After Patrick McGunagle graduated from college, he told himself he’d get a “real job” after a summer on a fire crew in Montana. But the adventure, camaraderie, and purpose that came with fighting fire made it hard to trade the woods in for a cubicle. Seven years later, Pat now has a job more “real” than anything he could have imagined: a smokejumper. That’s someone who jumps out of planes to fight wildfires.

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