The website Gear Junkie recently created a list of 110 outdoor ambassadors who have ‘made a difference’.
Micah True is #99 and the website has this to say about the White horse:
“Perhaps the first trail running bum, True was an unusual suspect to inspire the recent barefoot-running movement. But when True invited Christopher McDougall to Mexico’s Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon, he became a central figure in McDougall’s book, “Born To Run,” illuminating the minimal running techniques of the Tarahumara people. True passed away on a run in New Mexico’s Gila Desert in 2012, and now the Copper Canyon race has been renamed in True’s memory as Ultramarathon Caballo Blanco.”
“When Christopher McDougall traveled to Mexico’s remote Copper Canyon region to study the Tarahumara, he hoped to answer a simple question: “why does my foot hurt?” When he published his findings in the instant classic “Born to Run,” he created a paradigm shift that caused runners around the world to rethink everything they thought they knew about the sport.”