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<br /> <br />V." <br />" <br /> <br />N'E. <br /> <br />The RMBL Life Style <br /> <br />1.l'fL' i\kmhersllf [llC" COln.i.c- <br />C!lilmlx-r ,\lmior- Sod~ty pr('S{'"tU a <br />ffillC-l'"rE lU RMB I. and Crrstl'd <br />BnuC' n':'iidrnl:ol- ~11 a 11('~rb1 IltJIlll:'". <br /> <br />J-Iousi ng at R M n I ~ cOl1si:;;ts of ca bins, bu i II for the mm! <br />pari of local materials:. Some arc small and simplc~ rackin,n <br />ru nn ing water a nd heated only by wood. h II rn iug stovC's; <br />ot heTS a re more cia borate. Man y si nglc persons I ive ill larger <br />dormitorY-:Sl ylc- cabins; one or two of t hcs:c J in fact J were <br />("onst meted for other p urposf's in the hoom days of ~ he <br />1880's, and have been renovated as dOTmitories. ^ piping <br />&y.stcm, leading from" concclion rescr~oir high on the side <br />of Got hie Mount.. in, prov jdes a dqwutla hie :suppl y of de-an <br />snowmelt water for all ]AtlJoratory uses. Indoor phlmbing. <br />ind udi-ng showers a nd a wash i ng mach i ne. is prcscnr in a <br />cent ral wash house, <br />The R. K. Enders dining hall, opcratinn Oil electricity <br />a nd bot lIed propane g.IS, sel"\'c:s l hrce meaJ s a day dl1 riug <br />t he COli rsc .session. A small f ull-t i me- cooki OK sla ff is ~ idcd <br />by studen I s in the t ask::; of organi II ng ~ nd ;sc 1'.... iug meals toOlS <br />many as one- hu ndred penons" Some of I he fam i I Y ca hi n:'ii <br />pro.... ide cook ing fad I it ies a 5i well, u ut nearly cYr.Tyone on the <br />station cats at leots! a few meals pCI' week in the dining hall. <br />Communal mealtime is ..n opporlllnily for rda::o:cd sociali;.... <br />i ng. as we II as for I he s.. t is-fact i on of appel i tcs sh a rpen cd <br />by moumain all' and acti....e field work. <br />Though surrounded by largely undisllulJed \Vild c-oulUry. <br />R M B L is by no means lot a II y isolated from ol her h "man <br />acli....ity. Crested Butte, nine miles distant, and Gunnison. <br />twenty ei~ht milc..;;; funher 5omh, provide a variN)' of sc-r- <br />vi Cf'S and supp Hes. Weslt' rn Slat r.- Collcl{<'" of Color ado, in <br />Gunnison, mainlains ... useful library which RM nl. u~.si- <br />dents consult f rC(llIClllly, and ronslderahle communkation <br />goes on between WI'S:lenl Stale .md the Labor.aHHY. Cn.'sletl <br />ButlC has de....eloped a 'Varkty of cultural events, cmpha- <br />:Sl;r_j ng visu a I .1l'tS, ha nd emfl:<i a nd dram ,I. ^ i r a ntl bus l ra ns- <br />ponat ion sr.-I" ve Gu n nison from Denver and S~! II I... kc City. <br />RMBJ. has daily mail :scr\'llT from Crcstcd Bunc. While .. <br />phrsician is in residence at Gotllic throughout the course- <br />s.ession. more elaborat(' medical or {[{"mal SC"l"vi('es arc avail. <br />"h lc in Cref;lcd Bu l tc it nd G mm ioon if need cd" .I"he I .almr. <br />a tory has no tdephone-:. hut III a i nt "ins; r;1 d io conlact ,... it II <br />Cr{'.ucd Ii lU Ie -<'Ii nd Gun n ison , <br /> <br />F('('dinF::: ei.K~1:ty w a huru.lr4:tl prupk in 21 r{"mmf'- la.ratioll pre:5('lU:5- <br />m.lFl~. chaH(,llgt";'i. /1. OO\'{'. k-fl . -. SUS-all C~ [(wr prel':!! rN ~ dish for <br />lum.h in I he R M UL litdbl'>ll. AbO\'(' , . iglll. nill ing 11<111 lll;umgol"r <br />S...l1y M an.....TII cmwul\~ wi! II II:H- .......nr l:. (- r("W"' tia GB r ,il(lio abuUl ;it <br />III ..inl....'l-aur"(" IlulM'l'"m. <br /> <br />