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extrasports
May 22, 2002, 1:30 AM
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What are we to do? For those of us who have to work for a living...how do you climb more than just those 2 days off? I only climb outdoors and only have time to climb once or maybe twice a week. Should we all request a climbing wall at work? How do any of you climb more than once a week? This is killing me, I only want to climb but that won't pay my bills. Help
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rockjunkie
May 22, 2002, 2:19 AM
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Sick days, sick days, sick days. Or do what I did- quit my job to go climbing/ backpacking. They didn't want to give me the time off. It seems that apathy in the work world pays off in the vertical world of rock.
My advice- once you have gear you no longer need money. Once you're to that point, join the dark side. Sell everything that you own that is not climbing related and be a nomadic climber. Thats what I plan to do. Who needs money when all it causes is climbing's arch nemesis- stress.
No worries brother.
Peace
~tommy
[ This Message was edited by: rockjunkie on 2002-05-21 19:21 ]
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lightboi
May 22, 2002, 5:09 AM
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Tell your boss that you will work a 4 day week. Get all you work done by wed. and then call in sick on thurs...viola 4 days for climbin...full weeks work
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rockrabbit
May 22, 2002, 9:35 AM
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Dude
The best thing to is to invest in a wall at home. That way you can climb as soon as you get home from work.
Rock on.
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maddie
May 22, 2002, 9:55 AM
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rockjunkie has the right idea!! If it wasnt 4 school thats what i'd be doing!
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holygecko
May 22, 2002, 12:21 PM
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rockjunkie does have the right idea but he forgets to mention the fact that he spends 20-25 hours a week smoking dope and my pole hey peace tommy
~Derek
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rockjunkie
May 22, 2002, 12:22 PM
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I feel your pain maddie. I should come to Australia and we can cuise the crags down there a while. We can weave hemp jewelry and sell cigarettes that we buy in bulk to make money for food and travel.Sounds good to me. Luckily I only have one more year of schoolin' left.
Peace
~tommy
PS holygecko has it backwards: he smokes MY pole. Peace derek
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hardcoredana
May 22, 2002, 12:58 PM
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Become a teacher. During the school year, especially the first few years of teaching, you work 80 hours a week, but you also get the summers off. I'm interviewing right now to find a teaching job for next fall. . . When the interviewer asks, "What are the three most important reasons behind your decision to become a teacher," I say, "June, July, and August!"
w00t!
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spank_spank
May 22, 2002, 1:05 PM
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I have alway told myself that my life and family is more important than my job. If I work and average 50+ a week and it is continous for a year. I will look for another job that does not require that much time.
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angusmackay2000
May 22, 2002, 1:33 PM
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Well i dont work yet but i think that it applies to students or peopple that have to study as well because i havent got climbing because of my school work and exams for a year or two the good thing was they had a mountaineering club but i am more into the rockclimbing than hill walking, and i wasnt very happy about it.
So i no how you feel in a way.
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angusmackay2000
May 22, 2002, 1:33 PM
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I am sure that there are other people in my situation that would agree well i hope there is i hope i am not the onlyone like this cause i feel crap cause i cannot get climbing.
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wigglestick
May 22, 2002, 2:04 PM
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Well you have gotten responses from people who do not have jobs, mortgages, family, retirement, college tuition, etc to worry about let me offer you some advise. First of all the climbing gym is your friend. It is open late so you can go after work and get a good workout. You can build a small wall in your house but building a decent wall can get expensive and will get boring pretty quick unless you are all hardcore about your training program and can push through the drudgery.
Try to talk to your boss about working a more flexible schedule. Either 4 10 hour days or something so you get more time off. I work 9's and get every other friday off. I have planned the fridays so that they are coordinated with a monday holiday so I get 6 4 day weekends a year. Also try telecommuting or something like that. Since it sounds like you work more than the standard 40 hour week (Like 50-60 hours) and don't get overtime pay you could try to talk to your boss about getting some comp time. They probably won't give you an hour off for every hour of overtime you work but you can negotiate something where you get an hour off of work for every 3 hours of overtime you work. That way for every 30 hours of over time you work you get an extra day off. Most employers will find that reasonable especially since they are not paying you for your overtime.
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linsdog
May 22, 2002, 2:06 PM
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I have to agree with you, there are a lot of climbers that can't do much during the week. Because of work my only option is the gym during the week. And that is only twice. But I can still get out on the weekends.
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ronniefrown
May 22, 2002, 2:36 PM
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i completely understand the timing problem. i'm in both college and highschool full-time (well, half-time highschool) and, get this, i don't drive! that means that not only do i have to find time, but i also have to find a ride AND i live in the flattest state in the country: florida. that means i only get gym time. you know, REAL climbing means taking a week off and driving up north somewhere where rocks exist. you really only need 2 days a week to stay in shape anyway, but i know that does nothing for that itch climb.
you could always consider a career as a geologist with national geographic...
bob the one-armed man
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bcmtngrrrl
May 22, 2002, 3:07 PM
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I made a deal with my boss to spread out my holiday time. Tack an extra day onto the long weekends, or create your own long weekends. Think of the possibilities, at least 1 or 2 long weekends every month. Or a long weekend, every weekend from July to September.
....and the little mtngrrl lived happily ever after.....
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jt512
May 23, 2002, 11:59 PM
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Join a gym.
-Jay
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beyond_gravity
May 24, 2002, 12:02 AM
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If you quite your job...how are you going to pay for gas/food/overnight parking fines?
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iclimbtoo
May 24, 2002, 12:14 AM
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A climbing wall in your basement is a very good suggestion. Not only can you stay at home, but your fam is right there with you. If they aren't already, it's a good way to start them up too! Just an idea!
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daggerx
May 25, 2002, 12:59 AM
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I was a climbing bumb, I climbed 7 days a week 8-10 hours a day or more. But now I have to work all summer so ill only climb maby 2 days a week.
DaggerX
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