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Tuesday  February 09, 2010
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Anthony\'\'s Epic Journey 

Warren Miller veteran gives behind the scenes account of

By Geoff Mintz
Vail Mountaineer Staff Writer

Vail native Chris Anthony has skied all over the world in places like Iran, Kazakhstan and Ecuador. He cut lines on mountains that no one had thought to ski before, but his recent trip to Mongolia, he says, was "the most epic journey yet."

If you''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''ve seen a Warren Miller film in the last two decades, Chris Anthony skied in it. And there was no better way to celebrate his
 
 

than an expedition to discover the origin of the sport that has defined his life, he said.

The inspiration for the trip to North West China was to investigate a rumor that archeologists had discovered a petroglyph (rock carving) that dates back 3000 years and depicts indigenous people on skis. If confirmed, the revelation would raise questions about long-standing belief that
  skiing originated in Norway.
Anthony, twenty-two-year-old Canadian jibber Austin Ross and filmmaker Chris Patterson set off to Beijing, not quite sure exactly how they would reach their ultimate destination of a rumored ski community in the Atlai Mountains.

Before embarking on the trek, the team took an opportunity to experience the bustling city of Beijing. Anthony remarked that it''''''''''''''''s amazing how the old world meets the new in Beijing. "You see a guy in a hundred thousand dollar ...More
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