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    RIP Micah True

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...83001R20120401

    Micah "Caballo Blanco" True had been missing since Tuesday and, sadly, his body was found yesterday. Sad times.

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    Re: RIP Micah True

    yeah just read this on twitter:

    Chris McDougall@McDougallChriscaballo had the only funeral he would have wanted: his friends spent days running in the wilderness in his honor.

    That is sad. He was an inspiring runner.
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    Re: RIP Micah True

    "think: easy, light, smooth and fast."
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    Re: RIP Micah True

    a sad day indeed

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    Re: RIP Micah True

    This is really sad news. I knew Micah briefly. He stayed with me when he gave a talk in Chester last summer about his life, running and the Raramuri people. He was a very individual man who certainly lived his life his own way. When he stayed with me we found a lot in common but that I would never have the courage to up sticks that way and just run and live in the mountains. He did a lot for the Raramuri indians and lived his life by his own values. I had planned to travel to Mexico next March to see him again and run in his Copper canyon race. I regret, now, not having done it this year.

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    Re: RIP Micah True

    was really saddened to hear this news. I went to hear him speak when he came to Chester and, like many others found him very inspirational. Sad times.

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    Really shocked to read this earlier today. The McDougall book is truly inspiring and Micah's life even more so. Caught him on his speaking tour last summer in York - really down to earth; rejected all the commercialisation and profiteering by those who wanted to cash-in on his story and the lives of those he loved and respected. A man who truly loved the simplicity of life and the simplicity of running.

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    Re: RIP Micah True

    Missed this yesterday, sad news indeed!

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    Re: RIP Micah True

    Yep a real shame indeed. When I first read about what he did, it was before I had read the book. I am a real sceptic and to be perfectly straight, my initial thoughts were 'what's his angle?'.

    Then I read more about him and his background and finally read the book, the reverse of what most people do; I had to change my take on him completely.

    He was certainly a very engaging character, more so than Chris McDougall, Barefoot Ted and the other runners in the book.

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    Last edited by silentrunner; 03-04-2012 at 05:32 PM.
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    Re: RIP Micah True

    Funnily enough I was reading an article about him in a few weeks ago (http://fellmonkey.blogspot.co.uk/201...lo-blanco.html). The article mentioned that he commented that he barely recognized the "Caballo Blanco" character in the book. It appears there were quite a few liberties taken about the uniqueness of the race featured in the book and some of the characters in it.
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