The Shorts- Just Make It Happen

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2013

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Ever managed to talk yourself into an adventure or a job only to realize you have gotten yourself in way over your head? Sometimes these scenarios lead to embarrassment. Sometimes they begin horror stories. But, sometimes, they provide unexpected opportunities for growth. In 2007, Jen Altschul talked her way into a job as a ski patroller. And then the snow began to fall. Today, we present her story of learning how to be one. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

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0:00.0	What do you do if a winter storm leaves you under three feet of snow?
0:07.6	You pull out the toboggan, bundle up, and celebrate the joy of winter.
0:13.0	If you're a new Belgian brewer, you decide there's no better place to weather a storm than
0:17.3	a brewery and you start experimenting.
0:20.5	Hmm, what about this dark and caramel rose that midnight wheat shovel it in, a blizzard
0:26.1	of hops?
0:27.1	Why not?
0:28.4	We present our new winter seasonal snow day winter ale.
0:33.3	New Belgian brewing, follow your folly, ours is beer.
0:39.6	This is The Shorts, and you're listening to The Dirt Pack Diaries.
0:59.7	I was 19 when I interviewed for a position with the Mount Hood Meadow Steep Troll.
1:03.6	I've been skiing for eight years, I remember telling the director, I can get down just
1:08.9	about anything I want to standing up, some things with more grace than others.
1:14.0	The rest of the interview must have gone well.
1:16.6	She caught my arm as I walked out of the job fair, and told me I had the position if I wanted
1:21.2	it.
1:22.2	I didn't exactly lie about my skiing ability, but I definitely didn't tell the whole truth.
1:29.3	I'd been skiing at Meadow's for eight years, but on a good year I'd put in maybe 10 days.
1:34.1	I could get down just about anything standing up, but only if I sag slipped slowly enough.
1:40.0	I wasn't being intentionally deceptive or suicidal.
1:44.3	I just hadn't steed enough to know how much of a gaper I actually wise.
1:50.2	During preseason orientation, our training coordinator gave us the rundown of our training
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