Get paid to camp & hike...a dream job!

By Stephen C. Schultz

With a history of a stagnant economy, many college students are graduating and finding it hard to enter the workforce in their chosen field of study. RedCliff Ascent has staff from across the country with various educational backgrounds. In fact, RedCliff appreciates the diversity in education and experience. The more diverse the staff population, the better able RedCliff can meet the very individual needs of each family and student who enroll in the program.

This is a video that is simply staff members discussing their training experience at RedCliff Ascent. Nothing staged, nothing planned. I simply drove around the backcountry to different teams of students and pulled the staff aside, turned on the camera and let them talk. Great stuff!

If having 1000 square miles of backcountry as your office sounds appealing to you, check out www.redcliffascent.com.

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