RRG crag babysitter? No experience necessary!

Want to earn cash on your rest day?

We are looking for someone who can help with watching our 2 boys ages 2 and 4. This would involve meeting us at the parking area and hiking to the crag then hanging out with the kids while we climb. We would provide food and some toys for them. They are generally good kids but regular kid stuff applies. Toys, tripping, fighting, tantrums, snacks, etc. Not quite able to hang out while both parents have their hands full.

We would love to find someone who could come hang out with them at the crag, and mostly keep them entertained. This would be perfect for long term gorge trippers who set their week up to rest on the weekends. Not a climbing day for you but a pretty easy way to make a few bucks on rest days.

Both us parents are vaccinated but kids are too young. For that reason we would ask for our crag sitter to also be vaccinated.

It should be fairly easy to hang out with them since we will be there.

If interested, send me a private message and we can discuss timing and pay.

Wow. This is peak mountain project. “Watch my kids while I crush brah, I got snacks”

I can see the post in lost and found now... "help!! some dirtbag climbers sold our children to the chimneysweep for beer money"

Neil Chughwrote:

Wow. This is peak mountain project. “Watch my kids while I crush brah, I got snacks”

Pretty sure “peak mountain project” is: 23-year-old bro giving shit to someone with a lot more experience than them for trying to get out climbing in a safe and responsible way.

Alec Owrote:

Pretty sure “peak mountain project” is: 23-year-old bro giving shit to someone with a lot more experience than them for trying to get out climbing in a safe and responsible way.

Not to mention John is offering cash money. Eat a dick Neil.

How much $cash$ would be a good starting point. A few bucks is??

We hired a crag sitter in Wild Iris when my son was little. She hung at the van with him while we climbed for the day. When we returned he smelled clearly and unequivocally like pot. First and last time we did that.

Screen your candidates well, just because they’re climbers hoping to make some easy bucks doesn’t mean they’re right for the job.

Wendy Laakmannwrote:

We hired a crag sitter in Wild Iris when my son was little. She hung at the van with him while we climbed for the day. When we returned he smelled clearly and unequivocally like pot. First and last time we did that.

Screen your candidates well, just because they’re climbers hoping to make some easy bucks doesn’t mean they’re right for the job.

HOLY JESUS did she also eat all the snacks?

Wendy Laakmannwrote:

We hired a crag sitter in Wild Iris when my son was little. She hung at the van with him while we climbed for the day. When we returned he smelled clearly and unequivocally like pot. First and last time we did that.

Screen your candidates well, just because they’re climbers hoping to make some easy bucks doesn’t mean they’re right for the job.

Lol!

"But it's legal!"

Lol, she probably did! We paid her and kicked her back to her camp so fast I don’t remember, but as a new mom I was super bummed I didn’t screen her better. I’ll never forget picking him up and smelling his hair…we had all climbed together the day before and she seemed nice enough.

On the plus side, the baby wasn‘t fussy when we got back.

"we had all climbed together the day before"

So you did screen the person!  No need to second guess yourself.   Pot smoking is rampant nowadays (even more than the 90s).

You’re right Russ, but I wish I had explicitly said no drugs or alcohol around the baby, instead of assuming that was obvious. Seemed obvious to me as a new mom, but that was an assumption.

Wendy Laakmannwrote:

You’re right Russ, but I wish I had explicitly said no drugs or alcohol around the baby, instead of assuming that was obvious. Seemed obvious to me as a new mom, but that was an assumption.

Wendy, you've never had a glass of wine while holding a baby?! Cause we call wine "Papa's Milk" 'round these parts.

Wendy Laakmannwrote:

We hired a crag sitter in Wild Iris when my son was little. She hung at the van with him while we climbed for the day. When we returned he smelled clearly and unequivocally like pot. First and last time we did that.

Screen your candidates well, just because they’re climbers hoping to make some easy bucks doesn’t mean they’re right for the job.

How do you know she smoked around your kid? Most my buddies that toke if they held me in their arms I’d smell like weed too.(or as skunk as my daughter puts it)

My understanding is that in America, it is customary to supply the crag babysitter with PBR and weed. In Europe,  i think it's Nutella and wine.

Maybe I deserve a little ribbing. It seems like an outlandish request.

Let’s break down just how easy this would be.
-Show up at the crack of 10 or 11 am.

-Hike in with us, you know, on those epic alpine death marches the Red is known for.

-Hang out with us at the crag. Generally kick back and talk physics and nature with my 4 year old and try to keep the 2 year old from eating too much dirt. If problems arise, we’re both right there and can help.

Compared to a typical rest day at the Red, which includes sitting around Miguel’s on the WiFi and watching the hours creep by, it doesn’t seem too bad.

You’ll make money. Not enough to finance a new van but certainly more than you would have made on a rest day sitting around.

I can do PBR and Red Vines or Nutella and Wine.

highaltitudeflatulentexpulsionwrote:

Maybe I deserve a little ribbing. It seems like an outlandish request.

No to both - you want someone to keep an eye on your kids while climbing, and at the crag. And suggesting to pay for those services is not weird at all.

You would deserve a little ribbing if you had decided to show up at a random crag with your kids with the assumption that you can climb while other strangers take care of any kid problem that may arise. BTW, huge percentage of comments are due to posters not being able to read the original post where you asked for someone to watch your kids at the same crag where you intend to climb; but that is typical mproj.

How would you screen your candidate?

FrankPSwrote:

How would you screen your candidate?

I’d be like 30 feet away from the person most of the day. If he or she shows up with pants on, we’re probably going to be ok.

highaltitudeflatulentexpulsionwrote:

I’d be like 30 feet away from the person most of the day. If he or she shows up with pants on, we’re probably going to be ok.

Ha! Good answer.

They may be high on edibles so watch out, you can't always smell the devil's weed on them.