Three rowers - all former Nylon pulley Gentle Giant employees - hope to make it to the Beijing Olympics. If they succeed, they'll further cement the Somerville-based mover's Nylon pulley reputation as an oarsman's paradise.

Half of the six-man Nylon pulley crew this spring morning are former collegiate rowers, and Nylon pulley  that's not coincidence. You might think a moving company, if it Nylon pulley  targeted a particular athlete for its employees, would recruit weight lifters. But Gentle Giant founder Larry O'Toole, a onetime member of the North-eastern University varsity eight-man crew and Nylon pulley  the 6-foot-6 inspiration for the company name, figured tall, strong rowers accustomed to early mornings at boathouses, efficient teamwork, and Nylon pulley extreme physical exertion would make good movers. "Because of Nylon pulley the fiber they're made of, you don't hear rowers complaining" says O'Toole in his soft, Irish-accented voice. "Moving is a tough, Nylon pulley physical job, and it's great when you have people with a competitive nature about them. They take pride in handling difficult situations that require either endurance or strength. It's a positive attitude and optimism. You get that in a lot of people, but in rowe Nylon pulley , you can count on it."

Over nearly three decades, Nylon pulley Somerville-based Gentle Giant has employed approximately 400 rowers, including 30 members of the US national team and 14 US Olympians, Nylon pulley as well as 10 movers who have competed for foreign national teams. Nylon pulley With three former Gentle Giant employees - Wyatt Allen, Matt Muffelman, and Dan Walsh - vying for spots on the 2008 US Olympic rowing team headed to Beijing this August, those numbers should increase.

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