Jackson Marvell was born and raised in Provo, Utah.  He started climbing at the age of 15 up the local canyon, upon turning 16 and obtaining a drivers license he began making the weekend commute to the different areas of the Utah desert.  That same year he also began ice climbing up Provo canyon several times a week.  Now Jackson still spends his weekends climbing towers in the desert but you can also find him on an annual trip to Alaska in the spring or traveling to a foreign country for a big wall climbing trip in the summer.  His next adventure is lining up to be an exploratory ice climbing trip to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan this upcoming January. Jackson makes his way to his first ice fest courtesy of our Title Sponsor Black Diamond