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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 27, 2006 - 12:13am PT
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A few people have noted they are on the job market and may be making a move soon. Come forward all. I'll start. I applied for 8 positions last week. More applications may be forthcoming as jobs are posted. So far, I've applied to positions in these cities:
Long Beach CA
Boulder CO
Flagstaff AZ
Chicago IL
Carbondale IL
Columbia SC
Tallahassee FL
Washington DC
I won't know anything for months. Who else is in a transition period?
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blackbird
Trad climber
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:15am PT
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You know my story, Crimpie!
Any worthy school systems out there, folks? Not for this school year, obviously, but next is certainly up for discussion.
BB
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2006 - 12:17am PT
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I am keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for the good vibes...
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:24am PT
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Maybe its' just me, but I can't imagine a job good enough to move to Tallahase, maaybe if you could retire after six weeks or something.
If it was me I'd be hoping for Flagg.
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WBraun
climber
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:28am PT
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Why not Jaybro?
We'll go ... you and me, we'll race stock cars. Isn't that what people do there .......
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:30am PT
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something tells me that Ouch! will be all over that one Werner, like white on rice
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SammyLee
Trad climber
Memphis
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:31am PT
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I am looking for a transfer to Colorado, Nevada or California. Any place out west with good climbing and not in the South or Northeast.
I may have to wait until my son graduates from high school but if a great offer came in, I'd go and he could just deal with it. I am so, so sick of Memphis. I am still pissed that my sister and niece did not tell me how bad this place sucks. I hadn't heard the "n" word in conversation in twenty years in South Florida. I heard it twenty times in the first day in Memphis. In Memphis they think ten dollars an hour is a really GOOD job.
I work for Homeland Security with 6 years to get twenty for retirement, so a transfer is the only way to go for me.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2006 - 12:32am PT
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I looked, and it turns out that Tallahassee to Chattanooga TN is the same distance that I travel to get there now. So, it's not as horrible as it sounds. I'll keep repeating that to myself.
BTW Werner, folks around here, grown up people, drive around with race car numbers on the sides of their cars. No kidding. Weirdos...
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blackbird
Trad climber
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:36am PT
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so then... TW will morph into your home crag rather than the Red, huh?! Gee... I hate it for you... Think you'd be able to handle that?! I've heard that the folks (and the dogs!) there are mean and hateful!
hehe!!!
BB
;)
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10b4me
Trad climber
California
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:37am PT
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Crimpie,
there is so much good climbing west of the big river, why even consider someting on the other side?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2006 - 12:40am PT
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Scary thing is that I'm already west of the big river. Okay, only nine miles west, but still. Psychic LEB has spoken and I'm to be moving to Boulder or Flagstaff. I like the way she sees things!
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jbaker
Trad climber
Redwood City, CA
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:43am PT
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I just moved to Redwood City, CA from Washington, DC to start a new job. I'm still settling in (one chair, one plate, a knife, a Thermarest and two bikes). My wife and all the stuff arrive in a couple of weeks. It is great to be missing August in DC. So far, the new job is looking like a really good fit. I'm really glad I made the move.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:46am PT
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come work here:
http://www.roguerockgym.com
I'll probly need a few more climbers on staff this fall/winter.
Oregon is a fun state, too bad much of the rock is shit!
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john hansen
climber
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Aug 27, 2006 - 12:53am PT
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If you have a solid skill, the Big Island , in Hawaii is not to bad.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 27, 2006 - 01:01am PT
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Boulder is now pretty congested and property quite inflated.
I live in the hills and that works for me, I ain't leavin'.
Flagstaff is pretty cool and not quite as trammeled.
Happy Trails,
Roy
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Aug 27, 2006 - 01:11am PT
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Job Application
n/s SWM ISOLTR w/ SF for a "mutually beneficial" relationship
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Aug 27, 2006 - 01:14am PT
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There's note even a beach in Tallahassee, and certainly nothing to climb on but plastic.
But your closest climbing would be in Alabama, or Georgia.
HP-40 and Palisades, and (ugh) sand rock. OR, you could sneak into, OOPS, CENSORED!
Oh yeah, you have that sick bolt clipping psychosis, you'll be goign to Little River canyon. A little further up than HP-40, but an hour closer than chattavegas. And all the overhanging bolted choss you can stand.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 27, 2006 - 01:29am PT
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'Dunno about a Tallahassee style number, but I've got designs to put a racing stripe on my '74 rust inveighed bmw 2002.
'prolly just gonna run it straight through the alligatored paint as a nod to parallel my depth of my investment in spiritual matters.
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Jacob
Trad climber
yucky valley
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Aug 27, 2006 - 03:00am PT
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whats a job?
on a more serious note, ive landed my job for the next year and half (less if i work my ars off) which is school... then i can get another job untill i go right back to school.... but then ill probably be moving to sandiego for a year and transfer somewhere else if i can once im done (only a junior and already figured up how its gonna go down after hs)
thats my pointless ramble for the night
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2006 - 08:39am PT
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Jbaker: Sounds awesome. I was in DC for 5 years before coming here. At least I'd be familiar with the city should I go back. That will be important for me to chose the 'perfect' alley to live in since that is all I could afford.
Lambone: There are some openings in Oregon - all on the Idaho border. Thought I may die of isolation/loneliness. Smith isn't too far, but it's so hard to get out moving when I'm busy in bed suffering a major depression (haha).
John Hansen: There is actually a nice position on Manoa. I've considered applying, but am concered about transporting my birds. Maybe I'll look into that some more...
Squirtineye: Stellar outdoor climbing is no farther from Tallahassee than it is from St. Louis. The distance to Chatty and all that fun climbing is exactly the same. Besides, would you really want to be near a beach in Florida? Annual debris pick-up, house rebuilding? I'd get tired of boarding up the windows to my home.
And Riley - you hit the nail on the head - quality of life. Really, each of these places can be poo-pooed for some reason. But I figure I'll toss my name in the hat and see what happens. Thing is, if they all bite, I can stay here in the Lou.
Am I the ONLY one looking? Where else is anyone looking?
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