[at-l] Hiking and Teaching

I have lost track amidst all the reading and
deleting of messages, but I remember that someone posted a thought
pertaining to the dilema of wanting to take a teaching job, but that it
would limit their hiking time to but a few months at a time; there are a
couple of alternatives that spring to mind that combine both teaching
and hiking, or at least teaching in areas whose geography has lots of
hiking possibilities: there are quite a few "wilderness education"
companies that employ folks with outdoor skills and interpersonal
smarts...Outward Bound being the most well-known example. There are also
teaching options that combine lots of hiking with educating "wayward"
youth in a wilderness setting, and although specific names of companies
involved in this industry escape me at the moment, most of the
court-ordered hiking/intervention groups are based in the West. There
are also the wonderfully beautiful spots that one could work close to by
teaching on Native-American reservations. Or if a person were looking
for a more culturally intensive and transient situation, there are the
overseas English-teaching positions that pay quite a lot of tax-free
dollars, but are understandably hard to hook up with due to all the
competition....I know if I ever finish my degree I'm heading straight
back to Alaska.

Happy Sneaux Year,
Alejandro






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