Holmstrom Joins Primal Quest
Posted on 07/31/07 10:45 PM| by Brian Knight
Primal Quest is happy to announce that photojournalist and race director Tim Holmstrom, a member of the PQ family from the beginning, has returned for another round of adventure.
Having served as Photo Director for the previous four races Tim is currently designated as “Race Management,” a catch-all title that allows us to take advantage of his many and varied talents.
Said Primal Quest Director Don Mann, “We are all very excited and fortunate that Tim has joined the PQ Management team. Tim brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in the sport of adventure racing. I have known Tim for many years. He worked with us at an early BEAST, and was one of the main photographers for The Complete Guide to Adventure Racing. As part of the management team, Tim will be contributing in the areas of photography, graphics, course design and race management.”
Since 2005 Tim has also been producing, promoting and staging his own events in Costa Rica and is the Race Director/Event Founder for The Coastal Challenge, Expedition Run, a race going into it’s fourth year in 2008.
Tim will return to Costa Rica in October for The Coastal Experiences, a much kinder and gentler version of The Coastal Challenge and a great way to be introduced to a staged running event.
Tim is also busy working on a couple long-term book projects including one documenting disappearing or endangered indigenous cultures such as the Ainu in Japan or the Inuit in Canada, as well as endangered cultures in Southeast and Central Asia, and Latin America. He also is working on a series of interviews with lighthouse keepers in the United States for a book titled “Light over the Water, a Quiet Way of Living.”
Photo Credit: Dan Campbell
August 1st, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I am very happy to see Tim is returning to Primal Quest.
It was the last year of the Balance Bar 24-Hour adventure in Beaver Creek Colorado where I really got my first chance to talk with Tim. During the brutal white water swimming section on a warm summer afternoon, our team was ordered out of the water due to lightning strikes within 2 kilometers of our position. A sudden storm swept over the tall canyon walls above and pummeled us with marble-sized hail. We stood with the unflinching Tim on the bank and talked in between the thunder and lightning while he continued to collect some of the best photographs of the race, risking damage to some very expensive equipment.
I think his unique understanding of adventure sports and willingness to suffer through the same conditions as the racers to get the best shots makes him a real asset. Those photographs are one the few windows that allows the rest of the world to experience adventure racing.
August 6th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Tim sounds awesome!. exciting!