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Pushing Wall Street Stocks to Hawking Jackson Hole Booze

Oct 20, 2015 By: KGB_Productions
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Editor's Note: In “Westward,” a new video series from KGB Productions debuting exclusively on Tetongravity.com, viewers get a glimpse into the worlds of four distinct mountain characters who’ve made lives for themselves in the West and found the perfect balance between work, life, and play. Check out the second installment of our exclusive series below.

Dan Durkin was living the American Dream; a job with the State Department in Washington DC, followed by business school and a lucrative finance job on Wall Street. But to him, it never felt right and he was haunted by memories of snowcapped mountains, from his college years in Colorado. 

RELATED: The Motivation to Move Westward: Ep. 1 Rob La Pier

Then, on a whim he signed up for a Doug Coombs ski camp in La Grave and after spending time with someone who embodied the idea of living life to its fullest, he returned to the city with a clear path: he gave his notice at work, packed up his apartment and a month later had arrived in Jackson, WY.

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