010 JMK: Barefoot Runner - 4,654km from Canada to Mexico
05/23/21 • 52 min
Joseph Michael Kai-tsu Liu Roqueni (aka JMK) is a Canada-based adventurer and photographer who ran 4,654km solo and semi-barefoot barefoot from Canada to Mexico. Shortly after completing his run, JMK had a life-changing snowboarding accident on Blackcomb. He catapulted through some trees off Zig Zag and shattered his femur in four pieces, fractured and compressed his spine and suffered a brain concussion. This injury resulted in some serious mental health struggles.
JMK is now well into his recovery and will be running from the tip of the Arctic Circle through the Yukon this summer to continue his mission to Run2theEnd. JMK uses his adventure running to help improve the educational opportunities of low-income children through fundraising and generally raising awareness. Some charities include Pathways to Education in Canada; Edible Schoolyard in the US, and Acortar Distancias Institution in Mexico.
JMK's next adventure will raise awareness and funds in support of mental health in men.
Follow his updates: @runningtotheendoftheworld / @run2theend / www.run2theend.com
Hosted by: @beckylucyking
Thinking Off-Piste is brought to you by Mabey Ski, a Whistler-based adventure ski company creating bucket list ski trips across the globe. If you’re looking to get off the beaten track and away from the crowds, head over to mabeyski.com to discover what lies beyond your lift pass.
Joseph Michael Kai-tsu Liu Roqueni (aka JMK) is a Canada-based adventurer and photographer who ran 4,654km solo and semi-barefoot barefoot from Canada to Mexico. Shortly after completing his run, JMK had a life-changing snowboarding accident on Blackcomb. He catapulted through some trees off Zig Zag and shattered his femur in four pieces, fractured and compressed his spine and suffered a brain concussion. This injury resulted in some serious mental health struggles.
JMK is now well into his recovery and will be running from the tip of the Arctic Circle through the Yukon this summer to continue his mission to Run2theEnd. JMK uses his adventure running to help improve the educational opportunities of low-income children through fundraising and generally raising awareness. Some charities include Pathways to Education in Canada; Edible Schoolyard in the US, and Acortar Distancias Institution in Mexico.
JMK's next adventure will raise awareness and funds in support of mental health in men.
Follow his updates: @runningtotheendoftheworld / @run2theend / www.run2theend.com
Hosted by: @beckylucyking
Thinking Off-Piste is brought to you by Mabey Ski, a Whistler-based adventure ski company creating bucket list ski trips across the globe. If you’re looking to get off the beaten track and away from the crowds, head over to mabeyski.com to discover what lies beyond your lift pass.
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Beat Steiner is the co-owner of the world-class heli-ski operator, Bella Coola Heli-Sports. The company, which Mabey Ski works in close partnership with, offers multi-day heli-skiing and heli-boarding adventures on over 3,250,000 acres of wilderness. It is also the first, and only, climate positive heli-ski operator in the world – tracking and measuring their greenhouse gas emissions, and purchasing offsets to protect old-growth forests in British Columbia (BC). In doing so, Bella Coola has been voted the World's Best Heli Ski Operation for 4 years running.
Guest adventurer: Beat Steiner from @bellacoolahelisports / bellacoolaheliskiing
Hosted by: @beckylucyking
Thinking Off-Piste is brought to you by Mabey Ski, a Whistler-based adventure ski company creating bucket list ski trips across the globe. If you’re looking to get off the beaten track and away from the crowds, head over to mabeyski.com to discover what lies beyond your lift pass.
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Aaron Rolph is a full-time adventure athlete and photographer based between London and the French Alps.
Follow his updates: @aaronrolph / @britishadventurecollective
Hosted by: @beckylucyking
Thinking Off-Piste is brought to you by Mabey Ski, a Whistler-based adventure ski company creating bucket list ski trips across the globe. If you’re looking to get off the beaten track and away from the crowds, head over to mabeyski.com to discover what lies beyond your lift pass.
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