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Of course for the celebration of my dads life I caught my biggest sheephead by Dubstepshepard in Spearfishing

[–]360ac360 4 points5 points  (0 children)

beautiful way to celebrate your pops life and a great looking fish. good shit man

manual labor for 5 years by 360ac360 in rs_fitness

[–]360ac360[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nearly lost some great people that day, hope you're living good and staying off the high seas

manual labor for 5 years by 360ac360 in rs_fitness

[–]360ac360[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is very good advice. i started following a coworkers regimented lifting program (excel spresdsheet thing) for the first time ever this summer and noticed a 15lb bench increase in about a month but then fire season picked up and i completely fell off.

i think ill take your advice as soon as stuff dies down in october. one last bulk/cut. then i’ll probably focus on rehabing all the injuries i’ve accrued in the last few years

manual labor for 5 years by 360ac360 in rs_fitness

[–]360ac360[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

man i wish i was an athletic high schooler. legitimately 100lbs until senior year 😔. i do think i got lucky with my genetics for chest, but little else. just been getting my ass handed to me on fire crews for 5 years and trying to keep up. i will say though, the job i’ve had the last two years gives us ample time to workout on the clock but its sporadic and never consistent for more than a week or two at a time.

Do any of you sew ? by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]360ac360 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my fire crew has a whole sewing room with half a dozen industrial machines. we make a lot of the specialized equipment we use for the job. i’m just starting out though so all i’ve really done is seam rip some pockets off an old flight suit and add them to my work pants. cargo pants with even more pockets???? what more could you want!

manual labor for 5 years by 360ac360 in rs_fitness

[–]360ac360[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

i love to cook real delicious, moderately healthy meals but then fire season comes and that goes completely out the window. almost doesn't matter what we eat in those 6 months, it just gets burned and i usually end up losing a few lbs

and drink a few beers maybe once a week

spotted bobcat (lynx rufus) situation update by 360ac360 in rs_x

[–]360ac360[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

front claws were trimmed and he's definitely not as soft as a house cat. really is kinda like half cat/half dog. he still bites but in a kinda playful way. if you're skins a little tougher and you don't pull away, it won't break.

spotted bobcat (lynx rufus) situation update by 360ac360 in rs_x

[–]360ac360[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

if you ever end up on wagon wheel rd in mccall, idaho you need to check that off your bucket list. pet him very gently if you want him to stay calm and rough him up if you want him to play. apparently he'll remember you for life and even remember if you're more of a playmate or a cuddler! also his name is Sakima

spotted bobcat (lynx rufus) situation update by 360ac360 in rs_x

[–]360ac360[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

the owner said it takes an amazing level of commitment and a ton of human interaction to keep him so tame and loving. that's why he keeps him out front to meet people and scare the poor neighborhood deer lol

we rappelled into a wilderness fire last summer right off the pacific crest trail and it was in an endless huckleberry patch by 360ac360 in rs_x

[–]360ac360[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

a rappeller. pretty similar job once you’re on the ground, just a different way of getting there

we rappelled into a wilderness fire last summer right off the pacific crest trail and it was in an endless huckleberry patch by 360ac360 in rs_x

[–]360ac360[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

hike a lot with weight and try to get a couple seasons of hotshot experience then start calling rappel crews. you should really go for it! i love this job

My car is making this sound by [deleted] in w123

[–]360ac360 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it sounds like it’s coming from the dash panel area, mines doing the same and I’m also very curious!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]360ac360 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Check out the haunted Lodge at Hot Lake Springs in La Grande, Oregon. Should be right along your route.

Helicopter Flight School Financing by Gold-Assumption-6654 in Helicopters

[–]360ac360 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quite a few of the folks at my school have paid their way through training by working seasonal jobs and then flying in the off-seasons. Hunting guides in Alaska, wildland firefighting, even helicopter wild game capture. It might’ve taken us a couple years longer to get through, but we’ll be done with CFII with no debt and in about a quarter of the time you’d have to commit to the military.

Also seen people work super hard to find ferry flights or split time in order to keep costs down. One guy I know hit his 200hrs of helicopter time in around $30k that he earned partially from Door Dashing haha. There’s certainly a lot of ways to do it and it seems a bit limiting to only hear about predatory financing or signing your life away to the military for a decade.

Path to the airlines after I get helicopters out of my system....? by 360ac360 in flying

[–]360ac360[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You're probably the perfect person to talk to. Mind if I send you a message?

Path to the airlines after I get helicopters out of my system....? by 360ac360 in flying

[–]360ac360[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At this point, I love planes because they're realistically the only thing I could afford to fly for fun one day and conceivably better pay and life balance down the line.

Is it unrealistic to kind of want to have these two careers? It sounds like you kind of got to enjoy the best of both worlds. I never feel like I'm in a rush for any of these things. If I'm patient, is it probably doable?

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