OK, if the Kruise of Klamath, the Great Race and the Gambler 500 happening on the same weekend wasn’t enough for you, how about we throw the Klamath Kinetic Challenge in there too. What is the Klamath Kinetic Challenge you ask, well it is a combination of art, engineering and endurance come together in human powered vehicles able to traverse off-road, sand, mud and water courses, usually over a couple of days.
Donna and I went down to the start area in downtown to witness this spectacle. We at first were going to watch the “LeMans” style start, then drive to the finish in Moore Park, but then thought it would be more fun to skip the start and head out to the start of the gravel trail that will take them to the park, this way we could watch the participants struggle up the very, very steep road up to the trail and we would walk that same trail over to Moore Park to see the car show.
When we finally got home I re-traced all our walking. Between the downtown walk to breakfast, the walk to the Kinetic Race start, the walk back to our car, the walk halfway down the hill to see the race, the trail walk to the park, wandering the car show and the walk back across the trail I figured went eight miles!
Below are the photos, in no particular order, of all nine contestants in the 14th annual Klamath Kinetic Challenge. They all have names, but I really couldn’t tell you what they are…
