Sumi
Tucson, Arizona
Trail runner, ultrarunner, and desert storyteller weaving the light, rock, and sound of the Catalina Mountains into film, words, and motion.
Selected work from the mountains, desert, and beyond — still frames and moving light tracing the rhythm of the landscape and the people within it.
Projects
Three ongoing projects — one landscape. Trails, maps, stories, and the web work that supports it all.
Trails, routes, creek levels, and stories woven into a living guide to one canyon in the Catalina Mountains.
A wider canvas: high desert ridges, canyons, climbing, camping, and 3D maps for the full Catalina range.
A web design and hosting studio building high-performance websites and custom AI solutions for businesses, organizations, and individuals.
I’m Masumi “Sumi” Herota — a trail runner, ultrarunner, and storyteller based in Tucson, Arizona. My work spans endurance, film, and web design, where I explore the intersection between motion, landscape, and creation. I run PXLUX, my web design and hosting studio, and I founded two ongoing not-for-profit projects — Sabino Canyon Hike & Run and Catalina Mountains — both dedicated to celebrating the natural spaces that shape who we are.