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Dork is that a family name? Welcome:wink:
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Bob R said:Please add to the hiking threads.
andyzee said:Welcome Dork, you a skier?
skiprob said:Hello All,
I have recently joined the 'Zone' and wanted to get rid of that pesky reminder that I have never posted anything yet.
I live just south of Albany NY (Bethlehem) with my wife and three young children.
Besides my day job, I work as a snowsports instructor at Jiminy Peak in MA. I am PSIA (Poor Skiers Imitating Austrians) Certified Level I Alpine.
I took the gig because I was struggling with how to afford being a skiing family. I ended up working with some super cool people and have embraced the mountain lifestyle - on a part time basis. Based on how much I work at keeping us all skiing, I imagine that I would have enough experience to write a book. I'll call it "Art of the Scam".
Long term, I hope to stave off the negative effects of old age and working in an office until I retire and adopt the lifestyle full time. This assumes the kids will be able to feed themselves by then.
Florida is not for me.
Happy Trails
rob
D&J said:Hello to all.
My husband, (he's the "D") and I have long been hikers. We are eagerly awaiting retirement in a few years so that we can hike to our hearts content. Must admit though that as we have gotten older the overnight hikes become more difficult. Older joints and bones do like a real bed at night so we tend to do long day hikes and then almost literally crawl into a motel for the night. I am an RN, husband is a carpenter and he is also an excellent photographer, of course I may be biased. I have been reading here, love the site and photographs.
Welcome Hawkshot. What areas do you like to ski at?