wargowsky wrote:quit school, sell 90% of your stuff, and live out of your car or a tent. get a seasonal job, work for a few months while climbing, quit job, climb/travel full time for a few months, repeat.
If I may add....
Learn to enjoy scarfing and eating out of garbage dumpsters.
Climb now while you're young. You can always go back to school later when you're older, but it's a lot harder to climb like a 19-year old when you're 54.
Just do it. Be a climbing bum.