The
Klamath Kinetic Challenge is one of my favorite events of the year! Cooky, wacky, crazy, and creative are the best ways to describe it. Costumes, giant sculptures, crazy people....it's a great time.
For anyone who doesn't know, it's basically a race between these giant, homemade, human-powered vehicles that must be able to travel over land, sand, mud, rocks, and the water. There are really no rules and the judges take bribes:) It's basically a Dr. Suessian race.
It's probably just best to show you in photos:
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My niece and nephew stand in front of the Banana Split Sculpture |
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Last year, this sculpture was a dragon, this year they added a mustache to make it a Lorax |
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The Kinetic Kops |
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This post-apocoloyptic cockroach had real working pincers and lots of details |
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Spectators dress up like this guy with silver paint |
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or this guy that my niece wanted a photo of |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbre1XsDh-hrqu-zl9uGX9Wy2VOvucYcGgwTlYuJHQoyTrdSZlV4TLnsSxjyW5ku6dD0PO1phJFTe0Mml9xnyV9vjQgXDuoEDFm1tiqjy6rIqeWMk5s1k9FRP_cqLE160_QnfAEFPtqdM/s320/20130629_120944.jpg) |
And the cockroach takes off |
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The banana splits....
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So if you like creativity, a little wackiness, and a whole lotta Dr. Seussian fun, you should add it to your list.
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