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sleepydawg
Trad climber
Layton, Utah
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Jun 26, 2005 - 10:24pm PT
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Wait,
There has to be another Anesthesiologist that is a climber- hello?
Am I the only one that turned from an 18 year old yos. bum to a gas passer?
hello? (echo heard)
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Jun 26, 2005 - 11:07pm PT
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Writer, usually stuck writing and producing dreck for TV, but short form fiction is my favorite. It's been some years since I wrote my last book of short stories, and I'm feeling like it's time to do another one. I've got a few good yarns saved up.
JL
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AlexC
climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jun 27, 2005 - 12:27am PT
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BS/MS/PhD Mechanical Engineering
My focus is design and manufacturing process development. I used to do jet engine components. I'm currently working on low cost, ultra high precision manufacturing.
A thought on the hippie climber thing...
A lot of people talk about the hippie or dirt bag type climber and claim to aspire to the lifestyle. When I was growing up in Europe, the image I had of climbing was always more of a "gentleman's expedition" type of thing. Something like Sir Edmund Hillary climbing Everest, rather than a bunch of rag tag people living out of an old VW van and dumpster diving for dinner.
What happened to the respectable gentleman climbers? :)
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Rhodo-Router
Trad climber
Otto, NC
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Jun 27, 2005 - 09:00am PT
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Hillary was a groveller until he summited Everest and the Queen made him a Sir. The guy was from New Zealand-- not exactly a bastion of feudalism.
Thankfully, tools for climbing (specifically nylon ropes) got much, much cheaper after WWII and the entry fee was no longer prohibitive for most folks.
Once lots of people were able to climb, standards rose pretty quickly and the pond, as it were, grew a lot more fish. It soon became apparent that to climb at the increasingly difficult standards of the day, one needed to devote more than just the occasional few days to the pursuit.
Hence Eric Beck:
"At either end of the social spectrum there lies a leisure class..."
I miss the era of the gentleman climber the way I miss the era of the plantation.
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Nov 16, 2005 - 05:35pm PT
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bump.
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kevsteele
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Nov 16, 2005 - 06:53pm PT
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Answer to the question: Live. Really live.
General answer:
photographer,
part time climbing guide,
business consultant,
and
Dad
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rradakovits
Sport climber
san diego
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Nov 16, 2005 - 07:02pm PT
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Hopefully finishing up a phd in cellbiology/genetics.
My current theory on why there are so many people who start climbing while working on an advanced degree is that our work is so tedious and frustrating that we need some form of outlet for our agressions/frustrations.
Some options are:
1. Get f**ked up on drugs and alcohol.
2. Beat people up outside of bars, works especially well in combination with option 1.
3. Climb something that looks like it might kill you unless you know what you are doing.
The first option doesn't work very well due to the fact that it is hard to stay sharp under/after the influence. Not to say that there aren't some people who favor this option, drugs and alcohol seems to be a fairly common way to unwind among scientists as well.
The second option is not so great unless you used to be a wrestler or a football player, which most weakling aspiring scientists were not (myself included).
The third option is a perfect way for someone with a knack for problem solving to work out frustrations. And this is one sport where it does not hurt to start out with a less than herculean physique.
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John Vawter
Social climber
San Diego
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Nov 16, 2005 - 08:36pm PT
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Criminal and immigration defense atty.
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Northern Mexico
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Nov 16, 2005 - 09:43pm PT
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I still think I have you all beat!
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wildone
climber
right near the beach, boyeee (lord have mercy)
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Nov 16, 2005 - 10:02pm PT
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I operate a forklift in a warehouse. I can't believe the amount of money they pay me for it. Very stoked
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reddirt
climber
DC
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Apr 24, 2006 - 02:42pm PT
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bump
BA History BS Celllar Bio
grad school dropout (physiology/pharmacology)
biotech burnout
currently: retail, prodeal scammer, studying for mcats (climbing counts as studying for the physics part)
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cjain
Mountain climber
Lake Forest, CA
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Apr 24, 2006 - 03:13pm PT
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securities lawyer
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JEM
Social climber
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Apr 24, 2006 - 03:29pm PT
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Engineering Tech (electro/mechanical) retired
I currently just play a lot of beach volleyball and a little climbing...I'm old.
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Elcapinyoazz
Mountain climber
Anchorage, Alaska
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Apr 24, 2006 - 03:46pm PT
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BS Civil Eng
MS Civil/Environmental Eng
After 8 years in it, am winding down my last year in that field. White collar corporate work is soul sucking, 60+hr weeks, stuck inside and does not allow for intellectual stimulation (at least not what I do, it's managing inane paperwork clustef*#ks for the most part).
What's next? Who knows.
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PDHMAN
Trad climber
Eastside N of Bishop just S of 395
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Apr 24, 2006 - 03:50pm PT
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Retired seven years ago after 24 years in the US Navy where I climbed, flew as Helo SAR Crew Chief (Antarctica and some at Lemoore), climbed, ran Flt Decks, climbed, taught climbing to SpecWar dudes and did some climbing all over the globe at the taxpayers expense. Now, I climb ice, ride ultra-distance bike events, ski, climb rock, hike with my wonderful wife and Jack Russell and do some obscure trad/alpine climbing, all here on the Upper East Side. All on my Navy retirement retainer. Again, at the expense of the US Tax payer's. Thank you America
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onepitch
Social climber
berkeley CA
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Apr 24, 2006 - 03:53pm PT
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PhD student biophysics
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pyro
Trad climber
stoney point,ca
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Apr 24, 2006 - 03:58pm PT
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what's crack'n.
wow! much to say about the many talents for this climbing forum. I'm proud to bring all of you up in any conversation.
I'm not a grad but I wished I could be. good subject though. I have to rework my education plan.
currently take time for work as a technition in a(GaAs) fab. my boss is a fab queen. we like cell phones. my boss liked my resume. I understand CMOS.
it pays some bills
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Apr 24, 2006 - 04:37pm PT
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Current understudy for Old Faithful, human guinea pig, ex-pro procastinator.
Future plans, stay alive a while, play some music.
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G7
Trad climber
Originally Ireland currently living in California
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Apr 24, 2006 - 11:35pm PT
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General contractor in SF Ca, Not an easy gig
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SuperTopo on the Web
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About 30 minutes of a Classics PhD program or two.
Let us know!