Thought this would make an intersting topic coming from the working with your hands thread.
these are mostly in order with a fire seasons worth of work mixed in every other one or so did fire for 15 years
pipe changer (dairy farm in wiliams oregon)
milker (dairy farm)
lumber yard (plywood country in grants pass oregon)
slate mine/blasting (kelsey california)
welder (sac ca)
cabinet shop (sacramento ca)
alfalfa harvester/bailer (klamath falls/medford or)
hunting/fishing guide (montana, idaho)
logger (oregon, washington)
millwright (hauser idaho)
general contractor (oregon, california)
heli rappeler (happycamp ca)
backhoe operator (yreka ca)
parasailing guide (colorado)
moto mechanic (las vegas)
livestock roughhand (southern oregon)
pool builder (roseburg oregon)
rock climbing guide (ouray co)
bridge maintenence (bay bridge SF ca)
bike messenger (sf ca)
bike messenger (manhattan)
bike messenger (sacramento ca)
high rise window washer (sac ca)
river guide (rougue/umpqua rivers or)
welder/fab shop (barsto ca)
fish hatchery (sierra nevadas ca)
auto mechanic (lake tahoe ca)
well drilling (southern or)
blaster/demo (roseburg or)
armored truck (bend or)
heavy equipment operator (bend oregon, hap taylor)
road builder (central oregon)
timber climber/faller (central or)
bike mech (all over ca, wa, or, id)
photog (laguna seca ca)
bullet manufacturing (bend or)
custom window building (bend or, pozzi)
roofer (Coeur d'Alene Id)
welder (Coeur d'Alene)
auto body (Coeur d'Alene)
geologist assistant (kingman arizona)
smokejumper (oregon)
cable/rope braider (seattle wa)
river guide (spokane wa)
thats all I can remember right now
fought fire in all but 3 states ohio, nebraska, and alabama, and went to australia, spain, canada, mexico, new zealand, russia, china and argentina to fight fires as well.
worked for nasa for 6 months during the shuttle disaster, that was cool
since I have been nack from Iraq and out of the hospital I have been dabbling here and there but mostly just riding the dirt bikes and the downhill bike and doing a road bike trip every month across the country, I will be in new york next month.
these are mostly in order with a fire seasons worth of work mixed in every other one or so did fire for 15 years
pipe changer (dairy farm in wiliams oregon)
milker (dairy farm)
lumber yard (plywood country in grants pass oregon)
slate mine/blasting (kelsey california)
welder (sac ca)
cabinet shop (sacramento ca)
alfalfa harvester/bailer (klamath falls/medford or)
hunting/fishing guide (montana, idaho)
logger (oregon, washington)
millwright (hauser idaho)
general contractor (oregon, california)
heli rappeler (happycamp ca)
backhoe operator (yreka ca)
parasailing guide (colorado)
moto mechanic (las vegas)
livestock roughhand (southern oregon)
pool builder (roseburg oregon)
rock climbing guide (ouray co)
bridge maintenence (bay bridge SF ca)
bike messenger (sf ca)
bike messenger (manhattan)
bike messenger (sacramento ca)
high rise window washer (sac ca)
river guide (rougue/umpqua rivers or)
welder/fab shop (barsto ca)
fish hatchery (sierra nevadas ca)
auto mechanic (lake tahoe ca)
well drilling (southern or)
blaster/demo (roseburg or)
armored truck (bend or)
heavy equipment operator (bend oregon, hap taylor)
road builder (central oregon)
timber climber/faller (central or)
bike mech (all over ca, wa, or, id)
photog (laguna seca ca)
bullet manufacturing (bend or)
custom window building (bend or, pozzi)
roofer (Coeur d'Alene Id)
welder (Coeur d'Alene)
auto body (Coeur d'Alene)
geologist assistant (kingman arizona)
smokejumper (oregon)
cable/rope braider (seattle wa)
river guide (spokane wa)
thats all I can remember right now
fought fire in all but 3 states ohio, nebraska, and alabama, and went to australia, spain, canada, mexico, new zealand, russia, china and argentina to fight fires as well.
worked for nasa for 6 months during the shuttle disaster, that was cool
since I have been nack from Iraq and out of the hospital I have been dabbling here and there but mostly just riding the dirt bikes and the downhill bike and doing a road bike trip every month across the country, I will be in new york next month.
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