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Cynthia Aguilar Gomez

Celebrating Black History Month

This month Itacate is celebrating Black History by curating and sharing some of our favorite individuals making a difference in the outdoors!

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Martha Díaz
Best Food for Ragnar Trail, Latinx Edition

Best Food for Ragnar Trail, Latinx Edition

So, you signed up for a Ragnar Trail run this season, you’ve been training and now you’re working on the logistics of your camp setup for you and your team, but what will you eat and what will you actually WANT to eat during your 24+ hours at camp?  When camping at the event we recommend  that you bring your own food to prepare and eat because while there is food available for sale at Ragnar Trail races, it is not the best idea to fully rely on concessions for all of your nutritional needs. You’ll want to bring plenty of...

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Martha Díaz
Introducing Itacate Latin Backpacking Meals

Introducing Itacate Latin Backpacking Meals

After a much awaited arrival, we are happy to announce that our Itacate meals are now available for purchase as of September 2022! We are so happy to be able to diversify the backcountry menu by bringing Latin food to this category! We started with Mexican backpacking food because that’s the cuisine that we know best   Our three meals available for purchase are:  Charge-up Chilaquiles Sunset Caldo Campsite Lentejas   We chose these meals because they bring us comfort away from home, these are the meals that we craved and fantasized about for years when we were in the...

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Martha Díaz
Día de los Muertos: A Day of Culture and Remembrance 

Día de los Muertos: A Day of Culture and Remembrance 

A holiday rich in culture and rememberance, Día de los Muertos takes place every year on November 1-2. In this blog post I tell a cross-border story of how my grandmother and I set up our ofrendas at home and remember our loved ones who left us much too soon. Que descansen en paz nuestros muertitos, Martha Yolanda Díaz

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