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#68 - Lena Drapella: Expedition Photographer Who Dropped Everything For Rock Climbing

Lena Drapella is a professional climbing photographer and the first female photographer for World Climbing who recently sailed from Iceland to East Greenland to climb a new route on the third largest wall in the world.

In this conversation, we talk about:

How discovering rock climbing at university derailed a perfectly good plan to study furniture design in Paris

How she built a career photographing the world's best climbers and why the industry is brutal

What a world-class adventure photographer is actually looking for when she takes a photo

Why pursuing your own dream can start to feel…

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