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Frigid hikes, digging ice caves, climbing mountains: How Colts' Jonathan Taylor prepared for the season

WESTFIELD, Ind. -- Camping was something Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor had never experienced in the first 21-plus years of his life.

Not while growing up on the East Coast.

Not while staring at the University of Wisconsin.

But Taylor -- months removed from a rookie season in which he rushed for 1,169 yards and 11 touchdowns -- decided he wanted his first camping experience.

This wasn’t a camping trip that included warm summer temperatures, sitting around a campfire roasting s'mores or jumping in a lake to stay cool.

It was the opposite.