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| − | Micah True, also known as Caballo Blanco, features in [[Christopher McDougall]]s book [[Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen|Born To Run]]. Caballo was the race director of the 50 mile [[Copper Canyon Ultramarathon]] in Mexico. | + | [[File:Caballo_blanco.jpg|right]]Born in 1954 as born Michael Randall Hickman, Micah True, also known as Caballo Blanco, features in [[Christopher McDougall]]s book [[Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen|Born To Run]]. Caballo was the race director of the 50 mile [[Copper Canyon Ultramarathon]] in Mexico. |
| − | ==Death== | + | ===Death=== |
On Tuesday, 2012 March 27, Micah True, left from the Gila Wilderness Lodge in New Mexico for a morning run, and never returned. Saturday evening, March 31, Micah's body was found by the side of a stream, about a mile south east of the Gila Cliff Dwellings. | On Tuesday, 2012 March 27, Micah True, left from the Gila Wilderness Lodge in New Mexico for a morning run, and never returned. Saturday evening, March 31, Micah's body was found by the side of a stream, about a mile south east of the Gila Cliff Dwellings. | ||
A memorial website has been set up to encourage donations and support for the continuation of the Copper Canyon Ultramarathon which supports the Raramuri community through grain supplies. | A memorial website has been set up to encourage donations and support for the continuation of the Copper Canyon Ultramarathon which supports the Raramuri community through grain supplies. | ||
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"We are the Messengers, fueled by the Message. When the Message is of Peace, Truth, Beauty, and Love, we will always have the strength to find our way home, on this, our beautiful Mother Earth." | "We are the Messengers, fueled by the Message. When the Message is of Peace, Truth, Beauty, and Love, we will always have the strength to find our way home, on this, our beautiful Mother Earth." | ||
| − | ==Video== | + | ===Video=== |
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o15Ibc0Bvo Caballo Blanco@WRR Part 1 of 3] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o15Ibc0Bvo Caballo Blanco@WRR Part 1 of 3] | ||
| − | ==Website== | + | ===Articles=== |
| + | *[http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/running/trail-running/On-The-Trail-Of-The-White-Horse.html?page=1 On the Trail of the White Horse Christopher McDougall] | ||
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| + | ===Website=== | ||
*[http://www.caballoblanco.com/ Caballo Blanco] | *[http://www.caballoblanco.com/ Caballo Blanco] | ||
*[http://caballoblanco.org/ Micah True Memorial] | *[http://caballoblanco.org/ Micah True Memorial] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:41, 13 April 2012
Born in 1954 as born Michael Randall Hickman, Micah True, also known as Caballo Blanco, features in Christopher McDougalls book Born To Run. Caballo was the race director of the 50 mile Copper Canyon Ultramarathon in Mexico.
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Death
On Tuesday, 2012 March 27, Micah True, left from the Gila Wilderness Lodge in New Mexico for a morning run, and never returned. Saturday evening, March 31, Micah's body was found by the side of a stream, about a mile south east of the Gila Cliff Dwellings. A memorial website has been set up to encourage donations and support for the continuation of the Copper Canyon Ultramarathon which supports the Raramuri community through grain supplies.
"We are the Messengers, fueled by the Message. When the Message is of Peace, Truth, Beauty, and Love, we will always have the strength to find our way home, on this, our beautiful Mother Earth."
