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in the summer of 2005 we drove from chicago to chihuahua where we stepped into the belly of the beast known as ‘el chepe’ –  the big barreling fireball of metal that rolled slow and delivered us to ‘la barranca del cobre’ — the seemingly once dessicated gash in the earth where life turned liquid, [...]

rarámuri running huarache

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with the kind direction of barefoot ted and some scrap leather and rubber, i made these huaraches based on the indigenous design of the rarámuri (tarahumara) — some of the greatest people and runners of the world. in canyons of northern méxico, in shoes similar to these, the rarámuri practice the art of distance running. [...]