tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76515863958349874322024-02-19T02:59:32.770-07:00Ian Provo BlogPhotographer, explorer, and outdoorsman based in Utah. Questing for pure experiences through the pursuit of bike, raft, board, ski, and foot powered adventures.Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-36413881186818403622016-02-15T11:23:00.000-07:002016-02-15T11:33:32.342-07:00The powder train didn't stop...It's currently raining at my house, and after a week of hot weather, it seems the powder train has taken a different course. In Utah, we hopped on just before Christmas, and we've been riding that train every day since then. A great start to the winter, although with a complex snowpack always on our mind, we looked for safety in the trees. Steep skiing season is upon us, but I sure hope this thing keeps on chugging. We need the water, and a few more deep days.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><i>"In the spring of 2015, we began another pursuit for big lines and wild fish. Once again, our direction was north to Alaska, just as it was 3 years ago on our first trip to capture steelhead and spines. Since then, our burning desire to explore around the next bend, to see what's on the other side of the mountain, has grown to an inextinguishable level. We found ourselves back in a corner of southeast Alaska where for a few months of the year, some of the steepest, fluted lines in the world can be ridden, while chromed out steelhead run up and down the coastal rivers. This is the place for us to step outside the bubble of modern society, and into a world of our own making, where skiing and fishing and camping is everything. We returned home with these images, and memories of battling storms and mountains on the glacier and of an island where pure fish swim beneath the old growth hemlocks."</i></span></span><br />
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<br />Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-86569337463563102592015-12-07T12:02:00.000-07:002015-12-07T12:08:17.803-07:00Nica NovemberI've never been a big fan of November in Utah. My emotions are torn between the seasons. Summer is officially over and the skiing hasn't yet begun. For the last two years I've spent my Novembers in Nicaragua. It's such an incredible place to soak it all up before the long winter...<br />
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<br />Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-35162655935194059402015-10-12T12:19:00.001-07:002015-10-12T12:19:13.640-07:00Is this thing still on? Follow cams and Warren Miller...Ok, I haven't shared anything on here in quite some time. I'm definitely feeling the effects of an aging website platform. Expired photo galleries and the need to liven things up a bit has me thinking it's time for a major upgrade. I've got some ideas to take this show into the future, but that is a battle I'm going to continue to put off for now. So, this is my little slice of the internet for now. Here are a few videos...<br />
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^ Last winter wasn't spectacular in Utah. It was better than California though, that's for sure. I wish we could have sent a few storms their way, to keep the spirits up if nothing more. Anyways, It doesn't take much for me these days to have fun in the mountains. We scored some awesome days at home this year with great stability. What more could you ask for other than more of it?<br />
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^ Speaking of awesome days at home in Utah, the Warren Miller movie, Chasing Shadows, will premiere this weekend in SLC and continue to play around the world. Look for a screening near you, here: <span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> <a href="http://www.skinet.com/warrenmiller/events" target="_blank">http://www.skinet.com/warrenmiller/events</a> </span></span><br />
Neil and I spent about 5 days filming with these guys around the Wasatch, hitting some of our favorite classics. We also got hit with the best storm of the year that week which made for some really nice conditions. And, they put us up in the Cliff lodge, which kicked ass. It was like a vacation!Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-17959224543217522482015-04-05T09:24:00.000-07:002015-04-08T12:07:15.612-07:00Finding new lines in my backyard<center><script language="JavaScript" src="http://www8.glam.com/js/widgets/glam_author_logo.act?afid=1752743981;postadid=5000201493" type="text/javascript"></script></center>
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Meteorological winter is over, and I must say, it was a good one. Depending on where you live, or where you traveled, it was a bit hit or miss. In places like California and Washington, it seems like winter never even happened. I spent the entire season at my home in Utah. If you look at the snow numbers, you can see that we didn't exactly have a spectacular winter here either, but the lack of snow didn't stop us. </div>
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<i>^feasting on some glorious Uinta powder</i></div>
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With powder hungry skiers and boarders tracking up every nook and cranny of the Wasatch mountains this year, my brother and I looked to the Uintas for our own secret powder stashes. Living at the foot of this lonely and elusive range has allowed us to develop an intimate relationship with the seemingly infinite sprawl of peaks and valleys. This winter we searched for the perfect line. We developed a routine of going out every day in our backyard, putting in a new skin track, and exploring a new zone. </div>
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Going into the last few months of my ski season, the most important ones, the ones I spend in Alaska, my body is feeling stronger than ever. I credit that to all the days my brother and I spent using our legs to find hidden powder stashes in our backyard. I'm really looking forward to testing out my new levels of fitness in my favorite mountains in the world.</div>
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Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-55906287939927008172015-01-16T13:07:00.002-07:002015-01-16T13:07:10.768-07:00Good skiing in Utah lately...A storm arrived around Christmas time and delivered a much needed coat of fresh snow for the mountains of Utah. Things have been filling in nicely ever since. In the last few weeks, I've skied a lot of powder, some of it better than anything I've had in Utah in years. Granted, the last few years have kinda sucked around these parts, so I've been gone a lot. It sure does feel nice to be skiing pow again in our own backyard. Some photos that my brother <a href="http://www.neilprovo.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Neil</span></a> and I have shot lately.....<br />
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^ It got cold for a little while, and deep.</div>
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^ we found solitude and untracked deepness in the Uintas</div>
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^Trent and his pops. Father and son Wiggles. Bruce laid down an epic figure eight.</div>
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^Had a great bluebird day with our friend, Nick Russell, hitting lines off Raymond Peak. Huge smiles all day!!!</div>
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<br />Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-50112384342018921492014-12-17T15:43:00.000-07:002014-12-17T15:43:15.622-07:00The Forgotten Trails of the UintasOne of the most stimulating adventures I've ever done, right here in my backyard, the Uinta mountains. Alongside my brother Neil and Eric Porter, we used mountain bikes to access 4 different trout streams along the north slope, creating a loop out of dirt roads, game trails, and long forgotten single track, camping along the way. Agonizing stretches of non-existing trail and deadfall, hurdling our bikes and heavy packs over no less than 200 trees, led to some beautiful lengths of uninterrupted and largely unridden single track. At the end of each descent was a trout filled creek. I can't think of much else that makes me happier in life. Fly-fishing, mountain biking, backpacking, getting lost with your friends and exploring new routes, wild, fresh caught fish over the coals with grandmas fish spice? What more?<br />
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<br />Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-11650761814310491372014-09-27T11:49:00.001-07:002014-09-27T11:49:05.989-07:00What Kind of Meat? - A fly fishing and mountain adventure to Bolivia<br />
I never would have thought we'd make it to Bolivia when we did. It was a rather spontaneous decision to drop everything and invest it all into something my brother and I have dreamed about for years. Bringing a dream to reality, executing it successfully having researched only enough to do it safely, but leaving plenty of mystery to keep the adventure pure, that is our approach. We made a film that shows our passion and dedication to fly-fishing, in one of the most exotic and threatened locations on earth, the Amazon. We camped in the Cordillera Real, where snow from the 20,000' peaks feeds the great Amazon basin, and had our first experience at high altitude. It turns out that Bolivia really is an adventurers paradise. From the mountaineering, backpacking, biking, skiing, to the fishing, it's hard to imagine anywhere else in the world where these outdoor pursuits exist on a greater scale, in such close proximity to one another. It's an incredibly fulfilling and organic experience to go from an idea to a film, something thats tangible, something that I can share with others, instead of keeping the memories locked up in my brain. Anyways, I think it's worth sharing. I hope you enjoy :)<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span>Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-51110357390317839832014-09-17T13:53:00.001-07:002014-09-17T13:53:54.985-07:00Mountain Biking around Utah in the fallIt's my favorite time of the year to ride. The air is crisp and pungent with the smell of decaying leaves, signifying the end of yet another growing season and the emergence of winter. Better get my legs in shape. All of the maple trees around Utah are going off right now with vibrant displays of color, and the aspens will be soon to follow. There is nothing quite like turning off your brain and racing through the mountains on a bicycle, the forest becomes a blur of color, like a two wheel trip with kaleidoscope eyes.<br />
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Kalen and I took the highline trail about 17 miles east on the first day before we setup camp. We wanted to make it to a secluded basin on the far side of upper Rock Creek drainage where a fantastic scene awaited us. Halfway there, the weather changed and set the tone for the rest of the trip.</div>
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We came across these goats on Rocky Sea pass and I thought, "I should have a goat".</div>
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The hike went by quickly, and before I knew it we were in the basin, in the alpine. The joy of reaching such a spectacular place after a long day of hiking was short lived. Before we had a chance to set up camp, thunder claps and cloud to ground lightning strikes had us running for lower ground. A few hours later the storm pushed on, as they usually do, we built camp, and I raced with my fly rod to the upper lakes to get a few casts in before dark. </div>
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Reconnaissance Lake is an alpine jewell that I was very happy to finally see for myself. </div>
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The second day we came over dead horse pass which is where our hike officially turned into a loop. Crossing from the upper rock creek drainage to the headwaters of the west fork Blacks fork river, and then over another un-named pass into the Bear river was our plan for the day.</div>
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There are many things that make the Uinta mountains unique. All of the headwater systems provide refuge for two of Utah's native trout, the Colorado river cutthroat and the Bonneville cutthroat. You can fish for them both in a single day, separated only by a few mountain passes and a mile or so as the raven flies. This fish above lives at the source of the Colorado in a small lake at 11,000', feeding on anything thats been blown in by the wind.</div>
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Continuing our loop, we made our 3rd camp along the banks of the east fork of the Bear river. This drainage is home to the Bonneville cutthroat and the headwaters of the largest terminal river in the western hemisphere. Our last day of hiking would have been a big one. My feet were cursed with blisters from not wearing shoes for a month, and the weather kept us from our intended pace. After a little debate, we hiked to the Christmas meadows road and down to the mirror lake highway where we hitched a ride from a friendly old couple back to the truck. We didn't make the full loop and the weather was kind of shitty, but it was still one of my favorite treks through the Uintas to date.</div>
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Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-83227491881877728322014-08-05T07:27:00.000-07:002014-08-05T07:27:21.344-07:00Sunsets in Nicaragua... and waves Looking back on my first month long trip to Nicaragua, I have to say, at times it was pretty rough. On day 4, I was coming out of the water after catching what had been at the time, the best wave of my life, only to get attacked by a sting ray. 4 more steps and I would have made it safely to shore, but no, the prehistoric animal stabbed me through the foot with his razor sharp, bacteria infested barb. At that point the most painful 4 hour experience of my life commenced as the poison pulsed through my leg. I was out for a week and a half, couldn't surf, and I thought my vacation was ruined. Eventually the infection began to dissipate and the gaping hole in my foot started to close up. I was able to get back into the water and surf, finally. More than five weeks later and my foot still hurts, and its still infected.<br />
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Other than the bloody sting ray attack, the waves went flat for a short time. Mostly during the period when I was healing my foot which was ok with me, but still, that usually never happens. In a place known for having the most consistent surf in the world, it was kind of shitty. But for someone like myself who still doesn't know any better, it was awesome. Besides, when the big swells hit I can't surf those waves yet anyhow. </div>
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Toña tour of Grenada</div>
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15th century colonial architecture in Grenada</div>
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my incredibly sexy girlfriend</div>
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my older brother Justin showing us how its done</div>
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Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-13166564725157170812014-08-03T13:51:00.000-07:002014-08-03T13:51:34.570-07:00The Provo bros go farming in Nicaragua When I was about 9 or 10 years old, I, along with the rest of my classmates had to do a research project on a country in order to move on to the 5th grade. I can't remember if we got to choose which country we wanted to do the report on, but one way or another I ended up with Nicaragua. I don't remember much from my report other than it was good enough for a pass, and Nicaragua was also very good at growing fruit, particularly bananas.<br />
Fast forward 20 years, and my brothers and I bought an organic fruit farm in none other than the country of Nicaragua. How it all came to be was through a long chain of events, something that my 10 year old self never would have comprehended. But with out passion, dedication, a little bit of luck, and a desire to follow our dreams, we would not be where we are today.<br />
Lets be honest, we didn't choose to invest in Nicaragua because we wanted to be farmers. We went there because we want to be surfers. Living in Utah, its hard to develop a passion for surfing when you hardly ever get the chance to go. My older brother Justin, who has lived in Hawaii for some time, was the one who had the vision, to bring our family to an emerging scene like Nicaragua where we could practice surfing and embrace a new lifestyle.<br />
When we found the farm for sale online last year, we knew we had to get it. It was an amazing business opportunity that could not be passed up. Justin was ready to relocate his whole life down to Nica, and this past April he did just that. Neil and I recently returned from a month down there and I am completely sold. I enjoyed Surfing everyday, disconnecting from the internet and the rest of modern society, a slow paced lifestyle, and of course the bountiful tropical fruits of our farm and the surrounding area...<br />
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Quinta Limon is the name of our farm. Its about 3.5 acres, and minimally developed. The old owner did a good job of getting things started, but now it's our turn to really make this place shine. Some of the fruit trees that are established on the farm, but are still young, include: limes, key limes, oranges, 5 varieties of mango, coconuts, pomegranate, avocado, grapefruit, bananas, plantains, and guava. We are planning to expand with more bananas, papaya, dragon fruit, passion fruit, pineapple, and more. We are also going to build out a mean vegetable garden and chicken coop. We plan to supply the local community as well as all of the restaurants and resorts with a sustainable, organic option. </div>
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Limes soaking up the sun. While not the best cash crop down here, it's what the farm is named after. We must have over 50 lime trees, all still very young, but producing some mega juicy fruits already. In the photo above you can see the rows of limes and valencia oranges. What do you do with all those limes? drink a lot of cervezas, lemonade, and mojitos.</div>
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My brother has been busy with projects on the farm. There's always something to do. We are not at the point where fruit production is crazy, so we're doing things to get ready for the future. Like building this storage bodega/fruit processing area...</div>
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Ariel lives on the farm with his family in a small Nica style house. In the past he has been a caretaker of the farm, but now that my brother is around he's got him doing all kinds of stuff like digging wells, building bodegas, and planting trees. He is an invaluable resource for us and we are so stoked to have him helping us along. Because for the most part we have no idea what we are doing. </div>
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It would seem like a shitty time to buy a farm, during the 3rd year of a serious drought. But we did anyways. We have faith that the rains will come! Besides, if we have to chop down all the trees, we're still 500 meters from some world class surf at Playa Santana. This year we will get 1000 mangos, if we're lucky. On a normal year we should get over 20,000.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_uek4qDNl6ynlKnnHbeTgAbfo8zxQIXIRyUvJCYl7DGnf4Jy3DnSslvbBB4HBTUDmcmSR618hI-VXtbFy8F-Wskhc4enj9KkY0EFCNft_dGfa2T5tmpM0d_Zs4T7rL2jaktzcm0dycxU/s1600/papaya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_uek4qDNl6ynlKnnHbeTgAbfo8zxQIXIRyUvJCYl7DGnf4Jy3DnSslvbBB4HBTUDmcmSR618hI-VXtbFy8F-Wskhc4enj9KkY0EFCNft_dGfa2T5tmpM0d_Zs4T7rL2jaktzcm0dycxU/s1600/papaya.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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Some hawaiian style papaya seedlings almost ready to be planted. Down here in Nica they have the mexican variety of Papaya which are much larger, and not as flavorful. These Hawaiian papaya will be amazing. (non GMO of course :)</div>
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The view from on top of the water tank looking over the back 40, down towards the beach which is just out of view. The perimeter of the farm is lined with mango trees, which might reach heights of 100' one day. Thats a lot of mangos. </div>
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It's a really exciting project and I can't wait to see it develop. I never would have guessed we would be doing something like this but such is the case for many of the things we do in our lives. I'll be sharing most of our success and some of our failure along the way through this channel, as well as a new farm website that I need to build out soon. Farming, surfing, and fishing in Nicaragua will be heavy on my mind from here on out. I'll post some photos soon of the fucking miraculous sunsets that occur almost every night. </div>
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Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-68929856825781904792014-04-25T12:48:00.000-07:002014-10-22T17:17:13.160-07:00Skiing in Bolivia: the source of the Amazon The last week of our trip to Bolivia was spent in the capitol of La Paz and the surrounding peaks of the Cordillera Real. It was a beautiful, yet somewhat stressful experience. We were pressed for time so we felt like we couldn't fully appreciate the mountains in the way that we wanted. Our headaches lingered for most of the week as we tried to adjust to the altitude change coming from three weeks down in the lowland jungles. I'm glad we were able to get a small taste of the fascinating mountain culture and inspiring landscapes of the Bolivian Andes, and I really hope to go back one day to explore the skiing potential further. Not to mention the EPIC mountain biking.<br />
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<br />Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-52394060141518387512014-04-22T16:21:00.001-07:002014-10-22T17:13:10.748-07:00Fly-fishing in Bolivia: Golden Dorado expedition Ten years ago, my dream was to catch a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dorado" target="_blank">Golden Dorado</a>. This past summer my brother Neil and I made that dream come true in the jungles of Bolivia. Ten years for us to develop our passion and skills to the point that we felt confident enough to travel to the depths of the Amazon with the soul intention of casting a fly. It was a hell of an undertaking and we couldn't possibly have done it without the help of our Bolivian friends Patrick and Federico, as well as our sponsors and parents.<br />
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part one - <a href="http://bit.ly/QbZ9eZ" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;"><b>http://bit.ly/QbZ9eZ</b></span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br />
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<br />Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-2437959910032804552013-11-20T14:19:00.000-07:002013-11-20T14:19:13.898-07:00Roadside runs in Alaska<center>
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For half the price of one day of heli-skiing, my brother Neil and I rented a little front wheel drive compact sedan and made it our mobile base camp for two weeks. We bounced around between Girdwood and Turnagain Pass, camping at trailheads and parking lots, and skiing anything that looked fun. I might add that a snowmobile or a helicopter would have been a tremendous help, but on this trip we intended to spend as little money as possible to see what we could manage. It worked out quite well, but really it was the spectacular weather and absolutely bomber snowpack that allowed us to do it. Neil dropped the line at the end of the video at 7:15pm on April 18th, our last day in Alaska for the season, a picture perfect ending to sickest month of skiing I've ever had</center>
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Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-23830343922621632912013-09-25T14:08:00.000-07:002013-09-25T14:15:12.594-07:00firing up the blog: Alaska - BoliviaIts been a while since I've updated this site, and I'm sure any regular visitors that I once may have had are long gone. My blogging and general media creation abilities have been severely hindered by my 8 year old computer system that can no longer keep up. Although my micro-blogging via iphone has been steady, I'm working to get that upgraded. I haven't stopped documenting fun times with my camera, in fact It seems I've been quite busy with the thing lately. The craziest trips of my life went down in the last 6 months... Alaska and Bolivia. Once my computer situation has improved, hopefully soon, I'll begin editing the video from these expeditions and with any luck, have some fun short films to share. I haven't really been able to watch the footage yet, but if my memory serves me well, we did get some beautiful shots.<br />
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<i>^ My brother and I spent a month in Alaska last spring and had ourselves a trip. The weather and snow conditions were sublime. We had the chance to camp out in the Tordrillo mountains for 10 days, where this photo was taken of my brother Neil. To experience Alaska in this way has been a dream of mine since I was a little grom.</i><br />
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<i>^ Bolivia. Bellísimo. I would have to say this was the craziest experience of my life. Early in the summer I approached my brother and suggested that we try and explore someplace new, and far out, and maybe try and make another ski/fish film. We settled on Bolivia. A long time ago we heard that perhaps the best fly-fishing in the world was happening deep in the jungles of the Bolivian Amazon. The place existed in my mind for over a decade as this mythical destination, too far and too expensive for me, but maybe one day. I didn't want to wait any longer to find out if these legends were true, so we went. It wouldn't have been possible without the help of so many people, but I felt that the time was just right. I look forward to sharing more from this incredible journey.</i><br />
<br />Ian Provohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721264827714087069noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651586395834987432.post-63924583610023726682013-05-20T13:23:00.000-07:002013-05-20T13:23:38.370-07:00Green River Brownhad a nice float down the Green river. Fish were looking up and looking well. I took this shot with my phone as my pop floated by holding up a nice brown of his own. Pretty sharp...<br />
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We decided to buy roundtrip plane tickets out of Salt Lake for $699 to Anchorage, packed with only the absolute essentials for living and skiing in the bush for a month. The first part of our trip we teamed up with the Howell brothers, Jonah and Noah of the <a href="http://www.powderwhore.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Powderwhores</span></a>, and together we planned to camp out on a glacier high in the Tordrillo mountains for 12 days. A fifty minute flight in a 1950's beaver had the four of us positioned right where we needed to be, in the middle of nowhere...<br />
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^ we weren't very heavy when we flew in. The uphill landing approach and flat light made it feel like we were going to crash into the mountain side, but thanks to our pilot Joe, we landed safely. For fear of sliding backwards, three of us held on to the struts as Joe cranked up the throttle and slowly broke free. After flipping a bitch he pointed it downhill and he was off.<br />
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^ As it turned out, we were able to drink the sky blue. A 1/5 of hundred proof peppermint schnapps did the trick. The next morning we woke up to 20 inches of the fluffiest snow I've ever seen and breaking clouds. We clicked into our skis for the first time and broke trail through deep snow to a high point above camp to get the first look at our surroundings. Our camp position was so fucking choice its not even funny. Perched on top of a saddle bisecting two massive glaciers, at the foot of the highest peaks in the Tordrillo mountains, we were in position!<br />
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^ Our zone was perfect. There were plenty of short, steep lines with minimal exposure around camp to give us a good taste, and allow us to learn about the terrain and snow. After the first snow storm on day one, the skies opened up for us and it remained clear and cold for the remainder of our trip. The powder was so perfectly preserved, and without any wind to fuck things up, we skied amazingly stable blower snow the entire time. It was unreal.</div>
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^ This is the kind of terrain I have been dreaming about for the last 10 years. After we skied all of the low hanging fruits around camp, we began to venture further out on to the glacier. We explored different branches of the glacier, always curious what might lie around the bend. </div>
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^ Eventually we made it to the top of our first true, alaskan summit. It was a beauty of a peak with an airy summit pyramid, enough room from my brother and I and perhaps one more. </div>
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^ looking down the line from the top, 2500 feet up off the deck. I lost the rock paper scissor match and Neil was awarded with the first drop. We called the route "Thanks Joe" for the pilot who dropped us off, because thanks to him we were riding the best runs of our lives. </div>
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^ As the trip progressed, the lines got bigger and the walks got longer. We called this the long walk wall because it was a long ass walk to get there. By the end of the trip though we were feeling strong and confident.</div>
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^ One of the highlights of the trip for me was coming across these fresh wolverine tracks. I've always been fascinated by the animal, and I was fired up to think there was one nearby. We followed his tracks and eventually we ended up in a beautiful cirque full of glorious big lines.</div>
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^ Halfway up one of the couloirs, looking back down. This would end up being the last line I skied in the Tordrillos. After 9 consecutive blue bird days shredding powder, we were almost out of gas and food and it was time to fly out. It was a shame really, we felt like we had just unlocked the zone, and I was very sad to leave. But I also felt great about what we had accomplished. </div>
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All of the footage we gathered from our camping trip on the glacier will be featured in the Powderwhores newest film to be released this fall. Be sure to check it out! </div>
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As a small side story, a few days before we were set to fly out, a group of campers were dropped off, 3 miles down the glacier from us. The next day they showed up at our camp and sure enough it was our friends from sweet grass productions! We shared drinks and smokes and stories and we wished them farewell. I think they also had an amazing trip.</div>
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^ We recharged in Anchorage for a few days, while another storm refreshed the mountains. After securing the cheapest rental car we could find, we hit the road for two weeks camping about the Girdwood area and Turnigan Pass. </div>
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^ We stayed in this little hut for a night and enjoyed some of the finest tree skiing in Alaska. The accommodations were five star compared to what we were used to. </div>
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^ Our last day of riding In Alaska was sublime. What better way to celebrate a successful spring in AK then to shred a 2000' ft spine wall with our two good buddies, Pep Fujas and Zach Clanton, under glorious evening light. </div>
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This trip was an incredible experience, proving to me that you don't need a helicopter or huge budget to ride quality lines in Alaska. With three thousand bucks and the right gear you can go a long way, of course you have to like hiking... a lot. </div>
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12/30/12 A brilliant full moon illuminates the massive north west face of Mount Shuksan, revealing all of the glorious potential in a mesmerizing new light. It was about 4 am and we were getting ready to drop in through some deep, moonlit powder to reach the base of the mountain. It was one of the best days I've ever had on skis.</div>
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2/27/13 All of a sudden we were in position. The moon was big and bright, and the storm that had freshened up our mountains was now on its way east to Colorado. At the top of the hill I was refreshed and excited to find out that instead of the wind and sun hammered environment I was expecting, the air was dead still, and the snow was in quality form. Everything seems so pristine under the glow of a full moon, especially laying tracks through a field of powder.</div>
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