| Tarahumaras
Win Colorado Race In August. California Native guides Doug Stewart and Lynn Reinecke escorted a team of seven Tarahumara Indians from Mexico's Copper Canyon to Leadville, Colorado. where they competed against 294 runners from around the world in the Leadville Trail 100, a one hundred mile ultra-marathon race. The annual race begins and ends at Leadville, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, and follows a punishing mountain course which winds through the Sawatch Range, twice rising to an altitude of 12,600 feet. This years runners were further handicapped by cold rain. Competing against highly trained runners in high-tech running shoes, the |
Tarahumaras, with no special
training, ran in sandals made from discarded tires, which Lynn and Doug
salvaged from the Leadville dump. Instead of running shorts they wore their
traditional costumes. Victoriana Churro, a 55 year old Tarahumara, won the race with a 40 minute lead. Tarahumaras Cenildo Chacarito, 38, and Manuel Luna, 30, placed second and fifth. Chuffo's winning time was 20 hours, two minutes and 33 seconds. This was the first time these people had left their native state of Chihuahua and, during the trip, they discovered a new favorite food: pizza. During the race, they kept up their energy with a more traditional Tarahumara food, pinole, ground cornmeal mixed with water. |
The cave-dwelling Tarahumara people
number around 60,000 and grow up running on the steep mountain trails amidst
the spectacular scenery of Copper Canyon. Four times the size of Arizona's
Grand Canyon and almost 300 feet deeper, Copper Canyon is located in Northern
Mexico's Sierra Madres.
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JOHN VITZ has virtually a complete set of Sierra Club Bulletin magazines starting from late 1966. He would like to get rid of them and is offering them to any DPS member who wants them. He also has many issues of OUTSIDE magazine and also the NPCA and WILDERNESS SOCIETY magazines. If interested please call John during the day (8am to 4pm) at 310-812-0436. |
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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Introduction
The Bureau of Land Management has initiated a program of monthly earth science field trips to points of ecological, geologic, paleontologic and historic interest throughout central California. These trips are designed for persons of high school age and older. It is not necessary to have a technical background to attend or benefit from the trips.
These field trips are recommended for teachers and many of them can be taken for in-service continuing education credit through California State University Bakersfield. Each trip includes a full spectrum of environmental and land management topics.
The field trips are conducted using buses or vans. Private vehicles are not used except in special circumstances. A field guide is prepared for each trip which includes maps and directions which can be used by anyone for self-guided investigation of the ecology along the field trip route.
To register for trips, call Dr. Gregg Wilkerson at 805-861-4210 or send the registration form below.
FIELD TRIP SUMMARIES AND 1993-1994 SCHEDULE
| Ecology of the San Joaquin Valley: Westside Stratigraphy | Sun. Dec. 5 |
The ecology and geology of Wheeler Ridge, White Wolf Fault,