I am joining Raxa Collective’s creative communications here at the request of La Paz Group, for which I have worked in the past—I have no doubt this will stretch me in new and interesting ways just as my last round of work with that team did. Having enjoyed the posts of the other contributors here, I should note that I am neither in Nicaragua, nor India; nor am I an intern.  But my goals are aligned with the goals of this site in ways I will try to demonstrate here in my first post.  First, I know some of the other bloggers—I was a neighbor to Amie Inman and Milo Inman for the first half of 2010, they in “casa roja” while I was a few steps away in “casa amarilla”.  In fact, our homes were within 50 miles of the southern-most tip of land in the Americas.  Second, Michael and I have something in common in that I graduated from Amherst College and I know very well what senior year is going to be like for him.  More on that another time.  The others I have gotten to know only through their writing, but I am glad to be part of a diverse team.

Back to my neighbors in South America now.  I arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile, in October of 2009 dirty, teary-eyed from lack of sleep, and a bit frightened of my near incompetent Spanish.  These insecurities, however, left me quickly as I realized that I had arrived in Southern Patagonia, ready for adventure as a liaison between LPG and the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, a race that is considered by adventure athletes as one of the last true adventure races left in the world. Continue reading →