Malcolm Smith Adventures
1998 Six Days of Baja
Photo Gallery
Day Six
5-1 #99
Sunday 4/19/98
Sunrise over the bay in LaPaz. The town has about 150,000 people and at least 20,000 roosters. I felt like I was back on the farm. The symphony of crowing cocks was amazing.
5-7 #105
Sunday 4/19/98
Looking south down the amazing bike eating beach.
5-8 #106
Sunday 4/19/98
After taking shot #105 I looked down the beach and saw a big cloud of white smoke. I couldn’t figure out what it was, I thought maybe someone was steaming some fish or something. When I got to the end of the beach I found the problem.
5-10 #108
Sunday 4/19/98
This is probably the best shot. Notice the oil on the gas tank and side covers. We towed the bike a short distance up to the road and left Bob to wait for the chase truck.
5-14 #112
Sunday 4/19/98
About 11 miles after we left Bob we came across a guy who had went over this cliff on his Honda XR400 and broken his hand. A passerby knew of a US orthopodic surgeon fishing in the area. They put the two of them together in the Mexican hospital and got the guy fixed up in no time.
5-15 #113
Sunday 4/19/98
Lunch at Calafia at Boca del Alamo. Great food. I can recommend the Chilies with shrimp and cheese. Can’t beat the view either. Had lunch with Mike Quade, a once and current off road racer who hadn’t seen Malcolm in about 15 years.
5-19 #117
Sunday 4/19/98
Bob and Russell take in the view.
5-20 #118
Sunday 4/19/98
Three kids from San Diego were camping out and surfing. This one had been there about six months. They’d found this rattlesnake along the road that morning and skinned it.
5-22 #120
Sunday 4/19/98
Note how clear the water is. I was dying to snorkel at this point.
5-25 #123
Sunday 4/19/98
Russel Ogilvie enjoys the view and makes plans to return next year.
6-1 #124
Sunday 4/19/98
Doug Hackney on the deck of the condo at Hotel Los Missiones Del Cabo in Cabo San Lucas. No major get offs, no flats, no major injuries, and a hell of a good time.
6-3 #126
Sunday 4/19/98
Doug holds the cactus needle that his wife, Stephanie, had just pulled out of his arm. It had been there since he’d hit the cactus on day three.
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Sunday 4/19/98
Russell, Doug, Bob and Brian celebrate a successful, safe and adventuresome ride prior to the awards banquet.
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Sunday 4/19/98
Doug Hackney and Bob Mueller in front of the fountains and the view of the arch and land’s end, prior to the awards banquet.
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Sunday 4/19/98
Malcolm and the support crew at the awards banquet Sunday night.