[Klondike]

I think that the WNBR may be approaching its "crisis" point. That often occurs when a young event like this reaches its maximum popularity and exposure. Frequenty when that happens, conservative forces start to kick in, and it can be all downhill from there. I would hate to see this happen to WNBR, but WNBR pics are heavily faved over at Flickr, and attendance at this years Eugene ride was very high - the riders had to start off by negotiating a gauntlet of spectators. This is also why I haven't posted my measily offering of pics yet. Pedro noted some disturbing trends in last years London ride. Portland's night ride last year was big, but they moved the assembly area to get away from downtown and photography was not encouraged. And now Crispus's report is less than encouraging.

Anyway, not to sound overly negative, but you won't be missing much if I don't post my pics. I will likely post a couple - just not sure which ones yet and it may depend partly on what other pics surface from Eugene.

I can go thru these periods were i get depressed about the picture taking, and Crispus's post just caught in one of those moods. What I can never quite figure in all this, though, is how much of the negative factor comes from the women themselves, and how much comes from people on the outside - officials, police, husbands, wives, etc.
Either way, though - its enough to cause me to think that at least delaying the posting of pics will help lessen their impact a bit. Wait until the rush is over in otherwords, and everyone has gone back to just surfing Flickr for cool pics of sunsets or whatever...

Also see my reply today to the nude madrid protest thread, and note that Pedro told me recently that the future of St Mary's College naked run is in question due to media coverage.

Klondike