At the Jeongseon downhill course in PyeongChang, it's safe to say Salty Marriner is a long way from his home in Colorado - several thousand miles at least.
He had wrapped up work at the 2015 Ski Championships at Beaver Creek when he took a job a world away at the Olympic downhill venue in South Korea.
"I was hired as the mountains operations manager," Marriner said. "Help them build up a brand new venue overseeing snowmaking, grooming, chairlifts, ski patrol."
This is a long way from Leadville where Marriner went to Colorado Mountain College. He focused on the operations aspect of the program he took there. And that just so happens to be the school where his wife, Allison, went. She, like her husband, has been working long hours on the same downhill course.
"Snowmaking, dozing, built the features, built the jump, to re-prep the course and re-prep the surface I think it was a 26-hour day," she said.
It's where Korean mountains are a little smaller - the top mountain where the downhill course is, is only 3540 feet and the snow is measured in centimeters but it's still been a dream job.
"It was always one of my hopes and dreams, I guess, to be a part of the Olympics," Salty Marriner explained.
Both are still excited for an Olympic opportunity working thousands of miles from home even if they're both just as excited to get back home.
Although...
"Nothing compares to Colorado - for sure!" Salty Marriner said.
