Here it is: THE PERFECT JOB!!

“If you can WRITE, that is:

Company:
Backpacker Magazine
Position:
Gear Editor
Location:
Pennsylvania
Job Status:
Full-time
Ad Expires:
March 27, 2001
Job ID:
107978



Description:
Gear Editor -- Backpacker magazine.

Plan, coordinate, execute, and edit annual Gear Guide and Apparel Guide. Coordinate equipment testing for field tests, reviews,
Outfitting, and special gear-related stories. Assign/project edit/write field tests, reviews, Outfitting, and other gear-related stories.
Provide editorial content for backpacker.com and editorial oversight for gearfinder.com. Plan, coordinate, and participate in annual
Be A Gear Tester Contest. Maintain equipment catalog files and product review index. Attend two annual trade shows and other
industry events as necessary. Coordinate editorial coverage of trade shows. Serve as editorial liaison between the magazine and
industry representatives. Handle reader inquiries about gear. Develop new writers for equipment reviews. Test gear. Participate in at
least four field tests, and take at least six additional trips to test gear.

Requirements: A strong passion for backpacking, along with extensive experience in the outdoors. Experience testing outdoor
gear and/or intimate knowledge of different types of backpacking equipment. Strong writing and editing skills, preferably with a
history of published writing in outdoor media. Excellent organization skills and the ability to manage many stories, writers, and
products at once.

Please reference job number: JJ/01-013.

E-mail your resume to HR@Rodale.com

Fax your cover letter and resume to: (610) 967-9209, Attention: HR Dept. Mail your resume and cover letter to: Rodale, Inc., 33 E.
Minor St., Emmaus, PA 18098, Attention: HR Dept. No Phone Calls Please!

When applying, please mention that you saw this opening listed at JournalismJobs.com.”

“Lizs, are you looking for a new job or something? Ever been to the J-Jobs site on the UC Berkeley server? It's pretty sweet.

The job would be killer, if only it was located in N. CA!”

“Almost perfect. It isn't in Idaho.”

“"Full-time"
EWWWWW!”

“pennsylvania? phawk that!”

“sing me up, allthough I no thik dat day will apove ove me sellin an gwamma”

“Penn eh? One of the perks is that you'll be near AmyG.. ;-)”

“Yeah, where's AmyG? Does she WRITE???? Didn't she just get out of her one job????

And for those harping on full-time, did ya see the part: "Participate in at least four field tests, and take at least six additional trips to test gear."

Hey man, THAT'S BACKPACKING!! Doing it ON THE JOB EVEN!!! whoaaaaaaaaa”

“I'd rather be a tester. I'd put the gear through it's paces.”

“Sounds good but burn out would come quick for me, I'll stick to fighting fires, besides I can't spelljsouooooooonwkenek
worth a dam.”

“I think Teaching is the perfect job. Reasons?:

1. Summers off = Backpacking
2. Winter holidays off = skiing
3. You can start a Backpacking or Outdoor club to share with the kids all this cooooool stuff.”

“Gear tester,
Job is to hike using the latest and greatest gear, and you get paid for it instead of have to pay to do it! It's the gear heads dream. Imagine being paid to wear TNF!!”

“Yes, imagine that.... oh wait, I basicaly do get paid to wear TNF, I sit at work and surf the net all day looking at gear, and then I go out and buy TNF, MH, and OR gear with my "hard earned" mooola!


MOO MOO MOOOOLA!”