Career That Can Give Adventurous Life

Harmion Morris
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5 min readMay 15, 2017

An adventure is the best way to experience thrill and excitement in life. And when it is taken as a career, then there is nothing one could wish for. There are endless careers embarking on which you can experience adventure as well as earn your livelihood. If you crave for something high or an adrenalin rush, then you must take any one career given below to live an adventurous life.

Wildland Firefighter :

Wildland Firefighter

If office job is not your cup of tea and you fancy working outdoor in a challenging environment, then wildland firefighter job is for you. In this career, your duties will be to prevent and suppress wildland fire. It will also give you endless opportunities to travel and earn a good money. However, there are certain parameters you have to clear to pursue it. The education requirement for this job is a high school diploma. Since the job is strenuous and you have to walk several miles on rugged train loaded with a weight of minimum 45 pounds, good physical condition and passing a physical test are essential. Though training will be given, you will need a certificate from a licensed doctor stating that your are free of any medical condition and is physically fit to take this profession. You can work with the local, state and federal agencies. As per a survey conducted in April 2015, people who fight fire in the wilderness are paid an annual salary of $56,930.

Skydiving Instructor :

Skydiving Instructor

If height doesn’t bother you and you dream of flying like a bird, then this career will fulfill your fantasy. As a skydiving instructor, you will teach amateur and professional jumpers the jumping techniques. You will explain safety procedures as well as supervise them. The job also needs you to accompany them during the jumps. Your main duties will be to help jumpers learn the art of packing and releasing parachutes and landing safely on the ground. The act of free-falling from an unimaginable height and being in the air like birds do will definitely give you a ‘high.’ However, like all the other adventurous career, this profession is not for the weak hearts. You need to have the stomach to jump from a dizzying height. Skydiving instructors can earn $18000- $30000 per year. Pay can vary since it is a weather dependent work.

Adventure Tour Leader :

Adventure Tour Leader

How about a career that offers a chance to visit different countries, receive regular income, and indulge in adventurous activities daily? If that is your dream job, then a career as an adventure tour leader is right for you. Pursuing this career is like being on a vacation for all the working days. What’s more, you can experience different types of adventure every day. On one day, you will lead a group of tourists for hiking, and on another for mountaineering. Then there is rafting, kayaking, and many other outdoor activities that are full of adrenalin rush. As an adventure tour leader, you can work with the Adventure Travel Industry and fetch an average monthly earning in the range of $2000 to $3000.

Volcanologist :

Volcanologist

If you want to experience thrill and danger in your life, have a close encounter with the volcano, then this is a perfect job for you. Besides thrill and danger, this job will also enable you to explore the hidden world beneath the earth. You will get a chance to experience how and why the earth spew out substance that she has in her for millions of years. You can study the movement and formation of the magma deep under the earth’s crust. The best part of this job is that you can save many lives and keep them safe by estimating the correct possibilities of volcanic eruptions. The earning of a volcanologist varies widely. If you are working in the United States with a government university, you can draw a salary in the range of $30,000 to $90,000.

Storm Chaser :

Storm Chaser

Love to explore the dangerous side of the nature? Here it is. Storm chasers love to chase storm and collect data to study its ferocious nature. You will have a shot at traveling to many places in search of storms and report their activities to the weather forecasting department. You will assist in data collection, data analyzing, taking photos and recording a storm and educating people. This is not a permanent job. If there are no storms, they don’t make any money. The average salary a storm chaser can get is $18,000 a year. To obtain a storm chaser job, you need to be a scientist with deep interest in studying weather condition. This is a risky job and a few of them have even lost their lives in chasing storms as they were not able to reach to a safe place quicker than the storm.

Environmentalist :

Environmentalist

If contributing towards the society and preserving natural resources for this present and the future generations is your dream, then becoming an environmentalist is the best option. You can become a savior since your duties will be to conserve land and water, and stop industrial waste from polluting our natural environment. Holding requisite education and license for this profession, you can also work in a college/university and teach students on life science. As an environmentalist, you can earn about an average of $67, 700 per year.

These careers will not only give you an adventurous life, but also a paycheck you will love to see the figure on it. However, with education, skills, and experience, you will also need to possess good mental and physical strength.

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