Evel Knievel was born and raised in Butte, MT. Every year they hold an Evel Knievel Days festival featuring stuntmen, motocross, bmx shows, base jumpers and even a flying snowmobile (sorry I didn’t catch a picture of the last one).
Here is Geoff Aaron doing his trials bike show. He climbed over all of these obstacles for about 20 minutes without putting a foot down on the ground. Pretty impressive!
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- Geoff Aaron at Evel Knievel Days 2016
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- Geoff Aaron at Evel Knievel Days 2016
There were also base jumpers. We watched the lift go up and up and up over the Original Mine Yard. Not for the faint of heart!
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- Base Jumping in Butte
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- Way to scary for me to ever do!
The festivities included Evel Kross on a course made earlier in the week. Although it was only 5 laps most people, especially the amateurs, looked exhausted by the end of it. A few had trouble getting over the tires.
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- Up and over the tires for Evel Kross 2016
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- Making it look easy at Evel Kross 2016
There was also a downhill mountain bike course and a pedal drift trike course. Continue reading