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\u201cThe way you choose to travel changes the way you see a place and the way a place sees you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Creative Runner’ Rickey Gates has ran across America<\/a> and down Every Single Street <\/a>in San Francisco, where will he run next? Rickey Gates\u2019s creative running projects take him and sometimes unsuspecting guests near and far \u2014 always off the beaten path. The whole time looking for patterns and creating stories, which are uniquely more than just about running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My journey into the creative mind of Rickey Gates to discover what he is running towards and why he loves running in Japan?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rickey Gates feeling the strain and heat from the desert while running across America.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wake up in one mountain HUT, RUN to the next HUT \u2014 eat, sleep \u2014 wake up, do it all again and do it with a group of friends. The pattern goes like this and I wanted to join… Where can I sign up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancelled you say!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately and for the second year running \u2014no pun intended\u2014  Hut Run Hut Japan is cancelled. I had hopes of joining Rickey Gates, Anna Frost and their twenty \u2014suckers for punishment\u2014 guests as they fastpack their way through the Hida Mountain Range (Northern Japan Alps). Not as a guest myself, they’d likely be too fast for my old legs, but as an explorer hopping to catch sight of these curious running creatures far from home. What brings Rickey so far from his local Rocky Mountains to this small volcanic island we call Japan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rickey, a Salomon sponsored professional athlete has not only competed in trail and mountain running races around the world \u2014from racing the Tarahumara in the Copper Canyons<\/a>, navigating the steep trails of Mont Blanc to surviving the fells (English mountains) and f<\/a>ell-runners <\/a>(English mountain runners) of the Lake District\u2014 he has designed and documented some of the most creatives ways to run and more importantly found unique ways to learn about the places he\u2019s run through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rickey running across the desert with a makeshift golf cart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These running adventures from hut to hut grew from Rickey\u2019s love of the mountain huts system in and around his hometown of Aspen, Colorado. Growing up he worked for the non-profit 10th Mountain Division Hut Association<\/a>; a collection of some thirteen unmanned cabins 7-8 miles \u2014easy running distance\u2014 apart. Since high school he\u2019d dreamt of doing a lightweight run between them. About eight years ago, this adventurous high-schooler\u2019s dream became a reality. He\u2019s been doing Hut Run Hut Colorado<\/a> regularly ever since and after an inspirational trip to Japan he added Hut Run Hut Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPhysical challenge in natural environments is a unique part of their practice.\u201d \u2014 Nihon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That inspirational trip was in 2015, visiting Japan for the first time with Anna to film the Salomon TV short film: Nihon<\/a>. On this eye-opening trip, while filming in the Japanese alps around Hakuba and meeting the Buddhist monks of Kii Peninsula (home of the famous Kumano Kod\u014d pilgrimage routes) Rickey began to imagine a Japanese version of Hut Run Hut. The volcanic mountains of Japan and their huts caught his imagination. Although the mountain huts or yamagoya<\/em> here in Japan are different from that of his home mountains; bigger and manned in Japan \u2014 smaller unmanned in the Rockies. One key feature was the same. The pattern of huts spread out across the natural landscape spaced about 10km apart. With food and beds provided, it was easy for them to imagine fastpacking through this network carrying only the essentials. And at the end of each day arriving at a new hut, taking off your running shoes, putting on rubber slippers and enjoying the local hospitality. It was in one hut like this, during that first late Autumn visit, that he, Anna and Shinya, their local guide, had the idea of bringing Hut Run Hut to Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna Frost running in the Japanese Alps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since that first trip he loved so much, he\u2019s been figuring out ways to return. Finally in October 2019, four years later, he returned with guest from around the world in tow eager to experience running in the Japanese mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNo Women Admitted\u201d Anna Frost sad that she can\u2019t run on the trail to Omine Mountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cBe humble and be kind to others\u201c \u2014 Nihon. Anna Frost with a Buddhist monk changing traditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


\u201cTo walk across a place is to truly know a place.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Still this was before I knew Rickey or Hut Run Hut. I first became curious watching a seventeen minute film about this funny guy with a handlebar moustache, running around San Francisco. He called his project Every Single Street<\/a> and that was exactly what he was doing… Well not exactly… it was more than just the physical act of running, ticking off or drawing a line along every street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rickey on his creative quest to run Every Single Street in San Francisco.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This creative project \u2014yes creative\u2014 was designed in such a way that it literally forced Rickey to engage with San Francisco \u2014to use his words\u2014 \u201cextremely intimately\u201d. A new way to experience an American city and cities in general. Learning along the way that he didn\u2019t know the city as well as he had thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rickey with every street in San Francisco behind him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The film shows Rickey sleeping in his van each night to save time and needless repetition. As the days passed Rickey would pick out certain things, paying attention to them throughout the day \u2014\u201clike a treasure hunt\u201d he told me\u2014 it was a way for him to make sense of the landscape. Tracing a line around the city, meeting people, stopping to listen to their stories, taking their photographs and photographs of patterns he found along the ways. Marks of subcultures previously unseen or evidence of social change and individual struggles. Often confronted by sights which our natural daily tendency is to divert our eyes from and avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, during this project Rickey paid attention to these things for better or worse, slowly noticing patterns the streets were showing him. Allowing himself to see<\/em> even for a few seconds. Taking in and preserving each moment to truly begin to understand the situation in the city where he also lived. Each another layer to focus attention on and learn about the city and about human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Man with cup \u2014 Every Single Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rickey likes telling stories and the photographs he takes helps him write stories in his imagination, which in turn helps him paint a mental picture of a city, a picture of America. Of course he doesn\u2019t know for certain the true<\/em> stories behind the patterns, but collecting the photographs creates a visual representation of his journey and by showing them to others \u2014if they are interested\u2014 his hope is that they will think about what they mean and in doing so create a story for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patterns of San Francisco \u2014 Every Single Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The more I got to know about the why of Rickey\u2019s running projects the more fascinated I became. Finding similarities to my own way of exploring and understanding the world we live in. By noticing patterns, taking photographs and making stories we start to make connections, start to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These patterns are evident in his book Cross Country<\/a> documenting his 3700-mile-long run \u2014and stand-up paddle boarding\u2014 across America from Charleston in South Carolina to San Francisco (5954km). This, along with the intimate film Transamericana<\/a> of the same adventure, exhibits his unique creative approach to running and storytelling. I learnt from him that running \u2014a journey\u2014 is a creative medium, not only to get closer to a city or country, but a medium to know oneself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rickey somewhere in the desert running across America.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was curious: for someone who could literally run anywhere \u2014 why run in Japan? I sent Rickey an email and he agreed to zoom with me the following week. As the sun rose above the horizon and my cat \u2014fashionably unimpressed\u2014 sleeping in the sunlight beside me. I got to know the kind-hearted and profoundly creative Rickey Gates a little more and what was it about Japan that compels him to return?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We talked for over an hour about his running, creativity and what motivates him to do these projects. He showed me his collection of dirt<\/a> from around the world and I met Maybe the dog (Maybe is the dog’s name… that confused me too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoom chat with Rickey and Maybe the dog. His dirt collection behind them on the wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When we spoke about Japan his face lit up with enthusiasm. He remembers the truly wonderful mountains and the fantastic huts he\u2019d visited. One called Hakuba Sanso<\/a> that sleeps nearly 1000 people if you include campers… \u201cunbelievable\u201d. But it was the Japanese culture, the kindness, politeness & respect of the people he met \u2014especially on the trails\u2014 that he remembers the most and keeps him wanting to return each year. \u201cIt\u2019s special,\u201d he said and I agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rickey running the Kumano Kod\u014d, Kii Peninsula, Japan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Enjoying the view from Hakuba Sanso Mountain Hut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


\u201cAn edible multi-sensual experience.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


There was one more thing which he loved… the food… yes the food! He recalls having some of the most amazing meals of his life while visiting Japan. Marvelled by the many small dishes and bowls of seasonal delicacies, how they bestow a beautiful meditative element to the meal. Describing kaiseki<\/em> perfectly as \u201can edible multi-sensual experience\u201d. This alone is more than enough to warrant a return visit for runners and travellers alike. To be able to find culture and athleticism in one place (and the food), there is nothing like Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Approaching the Hakuba-Ooike Hut for the first time while filming \u2018Nihon\u2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I asked about the type of guests who join his trips in Japan and wondered if any local Japanese runners participated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It hasn\u2019t happened yet, but he would love it if it did. Having brought runners from around the world to Japan he now has an idea to invite Japanese trail runners to the United States. On an exhausting crazy Bus Run Bus adventure introducing some of his favourite National Parks and cities. A zany cultural exchange programme for runners. Rickey explains that Bus Run Bus<\/a> is similar to Hut Run Hut, with days spent running and nights \u2014instead of sleeping in huts\u2014 everyone attempts<\/em> to sleep on a bus, while it carries them through the night from National Park to National Park… and Las Vegas! Yep, I did say it\u2019s a little crazy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, not having visited the National Parks myself or Las Vegas, I immediately wanted to join! I wondered if Rickey had any plans for his next big creative project. More specifically if he was planning one in Japan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a matter of fact, he has. It\u2019s now been almost five years since his run across America and ever since he\u2019s been thinking about which country to run across next. Both the United Kingdom or Japan come to mind, as by their very essence being islands, they have unique cultures and landscapes to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n



\u201cBeing on my own is very important for my creative process.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Inspired by the Book: \u2018The Roads to Sata\u2019 where author Alan Booth walked from north to south Japan in 1977, Rickey aspires to run the length of Japan. He explains that his richest and most creative travel adventures have always been done alone. Yes, it can be scary, but one person is approachable whereas two or more people become a unit who can exist separate from the culture they\u2019re passing through. Alone you simply can\u2019t do that, subsequently you get taken into places and people talk to you, so you have to quickly learn the local language and custom. Immediately you are immersed into the culture you are surrounded by and can focus on the creative process without compromise. He goes on to say that a real adventure doesn\u2019t start until you are about 2 or 3 weeks into a journey. This is when the body and mind get in the pattern of living a different life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running from Cape S\u014dya; the northernmost point of Hokkaido to Cape Sata; southernmost point of Kyushu, would probably take Rickey 8-9 weeks. I smile to myself imagining the reactions of the local people he would meet along the way. And wonder what patterns and places he will see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe sooner we realise we can\u2019t be more than one person at one time, the sooner we become content being the person that we are\u201d \u2014 Rickey, Transamericana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


\u201cSuccess is a constant journey towards happiness.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


As my time with Rickey was coming to an end, I realized that there was no way I would be able to get through all my questions. So before letting him go I had to choose one final question. I asked what his image of success was?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years and after countless adventures, Rickey has wondered what his \u2014life\u2014 purpose was many times. Yet, he has never been able come up with a clear answer. Nevertheless, he\u2019s happy with the way his life is, ending up in a very good place. He now knows better not to stop and question what his purpose is, but to keep moving forward in acceptance. It\u2019s what running long distances is all about and what life is all about… just keep moving. \u201cMy dog Maybe doesn\u2019t have a purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days his definition of success is moving towards happiness. Everything else is almost nonessential. From years living the shoestring runner\u2019s lifestyle and seeing different cultures and people from varied economic backgrounds. He\u2019s learned that money isn\u2019t everything. Success is a constant journey towards happiness… always a movement… always a practice. A constant journey to get to know yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…and so it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n




James Gibson<\/strong>
In a time where human actions are ever more interconnected and reciprocal, James \u2014through travel, photography, film and creative writing\u2014 is exploring the topics of \u2018design your life\u2019, \u2018do-nothing design\u2018 and \u2018well-being\u2019 from a viewpoint of natural regenerative design. The whole time asking the question: Do you know what good health \u2014micro to macro\u2014 feels like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All photographs courtesy of Rickey Gates – Copyright Rickey Gates 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find Rickey Gates 
Instagram: @rickeygates<\/a>
Twitter: @rickeygates<\/a>
Homepage: www.rickeygates.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find James Gibson<\/a>
Instagram: @bigson2000<\/a>
Homepage: www.arukari.co<\/a>
Sign up to his email newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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