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skitch
Trad climber
Logan, UT
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 10, 2012 - 05:14pm PT
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My wife is doing her Grad thesis project in Bishop, and I have a half time internship (paid!!!, but not much) almost lined up, but I really want to live there permanently. How hard will it be to get full time work in the area?
I have a master's in Environmental/Civil Engineering but very little Engineering work experience. She is getting her Master's in Anthropology and has a lot of health education and non profit experience.
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A to Z
climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 10, 2012 - 06:41pm PT
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They are always hiring at the coffee shop. Or you could start a mining claim. Or you could start a really good restaurant. Bishop needs some good food.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 10, 2012 - 06:44pm PT
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There's always a need for school area crossing guards.
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Feb 10, 2012 - 07:12pm PT
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Bishop is looking for marketable skills.... shovel leaner with Caltrans, lift ops up the hill, pro boulderer fluffers, and perhaps horse stall help at the Tri-County fair. You two are way overqualified for Bishop.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 10, 2012 - 07:25pm PT
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Most of the above posters are correct, the job situation is grim.
On the other hand, if you are patient, your skill may come in handy with one of the various government entities.
The Tribe, CalTrans, Inyo County, Mono County, Town of Mammoth, Mammoth Water District, City of Bishop, Edison, LADWP, Forest Service/BLM, Inyo Water Department....
I put the .... on the end, but that's a pretty good list, it's got state, feds, and municipal.
Patience is the key. Things open up, it's not always what you want when you want, but opportunities do come up.
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Feb 10, 2012 - 07:28pm PT
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^^^ LOL
Private sector jobs in Bishop can be pretty rough. The most stable careers there are working for the schools, hospital or the Forest Service. Also, there is a non-profit for victims of domestic violence, among other things, called Wild Iris. Not much, but at least it's a start. Good luck!
edit: was laughing at Russ, not you Tom. Congrats on the new baby dude. What a beautiful family you've got. Very happy for you.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 10, 2012 - 08:40pm PT
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Ha! between the posters here, we've probably had all the private sector jobs in the area at one time or another.
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Bob Harrington
climber
Bishop, California
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Feb 10, 2012 - 08:45pm PT
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OK, what's a fluffer?
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Feb 10, 2012 - 08:49pm PT
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you can teach at the nice community college by the Buttermilks that has no enrollment.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 10, 2012 - 08:57pm PT
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Bob- you ought to stop by and meet Henry one of these nights, with a guitar.
PS- better to let Russ explain the fluffer part.
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Bob Harrington
climber
Bishop, California
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Feb 10, 2012 - 09:02pm PT
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Upon further consideration, forget the fluffer question...
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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Feb 10, 2012 - 09:04pm PT
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Good idea Bob,
James
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Feb 10, 2012 - 10:13pm PT
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Fluffer is a person that stuffs insulation into buildings...Not what that potty mouth Russ guy is thinking....
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Feb 10, 2012 - 10:30pm PT
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Check with LA DWP & Army Corps o Eng.
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skitch
Trad climber
Logan, UT
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2012 - 01:49pm PT
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THANK YOU!!!
We both looked at the Vegetation Monitoring job before I posted this, but while we both are physically capable and enjoy identifying plants and birds we aren't bio students. I think we could both do the job, seperately would be fine with us. I'll apply for it, but my wife is committed to her project till June 30th.
We are willing to do whatever it takes to live there long term, but it would be nice to repay all of the student loans that we have.
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skitch
Trad climber
pdx
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2012 - 01:04pm PT
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Also, does anyone have suggestions on a place to live? We are going to be there for a guaranteed 3 months, but after that it all depends on our work situation.
I would LIKE to live in town cause my wife will be driving to Big Pine, and other places on a daily basis, and we can't afford a seperate car so withing bicycle commuting distance would be nice.
Do you think we should try and store our stuff in Portland or throw our dice and pay the money to haul it to Bishop???
Thanks again, I wasn't expecting so much help on a forum, especially when I'm moving into a place so coveted!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired to Appalachia
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Feb 12, 2012 - 01:10pm PT
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Personally, I am working on winning the lottery as my long-term plan for permanent residence in Bishop.
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Feb 12, 2012 - 04:00pm PT
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FYI, Bob with contemporaries Vern and others were at the vanguard of the Meadow’s Golden Era, venturing out upon the polish of the glass itself.
Once upon a summer’s eve, Bob and I had the ‘Milks to ourselves, after work.
Bob had just made a proud ascent of the W. Arete of Grandma. This requires bulls eye edging on its lower OH to vert start, with positive but increasingly exposed incuts. Since that’s the highest I’ve been on this best of scareballs, what lies above is a product of my imagination. It would be clear to any spectator, however, that the remaining ¾ doesn’t get any easier…just grainier.
He’d finished for the day, and was back at his white Jetta, while I drew near to the finish of Buttocks S. Face. At 25 feet, this face of milky smooth quartz sets my personal hi ball threshold. Off vertical, the primary hazard of a bail has less to do with hitting the ground itself as much as, say, snapping an ankle or two on some of the several large chickenhead slopers which comprise the foundation of the route’s sequence.
By and large the moves are only 5.7. The topout mantle, a reachy sidways friction step across might be 5.9. Descent is via the N. Face, where it is possible to downclimb a crystal lined crack far enough to allow for a drop of just a few feet.
I was pondering the summit move when, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Bob had yet to drive off.
Instead, I got the impression he was less spectator than speculator. I didn’t get the sense that he was judging me for style points any more than he was admiring the advancing alpenglow on the Whites.
The sequence of those last moves reminds me of a bikini – what they reveal is certainly suggestive, but what they concealed in the growing twilight is critical.
The thought that I might have a waiting ride to the ER inspired a mounting chill. Like a man trying to flee from his own shadow, I calmly, deliberately, aborted course, and downclimbed the face at twice the pace of my ascending advance.
Unlacing my EB’s, I noticed Bob’s departure.
It had taken some months of delicate probing, attaining a high point over point to succeed the send. But even after several successful topouts, I still faced that last bit feeling hollow. This episode marked my last attempt.
Fast forward 16 years. My sophomore daughter, now belaying and following Dad up 5.10, is going on a weekend High School climbing field trip. (Cool HS, in Bishop, eh?)
When she mentioned that they were going out to the Benton Crags, and not one of the many Sport areas nearby, I thought I’d better drop her off at the School’s parking lot myself, and reassure myself that the day’s rope guns were quite aware that the Benton Crag routes are uniformly runnout Trad, point in fact of having participated in the area’s development myself.
Didn’t recognize Bob at first…but when I did, I knew my daughter was in very good hands, and my own day would be a lighthearted one.
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bmacd
Mountain climber
100% Canadian
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Feb 12, 2012 - 04:14pm PT
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what is the story on long term camping and showers between Mammoth and Bishop ?
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