I volunteer on a mountain rescue team. It's one of the most satisfying things I've ever gotten involved in. That follows from an interest in all kinds of outdoo

I volunteer on a mountain rescue team. It's one of the most satisfying things I've ever gotten involved in. That follows from an interest in all kinds of outdoor adventures, and a background in physics. It's a good background for technical rescue work. I have also been helping to develop an approach to landslide monitoring in small watersheds. Basically if a watershed is just the right size, there seems to be a strong correlation between river levels and landslide activity. In smaller watersheds the height of the river changes rapidly with localized rainfall. It seems that monitoring the river height becomes a proxy for measuring the primary landslide risk factors such as soil moisture content. I'm hoping to help develop a real-time monitoring system for parts of southeast Alaska, which are facing more frequent landslide activity as a result of changing rainfall patterns. It's also really important to not try and work 40 hours a week. Working 60% is really freeing, and I'm glad to hear you don't have to grind as hard as we're often pushed to these days.