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For 50 Years, Bill Sproul Has Found A Way To Feed   The Habit

AGE: 66

HOMETOWN: Nelson, British Columbia

OCCUPATION: Land Surveyor

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1951, Bill Sproul moved to Nelson when he was 11 years old and never found a reason to leave. Over the last 50 years, Sproul has held nearly every skiing job available in interior BC—ski instructor, patroller, heli ski guide, and ski shop owner. He was

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