Checked out the King of the Hammers race today. A great day for racing with 68' temps and calm breeze. Thousands showed up for this event and the camp areas were slammed! I watched for a while at check point 7 at the bottom of Sledge Hammer trail. After a hour I left to explore a couple of mines just east of this location. But I soon realized that this race utilized all of the Hammer trails including Fissure Mtn. So after bumping into Nick (USMC0369) and Blaine, I stayed there and watched some more of the race. The area that I wanted to explore was also in the race area so I'll go back on Sunday to finish without the race traffic. A great day in the desert!
***I want to post this before the other pictures. I've seen this before and it could have been tragic! A Jeeper with kids that were not belted in, wanted to show off and tried to do some "donuts" or a "power-slide". This just doesn't work with aggressive tires and a short wheel base vehicle! They rolled after a short slide and luckily only bumps, bruises, and a bloodly nose (broken) on the driver. The kids were scared and were hit with non-straped coolers, food, water, and each other. Please be careful and watch for others doing this.
Notice the slide......Roll!
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4384.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4383.jpg)
OK, back to the Hammers.....
Johnson Valley Dunes
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4377.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4376.jpg)
RAV 4?
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4373.jpg)
Wanna Be!
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4375.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4381.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4370.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4371.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4372.jpg)
Harrier Jump Jet / USAGCC Twentynine Palms / Over the Hammers!
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4380.jpg)
***I want to post this before the other pictures. I've seen this before and it could have been tragic! A Jeeper with kids that were not belted in, wanted to show off and tried to do some "donuts" or a "power-slide". This just doesn't work with aggressive tires and a short wheel base vehicle! They rolled after a short slide and luckily only bumps, bruises, and a bloodly nose (broken) on the driver. The kids were scared and were hit with non-straped coolers, food, water, and each other. Please be careful and watch for others doing this.
Notice the slide......Roll!
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4384.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4383.jpg)
OK, back to the Hammers.....
Johnson Valley Dunes
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4377.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4376.jpg)
RAV 4?
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4373.jpg)
Wanna Be!
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/100_4375.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4381.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4370.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4371.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4372.jpg)
Harrier Jump Jet / USAGCC Twentynine Palms / Over the Hammers!
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4380.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/th_100_4379.jpg)
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