Semana Santa: The Painted Diablos of Guadalupe Coronado
Photos from my return trip to the barrancas where I danced with painted devils. A written account of my experience to come… in the meantime enjoy the photos: To view the entire collection click here.
More Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon Photos
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:
Copper Canyon Ultra Article Published on HalogenTV.com
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 [...]
Mind Scraps: Rarámuri (Tarahumara) Photo Overload
I can’t say Mind Scraps will be too interesting for the next few days. I’m not doing much more than plugging away at the hundreds of photos from my trip into the Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). View the first of several batches on Flickr:
Beyond Nat Geo: Tales of the Tarahumara
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 [...]
What Makes a Rarámuri a Rarámuri?
They observe the ceremonies. They protect the forest. They run. “At the heart of who they are is running,” Will Harlan. “Where we see giving as something extra or something that you should get praise for, to the Rarámuri, giving is just so ingrained in who they are that it’s not something that you have [...]
The Tarahumara: Truth Speakers and Champions of Women’s Rights?
In preparation for my trip to the Copper Canyon in Mexico early this March, digging up more info about the intriguing Tarahumara: Perhaps the purest and most unmixed of any Indian tribe in Mexico, so little is known about them that their true name “Raramuri” was corrupted to “Tarahumara” by white men and never corrected. [...]
Mind Scraps: Bound for Mexico
Bob came by for lunch. He has treated me several times so this time I cooked him a veggie stir-fry with my infamous salad. Of course, I’ve learned yet more about Bob and his most interesting life pursuits. Looking forward to kicking it with him this weekend before I go. *** Had an invigorating swim [...]
Mind Scraps: The Legendary Tarahumara
It’s been all about delving deep into the rabbit hole today. I’ve been investigating a visit to the Chihuahua region of Mexico. I knew next to nothing about Mexico’s largest state/department before this morning. Now, I am pretty darn stoked about the region’s highlights: 1. Home to Mexico’s two largest waterfalls – one of which [...]
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