Bay to Breakers, 2009
Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace in San Francisco. The 7.5 mile (12 km) course crosses the city from San Francisco Bay to the breakers of the Pacific Ocean. Much of the course runs through Golden Gate Park. Some of the participants run (above) ...
some jog ...
but thousands of people just walk. Most are clothed, of course, but being San Francisco, some dress in costumes and some are naked. Walking the Bay to Breakers event naked has become such a tradition that it has a name, "Bare to Breakers", as seen on the caps of the couple above.
These guys are evidently not in a hurry to complete the race. Smile, you're on camera!
These guys aren't even walking, just observing from the sidelines and being observed.
Here's another guy on the sidelines. Well, when you gotta go, you gotta go.
And, being San Francisco, the variety of costumes and accessories is endless. This guy's not ready to be fully naked, but he'll show us his buns.
This guy has a rainbow-colored umbrella.
This guy sports a floppy hat and a little cape.
This guy has a Mexican sombrero, a guitar, and the thickest bush I've ever seen.
And this guy is a minimalist – just a cap, not even shoes.
We end with the "Bare to Breakers" couple again, along with a bunch of like-minded folks.
7 comments:
That barefooted dude must have soles of leather to be walking on hot pavement. I have friends who do this walk every year, naked of course.
Looks like fun.
#3 and #12 are the same folks, with and with out bead necklace, who gave that? #4 and #5 have the same bead necklace.....
I dunno there's a local park nearby and there's an asphalt paved path to the ridgeline and I see shoeless hikers, so it's a thing?
San Francisco in the summer is pretty cold (Twain knew what he was talking about) so barefoot would not be hot. It's only going to be 62 F / 17 C tomorrow. So if you can walk the 10 miles and have mildly tough soles you are fine.
I think rainbow umbrella guy photo #8 is Nude Woody?
@Ike - Bingo on both counts! For those who don't know, the Mark Twain quote is "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
And the rainbow umbrella guy is San Francisco nudist Woody Miller.
#7 what nice ass!
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