David Engel:  

My friends at George Mason HS will probably remember me as an active outdoors guy, who had lots of close friends, but shied away from the "in scene." Many of my friends joined me on cave exploring or rock climbing trips. After all these years, I am still very active in the outdoors, still caving and climbing, along with flying airplanes, hang gliders, skiing, scuba diving, mountaineering, whitewater rafting and kayaking... and more. After graduating, I attended Radford University for 4 years as a geology major. At the end of that period, needing a way to finance the rest of my education, I joined the Air Force. My first assignment was to Ft. Riley, Kansas and after two years there, I was shipped to Mannheim, Germany. Both places left me with great memories... it was especially fun traveling around Europe. In Kansas I attended Kansas State and Manhattan Christian College. I skied in Europe often and climbed the Eiger twice. At the end of the AF years, I returned to Radford to finally finish my degree, but ended up transferring to Virginia Tech. Finishing my geology degree up in '85- although not getting the sheepskin till '86, I packed up my stuff and moved to Southern California. Living in Orange County, I found a good geology job and began working on my Master's Degree at Long B...Expand for more