Time to hang up my spikes

[Nathanzac]

So I joined this industry back in September and apart from the 1st Month I've not worked a full week. This has been getting me down so much and hitting me financially I feel that I have no choice but to give up and go back to Warehousing/Logistics. I cannot believe that there's not enough work to be able to support my career move locally.

I will be selling all of my kit in due course so keep an eye on eBay

[sullyo]

My dear friend sorry to hear this I've been a freelance climber for 12 years and you're right it's not easy I travel the country and stay in lodges or b and b it takes a cut of the profit but it is work I would suggest to you to keep your kit and do it part time weekends or so and run it alongside a full time job and slowly building your contacts but wish you all the best in whatever you decide.  Regards Simon.

[silky fox]

Don't give up yet.You have the Spring and summer to look forward to.Things pick up,The great outdoors looks amazing!

[eggsarascal]

Your first year or two can be hard going, it was for me when I first started on my own.

 

Could you stick at it and pick up some agency work in warehousing If and when needed?

 

 

[Khriss]

Yes Nathanzac, it goes like this from time to time- then the next month you wonder if there are enuff hours in the day ! K

[Gary Prentice]

That’s a shame. It’s real hard to get a reputation and to make contacts when you start up.

 

Are you sure that you’ve done everything possible to get known and to be seen as an asset to companies? I know that personally I’d have regrets if I’d had to stop something I’d enjoyed and thought that I could have tried a bit more.

 

last time I free-lanced I said to a company that at the end of the day, if they didn’t think I was good as I claimed they didn’t have to pay me at all. I’m still there ten years later! 

 

Keep your kit if you can, keep trying to establish yourself and do  whatever else in the meantime. I washed dishes and waited tables in a restaurant in the evenings at one point, when the work wasn’t there.

[Steve Bullman]

Is your work freelancing or do you mean you’re not getting enough of your own jobs?

[stihlmadasever]

Go part time subbie,once you make some good contacts the work will roll in.

First 2 years are always the hardest.

Ive known a couple of guys local to me go belly up in the 1st year.

Its a hard industry to get a foothold in.

So much competition

[eggsarascal]

1 hour ago, sullyo said:

My dear friend sorry to hear this I've been a freelance climber for 12 years and you're right it's not easy I travel the country and stay in lodges or b and b it takes a cut of the profit but it is work I would suggest to you to keep your kit and do it part time weekends or so and run it alongside a full time job and slowly building your contacts but wish you all the best in whatever you decide.  Regards Simon.

This is the attitude. Sometimes you have to "get on your bike".

[MattyF]

Company’s are crying out for full time climbers there is a serious lack of them , maybe paye is the way forward.