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the ocean with my love of the mountains,

it might be possible to actually follow

the flow around the North Pacific,

travel with the water that melts down

from the Continental Divide,

sail with it as it sweeps

across the ocean,

and turns into the snow

that blankets Japan.

The cycle swings up and tears

past the Kamchatka peninsula,

and then finally banks into the catcher's

mitt that forms the Gulf of Alaska.

These charged weather systems coming off

the ocean hit these coastal mountains,

which ring out precipitation

like a sponge,

creating some of the most incredible

snow formations on the planet.

The most extreme example of this is in

the zone in AK we named, "So Far Gone. "

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I've never seen a place like this before.

The way this snow sticks to the mountains

creates these pillowed spine lines

that are totally sci fi.

Since the first time I saw it

I haven't stopped thinking about it.

The whole area has ice up high

that forms these natural kickers.

It's subtle, but this allows you

to do tricks you couldn't pull off

in a normal AK style line.

I look at mountains

and I ride them in my mind.

The possibilities for progression mother

nature has provided here, it's unparalleled.

This area is so remote, we have to camp,

and because it's protected wilderness,

we can't use helis.

We have to hike.

It's a purely human-powered mission.

GUCH:
Once Travis has an idea in his head,

it's really hard for him to let it go.

I think the only thing

Travis is afraid of is failure.

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It's incredible...

letting yourself go

and just moving with the pace,

and...

you know, directional flow of the ocean.

Just seeing the power of the currents

traveling westward across the Pacific

and knowing that it's all tied in,

that without this that doesn't happen.

I think it brings a lot more appreciation,

even when we're far and away

in those winter months,

just knowing kind of where it came from

and where it'll go back to.

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I love sailing just like

I love snowboarding.

I find there's such similarities there.

The fact that you're out

on your own terms,

at the mercy of your own decision making,

it keeps you focused on

what you're doing now.

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# Is there any way #

# To get this weight off my skin #

# Find another one #

# Is there anyone #

# To get this writing off the wall? #

# Find a new one #

You know, why do a trip like this?

I think just the act of,

of doing it, being out here,

is really what's important.

You know, out here I actually have time

to read a book, look inward

and it's not that you can't do it...

by any means,

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