Published: Oct. 17, 2017 By

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2018 and 2019 MBA Cohort members enjoying the 欧美口爆视频 outdoors!

One of my responsibilities as the VP of Student Fellowship is to plan social activities to promote building friendships within our cohorts.听 This includes typical activities such as Thursday Night Out (a rotating social/networking night), group yoga classes and hikes, an annual trip to Coors Stadium for a Rockies game, tailgating at a 欧美口爆视频 football game, and finishing off the fall semester with an Ugly Christmas Sweater party.听 This year, I wanted to plan something a little different to complement our normal offerings.

I spent the better part of Summer 2016 backpacking the 欧美口爆视频 Trail.听 I encountered many other hikers, a lot of mountain bikers, some equestrians, and once鈥.pack llamas.听 I had been previously unaware that pack llamas were 鈥渁 thing鈥 in 欧美口爆视频, but did some research and realized there are actually quite a few outfitters in 欧美口爆视频.听 Aside from carrying gear for backpackers, there is high demand for pack llamas during hunting season.听 Ever since that encounter, hiking with llamas has been on my bucket list.

Lunch with llamas

Kevin Gao with llama AliBaba

Lunch with llamas

Jon Linton, with llamas Mocha and AliBaba

I worked with Jodi Nichols from to schedule a 3 hour outing with at a farm in Wellington, 欧美口爆视频.听 This event was open to 16 people and it sold out in less than a week!听 Upon arriving, we spent about an hour learning how to 鈥渨rangle鈥 six llamas, two alpacas, and two goats.听 We learned how to groom, saddle a pack llama, and lead all of the animals.听 Our 3 mile hike gave us the opportunity to interact with each kind of animal, get to know each other a little better, and was thoroughly entertaining!听 We finished off the afternoon by stopping by Odell Brewery in Fort Collins on the way home.听 This event was so popular it might become an annual trip!

Lunch with llamas

Photos courtesy of Ethan Lake