Stories from the trail, the mountains, and everyday life —about people, purpose, and the beautiful in between.
ENTER THE STORY ↓This is the other side of my life—mountains, faith, roots, roads, struggle, solitude, people, mistakes, and everything that shaped the man behind the work.
Some experiences become memories. Others become part of who you are.
I learned too young that adults can normalize things a child should never have to carry. The outdoors became more than scenery; it became one of the first places where I could breathe, observe, and begin forming a self that did not belong to the chaos around me.
READ CHAPTEROne slip on a beautiful, unforgiving mountain changed the direction of everything. The fall ended an Everest plan, injured my body, and forced me into a different kind of climb—the long internal work of accepting what happened without letting it become the end of the story.
READ CHAPTERUnderstanding where I come from changed how I understand myself. Reclaiming my name is not about inventing a new person; it is about bringing history, ancestry, memory, and intention into the same identity and refusing to leave pieces of myself behind.
MOUNTAINS. TRAILS. WILDERNESS. ENDURANCE.
STAY LOCO, HIKE ON!
HEAD FOR THE MOUNTAINS →LOCOHIKER.COMGod, prayer, creation, gratitude, struggle, purpose — and one unexpected road through Buddhism that eventually led me to Christ.
WALK WITH MEFamily. Michoacán. Purépecha ancestry. Identity, language, food, history, land, and belonging.
FOLLOW THE ROOTSSometimes the destination matters. Sometimes what happens getting there matters more.
GET ON THE ROAD →Because life doesn't only happen above the tree line.
Not the résumé. Not the technology profile. The person behind the trail name, the mountains, the faith, the roots, and the life outside the work.
MEET CAZONCITHERE'S A WHOLE WORLD OUTSIDE.
