Mini-Episode 5: Packing Up to Leave
For the Love of Climbing
Kathy Karlo
4.6 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2018
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
Every job has its pros and cons. Some can be pretty chaotic and most, if not all, don’t always pay employees what they’re worth. But what if one of the downsides of your job was death? Pretty sure they don’t make bonuses that cover that.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm a mountain guide and I love my work. |
| 0:04.0 | It's really fun to be out with people who are psyched on skiing and climbing and continuing their avalanche education, things like that. |
| 0:11.0 | But the huge downside is packing up to leave. |
| 0:16.0 | And I'm actually recording this from the airport. |
| 0:20.0 | But my wife and I have twin boys that are seven and a half right now |
| 0:24.6 | and just missing stuff they do and worrying about what would happen if I got hurt |
| 0:30.6 | or smoked in the back country. |
| 0:33.6 | That's the big downside. |
| 0:34.6 | Other than that, it's pretty great if you can deal with the chaos and not knowing how much cash you're going to make in a year. |
| 0:41.3 | All that kind of stuff. Anyway, but otherwise, it's pretty darn good. |
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