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.
