We’ve been doing our best to get in shape for our climb of Cotopaxi. In the beginning, Eric tried swimming laps at the local pool and Karyn was doing yoga every day. We eventually realized that we needed a bigger challenge and have been climbing in the nearby Bridger Mountains almost daily with our dog Miller.

Here are some pictures of us doing a popular Bozeman, Montana hike called the “College M” because of a distinctive 250 ft “M” that the MSU students arrange in white rocks each spring when the snow melts. Right now it’s covered in snow, but this is what it looks like in the summer.

This is the beautiful Bridger Range as it looks now, covered in snow.

That’s our car way down there!

View from the top. Gallatin Valley, Montana

Unfortunately, Miller won’t be joining us in Ecuador. But he’s enjoying training with us all the same.