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But IвЂ™d say there was definitely a point of friendship that grew out of this film, where, you know, we all learned about each otherвЂ™s different perspectives, which I think is conveyed properly in the film. It was summer weather, the sun never went down, there was not really freezing temperatures. IвЂ™m so used to being in the mountains all the time that I didnвЂ™t really feel vulnerable at all really in the situation. R.P.: YouвЂ™ll definitely see that Jeremy, myself and Ryan have extremely different personalities вЂ¦ IвЂ™d say IвЂ™m a pretty blunt, honest, direct person. It was a great trip and IвЂ™m excited to see the film of what came out of all of this.Д®BS: Sometimes in addition to that anxiety that we can experience in the mountains, especially on extended trips, there can be a certain vulnerability or a bond thatвЂ™s created with people or partners on expeditions like that, even when theyвЂ™re new to you. So all of this was very new to meвЂ“not the film side, IвЂ™ve produced a bunch of films and participated in a lot before and have been on dozens of expeditions, but it was very new, going out with a crew IвЂ™ve never even hung out with off of the mountainsвЂ¦ So thereвЂ™s always some anxiety going to these things because youвЂ™re worried about if everyoneвЂ™s going to get along, or if everythingвЂ™s going to go well. With JeremyвЂ™s expertise of going to Alaska for the last 30 years, longer than IвЂ™ve been alive, he was like, вЂњLetвЂ™s go to the ChugachвЂќ and I was like, вЂњI donвЂ™t even know what that is, but IвЂ™m down for whatever.вЂќ So they just ended up picking a zone where thereвЂ™s a ton of glaciers, so you have a kind of different micro environment due to how cold the glaciers keep the areaвЂ¦IвЂ™d never met Ryan or Jeremy until this trip to Alaska until this trip. So obviously TGR is a ski and snowboard predominant production company so we had to go find some snow. And youвЂ™re kind of limited to where you can go and what you can do. R.P.: Our trip into the Chugach was pretty late in the year вЂ¦ pretty much dead summertime. Can you tell us a little bit more about the structure of that trip and what that looked like for you guys? ItвЂ™s been a big life change and IвЂ™m pretty happy with it because itвЂ™s more natural and a connected to nature kind of lifestyle.Д®BS: The film also follows you three on a 10-day trip in the Chugach Mountains. But I played team sports, almost my entire childhood and thereвЂ™s something liberating about doing something that is somewhat of a sport, but more of an outdoor activity вЂ¦ItвЂ™s been about nine years now, and pretty much dedicated to the mountains since then. It was cold, it was hard, thereвЂ™s snow going into your pants and thereвЂ™s nothing fun about that, even at this point. But as I got older, my mom introduced me to snowboardingвЂ¦ I hated snowboarding at first. So I always saw them as something thatвЂ™s there, you know like a border kind of wall in a way. So theyвЂ™ve been kind of closed off to the people by the government. Unfortunately, itвЂ™s been something thatвЂ™s been seen more as a corporate resource extraction site. But culturally, in Chile, the mountains arenвЂ™t really a place where people go to recreate. Growing up in Chile, you see them every day, theyвЂ™re there. Rafael Pease: My upbringings werenвЂ™t really in the mountains whatsoever. Can you tell me a little bit about your upbringing and your roots and how you found a life in the mountains? The following responses have been edited for brevity.Д®xplore Big Sky: вЂњ Mountain RevelationsвЂќ is largely focused on your background as well as Ryan and JeremyвЂ™s. Professional snowboarders Jeremy Jones, Rafael Pease and Ryan Hudson climb a slope in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska while filming for TGRвЂ™s вЂњMountain Revelations.вЂќ PHOTO COURTESY OF TGR

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Now at age 27, heвЂ™s a professional snowboarder, filmmaker and activist based in Chile and Alaska. and didnвЂ™t start snowboarding until he was 17. Pease split his upbringing between Chile and the U.S. 28.Д®xplore Big Sky sat down with Pease to talk about the expedition, the film and the concepts it presents. вЂњMountain Revelations,вЂќ sponsored by Bozeman-based Spark R&D and Sierra Nevada, will screen at the Emerson Center for the Arts in Bozeman on Oct. The film examines the role the athletesвЂ™ varied backgrounds has played in leading them to lives in the mountains. вЂњMountain RevelationsвЂќ features professional snowboarders Rafael Pease, Jeremy Jones and Ryan Hudson on a 10-day human powered expedition in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. GIRDWOOD, ALASKA вЂ“ In a diversion from the quintessential hype ski movie, Teton Gravity Research will bring their film вЂњMountain RevelationsвЂќ to screens across North America this fall.