Climbing mountains is a monumental task in itself, not to mention scaling those peaks blind.

One Missoulian is training to be the first blind man to complete both Mount Rainier (Tahoma) and Baker (Koma Kulshan) in a season.

"Everybody looks at how beautiful the mountains are from down below. My theory was I want to see what they look like from the top down," Michael Tucker said, reflecting on starting his climbing career.

For Tucker, his journey of chasing summits started in Missoula.

"I've lived here for 40 years in Missoula and never climbed the M, until, about four years ago, my daughter said, 'Dad, let's do this,' and I thought it was amazing and I just kept going higher after that," Tucker detailed.

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