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mike
climber
tahoe city, ca.
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Stupid finsh carpenter. Currently waiting for contractor exam date.
Volunteer Nordic SAR
No drinie no smokie
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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1970 - 90 (in more or less this order with much overlapping):
 Roofing / Tree Crews
Combat Photographer (Time, Life, NYTimes, AP, UPI, Reuters)
Climber
Freelance Photographer (Corporate)
Education / Microbiology / Architecture Degree
Freelance Animator
Climber
Environmental Activist
Horticulture Degree
Climber
Computer Science Degree
Software Engineer (Digital Equipment Corp.)
Windsurfer
Real Estate / Builder
1991 - Present / Technology Consultant (Dual US / EU Citizenship, Asian Visas)
Engagement Services:
IT Strategy
Risk Management / Disaster Recovery
Technology Reviews / Proposal Management
Staffing, Budget, Vendor, and Contract Reviews
Program / Project Management and Remediation
Arbitration Support / Discovery Services / Expert Witness
Technical Architecture
Clients:
Abbott Labs, Agency.com, AOL/Time-Warner, Apple Computer, AT&T Wireless, Baxter Labs, Compaq, Fort James, Georgia-Pacific, HP, Hollywood Video, Intel, Kaiser Permanente, Leo Burnett, McCann-Erickson, Microsoft, NBA, Nike, Oregon Health Sciences University, PacifiCorp, PGE, Providence Health System, Sharp Microelectronics, Siemens Computers, Stockamp, Tektronix, Tetra Pak, U.S. State Department, Qwest, Washington Mutual, Weyerhaeuser, Wieden + Kennedy, Xerox
2006 - Onward:
Always open to good ideas and new clients...
[I never take on a person, endeavor, substance, or idea I'm not totally prepared to be completely and utterly overwhelmed by - at least temporarily. Well, almost never...]
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Michelle
Boulder climber
below the spraydar
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I quit school just shy of my engineering degree. Oddly, this was about when I started climbing. I may go back, but not likely for that. I wait tables and frankly, my life is pretty good. I also decided at that point that I would never live anywhere that I didn't think was beautiful.
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StevieOzark
Trad climber
Little Rock, Arkansas
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U.S.G.S. Cartographer and grass farmer.............
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Shack
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Hey Joseph...
You forgot (potential) A5 hammer and beak remanufacturer.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Took 10 years to complete a AS in BS ( or they call it GS).....
Managed a pet store...9yrs
Worked in Audit Reveiw for the state....5yrs
Owned operated a recording Studio...3yrs
Construction, remodeling and custom furniture, self employed for the last 13 years. Now my freinds call me retired because of the hours I'm currently able to keep. Also Honkey Donkey to the women I love for the last ten years (P.S. she has a good career job). Drink like a fish but try to limit it to that now adays because "I'd hate to be found dead in a ditch with my body full of chemicals".. Any advice to the next or second to next generation, get that damn degree your going to need it in the furture
Edge that is some exceptionally nice work on your web site.
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Tommyk
Social climber
fort collins, co
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I was educated as an engineer (solid mechanics, specializing in soil and rock mechanics) and am an unemployed a porn star.
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MikeL
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Yes, Fattrad, the data in this thread would tend to support that hypotheses. However, the respondents here are all self-selected; none of them have been randomly selected, so we can't be sure about this sample's representativeness.
ml
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dank
Trad climber
the pitch above you!
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amateur gynecologist, wanna-be tree-hugger, rock climbing guide to those who want to learn....
6th grade earth science teacher with an actual degree in geology and an MA in science education!
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toyon
Social climber
davis, ca
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sustainable agriculture researcher to pay the bills
non-commercial radio dj, photographer to keep me sane
-st
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WBraun
climber
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Man, this is an impressive list of people.
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Left IT job in the late 70's to travel and ended up guiding all over the place for the next 20 years. Eventually went back to school to finish my IT degree and have been back working in IT for the last five years. I work for a county government in Colorado as a system engineer with a good balance of work and play, 4 day work weeks and flexible time off. Time off is more important than money. Cheers John
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pocoloco
Trad climber
Idaho
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MD - Pulmonologist/Intensivist. Worked hard for 14 years in Florida, but the pay was not bad. Had only 1 week a year for climbing in the mountains; would tic off a few moderate classics that would leave me physically exhausted (eg, from sea level to Whitney via the East Buttress and back to the Portal in a day). Got smart, finally. Doing the same thing now, working less, pays less, wife and kids are happier because they see me more, and working out at local crags a few evenings a week. May even wonder into the Valley soon (for a few moderate classics). Life is a balance (a difficult balance). Enjoy it.
PS: Smoke 'em if you got 'em!
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Pat Spydell
climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jun 10, 2005 - 12:19am PT
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Audio Engineer. You know, the guy sitting behind that huge, intimidating console with all the lights and knobs. Yea, I'm that guy. It's pretty cool. I get to meet a ton of celebs and make an obscene amount of money. It's way better than what i was doing before that's for sure......working at the Awh. Hotel in house keeping.
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pc
Trad climber
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Jun 10, 2005 - 12:50pm PT
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Music and Computer Science
Now - Chasing the Wi-Fi rainbow with a socal startup.
Wasn't good enough to cut it in NYC as a jazz musician. Fun trying though.
pc
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climberweenie
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jun 10, 2005 - 01:19pm PT
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I think the correlation between advanced education and climbing as a hobby is not well explained by the hypothesis that people learn it in a college course.
I think a better working hypothesis is this:
In college, people get exposed to a wide variety of social circles and people who enjoy a vast range of activities. In this context, it is much easier to find others who share your latent passion for climbing and can "show you the ropes" so to speak.
If you live in a small town (or even a city) and you don't go to college, you'll see the same people and not have the same opportunities to expand your horizons.
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dengar
Big Wall climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Jun 10, 2005 - 01:45pm PT
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Yes very impressed but not surprised
most climbers that I've met thorough my ~ 15 year of climbing mostly are very educated and work in some form of science, technical or teaching related careers.
maybe this is just a geographical thing such as the case with where I do most of my climbing and work. places like California, Boston , NY and Ottawa all being High Tech centers
what I find interesting specially for me is that my home town Ottawa is a government and Hight Tech center for Canada, most of the climbers around here are in some form of IT or science based careers like the responds in this forum but I find very interesting is that I have never met a climber that has or aspires to a political related job (science of government) which in this town are many.
is climbing just to real for a politician to deal with :)
nothing against political science career just my limited observations
Dennis
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DOR
Trad climber
NV.
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Jun 10, 2005 - 02:16pm PT
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Chef, Food and Beverage, Gen. Manager(restaurant), restauranteur, retired four years ago. There's good money in pizza. My work would average 80+ hrs. a week, or 14 to 18 hrs. a day. It's hard for me to believe, looking back now, how I pulled it off. I would work weeks without a day off, and years would slip by without a vacation. I have no regrets though, as it was always my plan to retire from the industry by the time I reached
40 or so.
I stay very busy with my 4 children; ages 4yrs thru 22yrs ( all my kids climb) and spend time in my studio at home, painting and
sketching. My wife of 15 yrs. is the CEO of a small corporation
which makes it all possible.
I could not begin to remember all my employees with degrees
and many years of higher learning that waited tables or bartended
for me.
I love good wine and spirits, once in a while I puff before I pass.
Cheers!
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asioux
Trad climber
pasadena,ca
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Jun 10, 2005 - 03:01pm PT
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Myself I work at the L.A.Zoo working with the construction divison doing concrete and masonary work full time. Six in the morning to 2:30. That allows me to at least go boulder at Stoney Point in Chatsworth. And or go on a hike up in the San Gabriel mountains. I have been climbing for eight years. I am passionate about climbing it's my life. I also have a son that is seventeen that lives with me full time on the weekends he goes to his mothers house. I also have a four year old daughter that lives with her mom. I see her as much as possible. She wants to climb. I also go to rock n roll concerts. I am also an artist. I recently had my first art show. But I constantly think and talk about climbing. It's what makes me happy. The places I climb the most are Joshua Tree. I love to climb cracks. I enjoy climbing slabs. Hell I just enjoy climbing. I am a solid 5.10 trad leader. i did lead a 5.10c at Josh called "Clean and Jerk" and that has to be the hardest climb I have ever led on trad.
Climbing is the key to my soul.
Armando
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hunter
Trad climber
NYC
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Jun 10, 2005 - 03:18pm PT
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PhD Neuropsychopharmacology (I experiment with drugs professionally), Presently a Post-doc in NYC.
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