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- From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: Re: Guide info
- References: <Bxv5BL.BoL@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <00963BDD.32CCEB60@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>
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- Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 08:08:26 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.080826.5043@nas.nasa.gov>
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- In article <00963BDD.32CCEB60@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>
- uchpcjv@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:
- >WHY would anyone WANT to be a guide? The mind boggles...
-
- One learns a lot about the activity one is guiding.
- One does it for the opportunities. The outside consulting possibilities
- beyond the day to day teaching are some times interesting:
- driving HUMMV, shooting an M-60, finding interesting students. The majority
- you will get, however, if you just do day to day teaching, will be turkeys.
- You can't plan on making money. The real money is in consulting to
- large groups and these are the hardest to deal with.
-
- >In order to "call oneself a guide", you must be willing to work for no
- >pay (a "reputable" mountain school in Colorado makes it a policy NOT
- >to pay guides), work with jaded executives who have always "wanted to
-
- It is not atypical for services to get 90% of the take. It's is rarely as
- good or as simple as that: bad weather and other problems intervene.
- Learning about business skills probably would help a lot of guides.
-
- >try this" and are en-route to bungee jumping, sacrifice ALL your
- >personal climbing time, etc., etc.. No damn fun.
- >
- >Incidently, I think the Exum and NOLS courses are $$$$$$ (?).
- >"FUCK N.O.L.S.!"
- > -- Anonymous Moutaineering School Owner.
-
- Interesting statement. Sounds like a shopowner in an area where REI decided
- to move in....
-
- --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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