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The Trade-offs of Seasonal Work, Shifting Identities, and Kite Skiing Across Greenland with Katie Crafts
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At age 29, Katie pulled a classic career move: throw your desk upside down, leave your stable 6-figure recruiting job, and go work in Antarctica. You know… as we do. 🤷♀️
What started as a bartending gig in Antarctica quickly grew into a multi-year career as a Polar Expedition Guide: lecturing aboard the National Geographic ships in Antarctica, leading 10-day wilderness trips in East Greenland, and educating guests about polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. 🐻❄️
Five years later, she rebooted back in Oregon, capping off that chapter with an epic kite skiing feat across Greenland – a swan song to an incredible life era.
We talk about...
Being in her 20's and wanting to commit to a lifetime of adventure, and later exploring how to balance adventure and stability
The feeling that "there's something bigger for me" and when to know it's time for a life pivot
Deciding to kite ski across Greenland without knowing how to kite ski(!)
Missing her Grammie's funeral to continue her Greenland expedition
The ego around having a badass life vs. being "just me"
Being a very fearful person who embraces adventure and challenge
Risk management frameworks to use not just in the outdoors, but in everyday life decisions
Instagram-photo travel vs. experiencing your own home deeply
Living a life based around the seasons and finding the beauty in every season of nature and life
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