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blackbird
Trad climber
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Aug 29, 2006 - 09:49pm PT
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stitch - Thank you. I've heard good stuff about Jeff. Co. Now I just need to get off my butt and do some serious checking out, not just there, but some other places that I've looked at for a while now... Anywhere outside of rural GA is going to likely the largest case of culture shock in modern times, but change is good, right?! Right.
HDDJ, not sure how Crimpies parakeets would like your area, but her parrots might enjoy it quite a lot (at least as long as their momma was there, anyway!!) What're your thoughts, Crimpie??
BB
EDIT: due to the fact that I can't spell tonight... Apologies, STICH for misspelling your name...
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 29, 2006 - 10:26pm PT
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CONGRATS KAREN!!! I'm so psyched for you!
And DJ - Thanks for the photos. I do like the idea of Flagstaff. Thanks for the photos...
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 29, 2006 - 10:26pm PT
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Arg. Dreaded double post...
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Aug 29, 2006 - 11:03pm PT
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Crimpie,
I live in Boulder and love it but I give 2 thumbs up for Flagstaff, too. Just took my son down there to college and holy sh*t! That place goes off on Friday night. There was a traffic jam of bikes downtown, every bar was spilling over into the street and there were lines waiting to get into every concert venue. Some of the best single-track rides I've seen start right in town, the trail running is superb and the skiing mostly sucks but occasionally goes off. And Roxanna lives there now.
Boulder gets 2 thumbs up, too. It's a bigger town than Flag' and is more expensive. Some people cut themselves on the sharp edges of the attitude here but I haven't bled yet. I think you'd get along fine.
You know about the climbing around here (Eldo is 10 minutes from my house) and you've heard about the climbing in Flag'. They're both great but we have winter here every year but it only visits Flag' occasionally.
If you get an ffer in both places I'd make your decision on the job offer/housing cost analysis. Climbing goes either way although there is lots more rock close to Boulder.
How do your birds get along at high altitude (Flag' 7,000', Boulder 5,500') and low humidity?
Mal
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Aug 29, 2006 - 11:19pm PT
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You know, there are, packs of feral zonie parrots.
Another thumbs up for Macy's, BTW.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 29, 2006 - 11:22pm PT
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Malcolm: You forget the other bonus in Boulder - you! :)
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john hansen
climber
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Aug 29, 2006 - 11:57pm PT
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Reno sounds better and better on this thread. If you could handle a smaller town, Placerville or some of those towns south of Reno on 395. Only problem is they have winter there..
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2006 - 12:03am PT
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Reno sounds very intriquing. I need for them to post a position!!! C'mon Reno!
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TGreene
Trad climber
Jonesboro, Arkansas
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Aug 30, 2006 - 12:08am PT
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Being self employed, I'm always actively seeking contract jobs...
If anybody knows of anyone that's in need of a graphic artist/web developer/mktg consultant/event planner type, please send them my way!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Aug 30, 2006 - 03:12am PT
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If your dept's seasons are anything like those in the sciences, you're off-season right now for the hiring period. Would a gap in your resume be too problematic to just take a few months off until it was 'hiring-season', so that you could ask yourself "If I can live anywhere I want, where do I want to live?" Just a thought anyway...
Also, at a lot of places the right letter/connection might get you a job where none is posted.
How important to you is lifestyle vs. cred of the University? In the biomedical world Wash U. (where you're coming from, yes?) is pretty top-notch, and a lot of good climbing areas would be a huge step down in terms of academic prestige. On the other hand, if what you want is contact w/ a diverse student body and think prestige-schmestige, then there are thousands of cc's with at least one near just about any climbing area that you desire.
Best of luck w/ whatever you pick.
My own unsolicited word of caution from trying the "alternative" academic path in favor of a bit more free time...be-very-ware of for profit education (if you were considering that path at all). I was actually breifly teaching gen-ed science and math for some criminal justice students at a for-profit school. It was a very bad experience...even more so for the students than for me.
As for where to live...Why do awesome 1 pitch climbs if you can do 15 pitch climbs? Any place that gives the latter, serves stiff coffee, and doesn't consider vegetarianism to be an eating disorder is going to be be OK by me.
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Aug 30, 2006 - 10:00am PT
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I got to like Reno when the trade show was there but you could put all the climbing within an hour's drive of town in the bottom 1/3 of Boulder canyon. It is good climbing, though. The biggest reason for moving to Reno is the Deux Gros Nez, possibly the best coffehouse/restaurant I've been to in the world. Really. Tim is so cool that I even forgive him for being a road twinkie (road bike rider for noobs) and his wife, Rose, and their kids are joy. When you step into the Deux you enter another world and you can forget for a minute that you're in one of the cheeseball capitals of the world-Reno.
Mal
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Aug 30, 2006 - 01:08pm PT
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Also, don't forget the sister restaurant, The Pneumatic Diner. Run by the other of the big noses. Home of the 666, a drink made from blended 'spro-icecubes with coffee and chocolate. They also serve a mean waffle brunch on sundays, and situated in the Truckee river lodge possibly the only non-smoking hotel in Reno.
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