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he aintS xprEss Thet Employee Newsletter of Lurleen S B. Wallace Community College E March 2017 Hainds continues US/Mexico boarder walk By: MARK HAINDS Forest Technology Faculty after two decades working dual positions with auburn University and the Longleaf alliance, i resigned my jobs and walked the length of the texas- Mexico Border. if one followed every twist and turn in the Rio Grande River, it would measure 1,200 miles. i took the road or trail or closest to the Rio Grande, for a distance of 1,010 miles. it started on Oct. 27, 2014, at international Mile Marker #1 in el Paso, texas, and finished at Boca Chica Beach, just east of Brownsville, on Dec.21, 2014. incidentally, my trek was fol- lowed and documented by Rex Jones of the southern Documentary project at Ole Miss. after a one-month author-in- residence position at the escape Mark Hainds is pictured on the second leg of his boarder walk, completing 300 miles last December. to Create Foundation in Seaside, Florida, roughing out a manu- done with me! Mexico Border. owe them a huge debt of grati- script with the working title, i re-engaged my endurance this trek has been complicat- tude, a debt that i intend to pay Border Walk, i returned to training, hiking weekends and ed, challenging, and dangerous. with upcoming books about the andalusia and started working at evenings through 2016. But more than anything, it has trek, which should provide a fas- LBW as the Forest technology Returning to el Paso on the been a rewarding experience of a cinating and honest portrayal of instructor in august, 2015.
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