Fund Supporter Dave Rogers Heads into the GR10, A Rough Hiking Trail in the Pyrenees, to Raise Awareness About the American Indian College Fund

Aug 22, 2011 | Blog, Inside the College Fund

The local cattle don’t like interlopers on the Pyrenees trail!

Rogers entering the Pyrenees trekking trail.

Dave Rogers has posted this photo of himself entering the wild mounts of the Ariege in the Pyrenees Mountains on the first week of his Pyrenees Challenge Trek.

Dave Rogers has posted this photo of himself entering the wild mounts of the Ariege in the Pyrenees Mountains on the first week of his Pyrenees Challenge Trek. Dave’s trip was cut short last year after bad weather and sore knees. This year he plans to finish where he left off. Dave raised $100,000 for American Indian student scholarships for the Fund last August.

“The local cattle don’t like interlopers on the Pyrenees trail,” Dave says.

The local cattle don’t like interlopers on the Pyrenees trail!

The local cattle don’t like interlopers on the Pyrenees trail!

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