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Tragic news like the murder of two human rights workers in Oaxaca, MX leaves me feeling frustrated, exasperated… yet more determined to believe that this world can change. Thanks to La Cebollita who forwarded this info on to me: Human rights defenders in Mexico paying with their lives, warn UN experts Human rights defenders in [...]

Ended up with a whopping 367 photos of the 2010 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon. Several photos from the race have been published along with an article at HalogenTV.com: The Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon. Several photos will also be published soon in UltraRunning Magazine. Here are a few more examples:

An article I wrote about the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon in Chihuahua, MX was just published at HalogenTV.com: The deep recesses of the Sierra Madre Mountains in Northwestern Mexico form a gnarly maze of twisting gorges known as the Barrancas del Cobre, or Copper Canyon. This vast labyrinth stretches for 28,000 square miles in an [...]

Since I’ve been kickin’ it with the Rarámuri (Tarahumara), an indigenous culture that lives in deep recesses of the Sierra Madre’s Copper Canyon (Northwestern Mexico), I thought it most fitting to spread the word about going barefoot for a good cause. The Rarámuri culture sparked a barefoot running craze after athletes learned this talented running [...]

After listening to more than 25 interviews, I’ve finally submitted what was originally a 2,400 word article that I then slashed to 990 words about the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon to an online client. The client wanted no more than 600 words. Ack! We’ll see if they slash it even more. I feel it’s already [...]

Amidst all the corruption, injustice and profound disappointment in politicians and leaders around the world, I draw much hope and inspiration from organizations like the Invisible Children Movement. The IC is one example that proves there are still masses of people ready to dedicate themselves to justice and peace with a determination that will stop [...]

Falling Whistles an excerpt I had heard.known.cared. I had even reacted and raged. But when these boys told me of the whistle blowers, the horror grew feet and walked within me… Captured by Nkunda’s rebel army, the boys not big enough to hold a gun are given merely a whistle and put on the front [...]

The latest campaign to raise awareness about global hunger from the World Food Program announces that the global population is setting a new record: For the first time in the history of mankind there will be more than one billion people facing chronic starvation at any given moment. Yay us. Becoming a part of the [...]

This years winners of the 2010 Hunger Bites! World Food Program video contest are heading to Guatemala to raise awareness about the country’s underfed population. A recent drought has exacerbated the Guatemalan hunger crisis… Two aspiring filmmakers from Mexico, the grand prize winners of an annual video competition held by the United Nations World Food [...]

In the recesses of the Sierra Madre Mountains in Northwestern Mexico lies the Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon), a natural wonder considered to be yet more spectacular and raw than the Grand Canyon. It is in the gorges, twists and bends of the Barranca del Cobre that the Tarahumara keep their ancient customs and rituals [...]