Internship Avaliable in Colorado

Post by **strum** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:50 pm

OK, ya'll I'm in charge of finding my own replacement for next year. So Here We go.

I'm looking to hire a person with outdoor education experience. This person would be in charge of the Climbing wall here at Adams State, as well as overseeing the rental shop, and the ropes course. Other duities include trip leading (climbing, hiking, etc.), running ski shuttles and organizing our climbing Competition.

Adams State College is in Alamosa COlorado, in the San Luis Valley. It is a beautiful place with fast easy access to good climbing, mountain biking, skiing (great backcountry), good ice climbing, hiking, backpacking, flyfishing and much much more!

The valley is an extremely laied back place that is wonderful to live in!

Qualifications:
Person must be outgoing, friendly, and enjoy working with college age students. Knowlage of outdoor equipment is a must. Experience with outdoor climbing. Experience working at climbing walls. Experience facillitating ropes courses preferred. WFR & CPR preferred. Trad knowlage preferred

Compensation:
Free Room (in Dorm), 50 meals / semester, $1200 a semester. Free equipment rental from rental shop, pro-deals.

so there. This Job is set up as an internship so you can get college credit for it, either in rec, outdoor edu. or education, that will depend on your school. I took it as a fun job that was where I wanted to live for a bit between College and Grad School.
The pay isn't much, but with free room, and some free food it all works out well, I ahve been able to climb and ski alot while remaining in budget.

if you have any questions, or want to learn more please feel free to contact me here, or e-mail me.

Post by **diggum** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:53 pm

***drool***

Post by **strum** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:56 pm

I'm telling you it is cool stuff. Climbing: Penitente Canyon is an hour away, the Black Canyon is about 2.5 hrs, there ia great Alpine climbing (9 14ers surround the valley), Skiing at Wolf Creek (460 " of snow fell there this year), Ice routes from WI1 to WI6 and Mixed from M2 to M7 all within 1 hour.

And The views, Damn, I'll have to post the view out me front door this evening

Post by **diggum** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:01 pm

WHAT THE HELL??? Stop...you're KILLING me!!!!!

Post by JB » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:07 pm

strum,

I run the adventure programs dept. at EKU, so I'll pass this info along to some of the Rec students here that are looking for internships. I have a guy that would be perfect for the job... he's already done an internship for me and has all the qualifications you mentioned... when are you leaving?

i saw this job advertised on blue fish last year... did you just take it recently?

Post by **strum** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:21 pm

It would start next fall, late Aug, however I suspect they could start earlier if they would want to, we could use someone during the summer too. But I'd need to check about housing

Post by **Zspider** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:29 pm

diggum wrote:WHAT THE HELL??? Stop...you're KILLING me!!!!!

Don't forget. Turning a fun hobby into a job is one of the most effective ways of stomping all the joy out of it.

ZSpider

Post by JB » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:32 pm

cool. this guy has trad knowledge, wfr, route setting, challenge course, and good skills. he'd be a great fit i'd bet. He wants to travel this summer after he graduates in may, so this sounds great for him. I'll let him know and put him in touch with ya. he's a hit with the ladies too...

that's him in the middle during our spring break ski trip. what a rough job i have...

Post by JB » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:33 pm

Zspider, sorry, but in this case you're wrong!!!

Post by **strum** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:03 pm

I'd have to agree with JB on this one, the job is just so different. Having a group out and teaching them how to climb is a totally different animal than climbing on your own.

one doesn't ruin the other