Heather Larsen: Risk And Reward In Outdoor Careers
Clipping Chains Podcast
English - April 24, 2023 06:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Sports Wilderness career climbing financial independence fire investing lifestyle outdoors personal finance retire early rock climbing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today on episode 61 I’m pleased to welcome Heather Larsen, pro slackliner and climber and lover of southern Utah’s desert heat. What is probably less known about Heather is that, following humble beginnings, she graduated at the height of the Great Recession with a double major in finance and economics.
In the intervening years, she struggled greatly to find work in her field, even competing for bank teller jobs with 20-year finance veterans. Out west she found work in seasonal park service positions, growing more and more fond of the outdoors, eventually discovering climbing and slacklining.
Heather could have easily fallen into a mindset of defeat. But with persistence, she was eventually able to secure a career in financial reporting, enabling her preferred lifestyle balance of elite outdoor adventure and self-made financial security.
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