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Standing Strong
Trad climber
bringin' sexy back
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Aug 17, 2007 - 12:44am PT
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shout out to all the teachers. big ups for makin' a difference.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Aug 17, 2007 - 07:40am PT
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Cool idea for a thread (and lots of good pictures).
My wife's sister is an elementary teacher who just got the good news that her class size had been reduced to the 20s (had been 30s). Even so it looks like really hard work to me -- dozens of kids in one room but with widely different strengths and troubles; coping with parents who blame teachers for their own kids' behavior; buying supplies out of pocket; never enough teachers and too many high-needs kids -- but she does it enthusiastically and well. Not a climber but an ultramarathon runner, on the side.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Aug 17, 2007 - 11:41am PT
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My friends Jeremy and Amanda, both High-School teachers:
GO
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Ouch!
climber
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Aug 17, 2007 - 12:32pm PT
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Blue Dog Homeschools
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Brian
climber
Cali
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Aug 17, 2007 - 12:49pm PT
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The picture above, taken in the Kain hut, is of Conrad Kain, not YC. (Right?)
Brian
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Aug 17, 2007 - 12:57pm PT
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TEACHERS RULE! Let's triple their salaries with that Cali. Lotto money. That was what it is for right?
Yeah!
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mooch
Big Wall climber
The Immaculate Conception
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Aug 17, 2007 - 01:03pm PT
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Jack McBroom (Hemet High School - Chemistry)....also an ordained minister. Bad ass climber....also holds the current 14ers speed record. Dear friends for life! Married me and the Rockcritter at Tahquitz (Jeff Salz "grotto".....last house on the right before Humber Park).
Rockcritter keeping Mooch in line.....enforcing the vows with a bamboo Chouinard! Pre-Jack's arrival! HA!
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Aug 17, 2007 - 01:56pm PT
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(My kids are taking a test so don't tell anyone!)
Brian,
Check out the guy who looks like tooled leather facing the camera in the Kain Hut. He like been around the block or something.
Jaybro, "The Offwidth Machine" also deserves mention. He's a champion Special Ed sub and has been known to be hard on his Jeep. He also has a Lucille fetish, but you didn't hear it here.
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Brian Boyd
Trad climber
Scottsdale, AZ
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Aug 17, 2007 - 02:27pm PT
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Me, b-school prof:
From time to time, I get to take my MBA students out for a 'leadership day in the desert'. Few things illustrate personal preference for risk like taking a running jump off the edge of a cliff:
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Brian
climber
Cali
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Aug 17, 2007 - 05:56pm PT
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Marty,
OK got it. I skimmed to quickly and thought you meant Kain was YC, then thought you meant Becky was YC...
...but now I see that the problem is that I can't read!
Brian
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Aug 17, 2007 - 10:43pm PT
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blackbird... special ed.
Jaybro... special ed.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Aug 26, 2011 - 08:08pm PT
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Bump cuz there's only two days left until I morph into Mr. Murphy one more time
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Nohea
Trad climber
Sunny Aiea,Hi
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Aug 26, 2011 - 08:16pm PT
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That's cool, we've been in school for 4 weeks already. Had my first debate team meeting today and think I have a few contenders. We'll see and we'll have fun along the way.
Aloha,
will
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Aug 26, 2011 - 08:39pm PT
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You seem to have let a few profs in so I'll put my picture in. But I taught in high school for seven years before returning to grad school so I'm also a former high school math teacher.
The high-school teacher on the East Ridge of Bugaboo Spire:
Photo by Matt Hale
The college prof in Red Rock 40 years later:
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Aug 26, 2011 - 11:43pm PT
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This one below is special... Matt Will, who lost his battle with Leukemia this morning. He was a student of mine. Always looking for adventure and a challenge, always smiling, always full of life. God Speed Matt. You will be missed.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Aug 26, 2011 - 11:49pm PT
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Slater, so sorry to hear.. your friend/student, lost his battle with cancer...)-;
Sincere condolences to you, and all of Matt's friends & family.
take care...
Saludos
nita..
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Aug 27, 2011 - 09:43am PT
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Slater
Total Perspective shot. I was going to post about how in Wisconsin here teachers are now considered public enemy # 1. Then I see your shot about your student dying. I'm sorry to hear this- it's tough when the little guys leave us too early.
I was at a grad party and I said to my students- well now you're done and off to college, so you can call me Dan- and they said "no You're always going to be Mr. Murphy."
what a world
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 27, 2011 - 10:22am PT
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On a different thread on the same topic a few years back I said, "Ex-teacher, ex-climber" I've found out that is not the case and while I don't teach in the public arena anymore I find myself in teacher mode in any number of different jobs and social circumstances. I've also been having (gasp) positive thoughts about climbing again. I just hope my body allows my desires the ability to do it.
I lasted 4 years teaching social sciences at Pasadena High School. It seemed to age me many more years then I taught. cheers to all that can and do
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HandCrack
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal.
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Aug 27, 2011 - 11:22am PT
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My wife and second grade teacher Paula Allen after an epic ascent of Trash-Can-Rock-in-a-Day.
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pleasantOs
Trad climber
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Aug 27, 2011 - 03:45pm PT
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Waiting out Irene here, watching climbing flicks and the weather channel, and what do I see?! I'm in my 7th year, 6 years of science, 2nd year into the math scene. 3rd state. As far as I can tell, we are the last moral and academic role model for most. Many are called, few are dedicated to improve unless there's a monetary incentive. On the flipside, few are as happy with their craft as us! Teaching Climbers Unite!
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