Tsunami Survivor Nest

"El tsunami llegó hasta aquí - lo ví venir."

Luis Pereira Toledo, 75 years old, built this tsunami survival perch in his backyard in Los Molles, central Chile. His record is 10 seconds to climb up the ladder. Note his firm grip on the tree trunk. Buena, Don Luis. Source: lun.com

The Cove - Sweded

* The Cove movie is awesome, in all of its forms:



>>> www.thecovemovie.com

The Miracle of Walking

Good News from Chile:

Several Chilean Santiaguino friends of mine are osteopathic doctors, craniosacral therapists, and emotional trauma specialists. I sent them down to the earthquake epicenter to work in the makeshift medical clinic there to help out with their unique medical gifts. They wrote me over the weekend with this amazing story:

"On Saturday, our last day of work in the area, the three of us drove in the ambulance to Mata del Boldo to see a woman who, since the earthquake, has been sitting in a chair unable to move due to severe emotional trauma brought on by the violence of the earthquake. We spoke with her at length, treated her with massage and therapy work and slowly we took her for a walk around her own house - step by step - and then we got her outside to see the neighborhood! Everyone thought it was a miracle."

Viva Chile.

From a Steep Hill

I just came across this sublime photo of Madeira, taken by my friend and colleague Will Henry from up on a steep hill. It's not an aerial shot of the village you see, it's just a really strenuous uphill hike. This reminds me of tilt-shift photography, but it was taken before that type of photography got so popular. Image circa 2001.

Standing

This is our new Chile tsunami relief film. Adventure, tragedy, hope and humor thrown into post-tsunami Chile:



Click on the video image above to see it on YouTube in a better screen size.

Directed by Angel Marin
Produced by Josh Berry
A film by Save The Waves and PerroRata Producciones.

www.perrorata.cl

Work Week Ahead

We've got our work cut out for us this year in Chile.

Photo: LafkenMapu

Gracias.

Muchísimas gracias to Brushfire Records, Woodshed Films, the Malloys, Nixon, Quiksilver, Billabong, Volcom, Etnies, Patagonia, Insight, Element, Jack Johnson, Rob Machado, Kelly Slater, Shepherd Fairey, Thomas Campbell, Wolfgang Bloch, Geoffrey Ragatz, Chris Burkard, Jeff Johnson, Danny Moder, Alex Kopps, Jackson Browne, Jon Swift, The White Buffalo, Dawes, Andrew Bird AND MANY MORE!

Un abrazo fuerte.

¡FUERZA CHILE!