The CragBaby » remote http://www.cragbaby.com Adventures of Rachel Strate (Wasatch Girl) and her chihuahua (CragBaby). Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:51:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Office http://www.cragbaby.com/2009/08/12/the-office/ http://www.cragbaby.com/2009/08/12/the-office/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:29:06 +0000 WasatchGirl http://www.cragbaby.com/?p=1070 One of my favorite aspects of my trip was the dichotomy of my life.  I was living a completely dirt-bag life, literally living out of my Honda Civic, while also working with a venture capital firm, raising millions of dollars for their current fund.  All I needed to work was a wi-fi connection, which was quite ubiquitous in the United States. I usually worked in my climbing clothes, covered in dust, usually with dirt still under my fingernails…. but completely capable of still doing my job. =)

I started to capture shots of my different office locations, with my favorite being the “office” in Joshua Tree, not for comfort but for pure humor.


My Hueco Tanks office.  I was staying in a house in El Paso, living with 4 guys, 3 of which worked remotely making it really easy to motivate on climbing rest days.  Photo Credit: Frank Wu.

The only wi-fi I could find in Joshua Tree was at this little store (the name is slipping my mind right now).  They allowed access to their wifi, with the caveat that you had to sit outside.  One day I had to work on a project for 4+ hours, resulting in a nice sunburn on my back when the work day was complete.

I had a great setup in Fontainebleau.  I was staying with my friend Guillaume and my “office” included a beautiful view of the Bleau forest.

One of my Salt Lake “offices”, Alchemy Coffee.  The coffee is quite good, the regulars entertaining, and a couple times of the week there is local music.  Photo Credit: Pang.

I must admit that I love my current, flexible lifestyle, hoping that perhaps I can get this setup to extend. =)

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