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Simon began his backcountry powder quest in Chile in 1996, living in a cabin at 2300m in the Chilean Alps for half the winter, then exploring the Southern volcanoes. Since then he’s taken his split board to every other continent but Antarctica, with highlights including Northern British Columbia, the Himalayas, coastal Alaska, Hokkaido, Italy, Andorra and Morocco among others. He moonlights as an organic farmer in the summers, dreaming up yet another winters adventure.
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An on again off again snowbum since 2000, Paul has ridden and lived in Colorado, Lake Tahoe, Hokkaido and the Australian Snowy Mountains where he instructed snowboarding. Restricted to the slopes for much of that time Paul has recently broken off-piste in Hokkaido, a powder junkies paradise. With his backcountry legs found he will be embracing the adventurer spirit and traveling as much as possible to sample the goods. To pay for this life Paul is an English and History high school teacher. |
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Growing up skiing all over New Zealand, Ben ended up in central BC for the best part of 6 years where he explored the endless possibilities of that ski tourer's paradise, racking up 100's of days in the backcountry and finally returning home and is becoming a ski guide back in his native New Zealand. Now living in a cabin surrounded by New Zealand's highest peaks, Ben lives a quiet life of exploring the glaciers of the Southern Alps in winter and summer. |
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| is the lead guide for the 2008 tours. Rated by Powder mag (Dec 2006) as one of the most influential skiers of the past 35 years, Ptor is one of the most experienced ski mountaineers in the world, with 50 first descents to his name from India to Canada, South America to Europe. Based in La Grave, France, Ptor has spent much of the last few winters exploring the Indian and Pakistani Himalayas, including a traverse of the remote Zanskar range in Ladakh/Kashmir, a ski attempt on the Diamir face of Nanga Parbat in 1995 and a first solo ski attempt on Gashot Peak (6800m and nieghbour of Nanga Parbat) in 2006. |
“Spricenieks pushed – and continue to push – the boundaries of ski mountaineering, especially in the realm of descending huge mountain faces. And none was bigger than the most sought after goal of Canada: the first decent of the 55 degree north face of Canada’s Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, completed in 1995”.
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