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The San Francisco Cacophony Society organizes a spawning salmon run, which goes upstream against the flow of the crowd in the annual Bay to Breakers race

Location: San Francisco, California

Date: May 2007

Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds

ID Number: #78A22201


  Other photographs in the "bay to breakers 2007" collection:

Contestants in 2007 Bay to Breakers race clog Howard Street in the South of Market district

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Thousands of participants, many slightly inebriated, run, walk, or stroll through the 2007 Bay to Breakers race. Average participation is around 75,000 people.

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After the runners, tens of thousands of walkers stroll along the 7.5 mile course of the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Downtown skyline by the San Francisco Convention Center frames participants in the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Downtown skyline by the San Francisco Convention Center frames participants in the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Bay to Breakers 2007 race, in which tens of thousands of participants make their way across San Francisco from the The Embarcadero to Ocean Beach

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Delightfully Tacky Yet Unrefined t-shirt on display at 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Bait to Breakers fishing send-up of 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Lifeguards on Baywatch team at 2007 Bay to Breakers race, who seemed to focus on dispensing beer to the needy

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A toast with beer, to beer, at 2007 Bay to Breakers race, where a rule against alcohol is anything but enforced.

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Psychedelic pants at 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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I love SF, move here, written on back of participants in the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Hayes Hill, the primary uphill stretch during the annual Bay to Breakers race

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Golfing, or a way to pick up women, on Hayes Hill during the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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View of the 2007 Bay to Breakers race from Alamo Square along Hayes Street

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View of the 2007 Bay to Breakers race along the ocean side of the Hayes Street hill

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Elvis impersonators along course of the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Elvis impersonators along course of the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Elvis impersonators, one of the highlights of the annual Bay to Breakers race

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Elvis impersonator, the only useful or entertaining thing ever to be found at a California DMV, during the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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Team of white-clad participants in 2007 Bay to Breakers race with motto of Broadcast Yourself, which also happens to be YouTube's corporate slogan

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Pink-clad participants in 2007 Bay to Breakers race pose for photographs in the Panhandle to the Golden Gate Park

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Public urination becomes increasingly commonplace as the Bay to Breakers run continues. The Panhandle park begins to resemble a latrine.

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This impromptu concert began along Fell Street in the Panhandle park during the 2007 Bay to Breakers race

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San Francisco Police Department, SFPD, on motorcycles open up Fell Street after the 2007 Bay to Breakers race is over

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Man with iBod written on his back strolls through the Panhandle park after 2007 Bay to Breakers race ends

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Trash strewn everywhere by Bay to Breakers participants makes cleanup non-trivial

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The San Francisco Cacophony Society organizes a spawning salmon run, which goes upstream against the flow of the crowd in the annual Bay to Breakers race