Summer Job The summer job is a tradition among students in American colleges. Long before the end of the school year, students begin their search for a job during the summer vacation. They send letters to businesses, talk to employers about job opportunities during the summer, and ask friends to help them get a job. Typist, salesclerk, lifeguard and waiter are some of the common jobs that students often do during the summer months. But many young people find work that is a little more unusual than some of the jobs just mentioned. Climbing ranger Bob works as a climbing ranger among the beautiful mountains in the American West. He has two important tasks. Three days a week he is in charge of a ranger station. In this job he checks all the people--- nearly 3,000 every summer--- who want to climb the mountains. For the rest of the week, he and his five-man team walk around the mountains to see if anything unusual is happening. At the same time, they give directions to people who are climbing the mountains, check their climbing conditions, and make rescues when necessary. Park guide Dody has spent the past three summers in Yellowstone National Park. Her job is to help the thousands of tourists who visit Mammoth Hot Springs to know better about the many springs and the unusual terraces formed by their deposits. She leads nature walks through the terraces, presents a slide show, gives talks around campfires, and answer questions at the visitor's center. Ranch hand Last summer, Steve got a chance to get away from the city. He worked on a big sheep ranch in western Wyoming. The ranch covers miles of desert, grassland and mountains. Steve's work began when the sun rose and continued until 6:30 in the evening--- seven days a week. He spent most of his time making hay. He said, " It's good for me to have a taste of a kind of work that I'd never known before."