The
Great
Outdoors.
A
hobby.
A
Lifestyle.
A
career.
Lawrence
of
Arabia.
Roy
Chapman
Andrews.
Darwin.
John
Muir.
Thousands
of
unnamed
biologists,
geologists,
environmental
scientists
and
engineers.
Millions
of
people
have
hacked
out
livings
doing
what
they
love
outside.
Why
does
the
modern
collective
thought
seem
to
think
that
the
wilds
are
just
a
place
to
vacation,
or
a
place
to
dream
of?
Why
do
so
many
people
think
that
nature
is
a
last
stronghold
of
environmentalism?
It’s
surrounds
everything,
overpowering,
almighty,
and
it
will
win
in
the
end.
Many
people
grow
up
loving
to
spend
time
outside.
Many
of
these
people
will
grow
up
to
sit
behind
a
desk
at
a
9-‐5
job,
filing
papers
or
trying
to
figure
out
why
the
internet
isn’t
working.
The
reality
is
that
one
can
easily
land
a
dream
career,
doing
what
they
love
in
the
field.
The
geoscience
demographic
is
booming.
Now,
more
then
ever,
mankind
turns
his
gaze
to
natural
resources
and
their
conservation
and
efficient
use.
This
career
field
needs
the
expertise
of
a
colorful
cast
of
characters.
Mountaineers,
adventurers,
photographers,
spelunkers,
extreme
sportsman,
all
lend
their
skills
toward
science
and
engineering.
One
such
job,
one
that
speaks
to
me,
is
a
geophysicist
or
geological
engineer.
My
office
is
the
tundras
of
Sibera,
or
the
Andes
Mountain.
My
job
duty
is
building
clean
water
solutions
for
Nigeria,
or
designing
defense
structures
for
German
Military
Defense
Contractors.
Physically,
my
job
can
take
me
to
the
most
remote
places
on
earth.
Psychologically,
my
work
could
land
me
on
the
cover
of
National
Geographic’s
emerging
explorer,
or
outdoor
life,
or
any
backpacking/kayaking
magazine.