since 2007 when VIP people just had the bleachers. How big is this "VIP viewing area"? That left side of the main stage has always been my spot. I'd hate to see it taken over by VIP....

VIP viewing area was bleachers last year. I would guess / hope it is the same.

It was "The Hill" last year at the What Stage, a big mound with hay bales and whatnot scattered around. And bleachers as usual at Which, they were the same.

Hansel '08
Adrian! '09

so what time should you try to get there to get an ok spot?

02- Camp Sloan Peterson (before it was VIP, can't remember what it was called then. 16h wait in traffic.)
03- Camp Jeff Spicoli (I think it was called Camp Tennessee Tophat then. Left @6am friday a.m. from Murfreesboro, camped at noon.)
04- Camp R2D2 (before it was handicap access. 1h wait in traffic, left Murf @ 2pm Friday)
05- Camp Jaws (3H traffic, left @ 10pm Wed.)
06- Camp Clark Griswold (ugh. Had to walk past pooptruck storage on admin way. Not fun. Left @ 8am Thurs.)
07- Camp VIP-E
08- Camp VIP-C
09- Camp Han Solo (1 1/2h traffic, left at 1pm Thurs.)
10- Camp Inforoo/Zombiegwarpocalpyse. Whoooo!