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How a world-record mountaineer empowers youth to overcome fear

Anja Blacha • Partner Content

Success requires taking risks. Watch as Anja Blacha, renowned mountaineer and VP of Youth at PMI, sits down with TED's current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers to talk about how climbing the world's tallest peaks translates to the professional challenges we all face.

Success requires taking risks. Watch as Anja Blacha, renowned mountaineer and VP of Youth at PMI, sits down with TED's current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers to talk about how climbing the world's tallest peaks translates to the professional challenges we all face.

Commissioned by and created in partnership with Ideas Studio, the branded content arm of TED Partnerships

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Anja Blacha

Anja Blacha

Mountaineer, business leader

Anja Blacha is VP of Youth at PMI, where she advocates for the involvement of young people in business and society. An accomplished mountaineer, she set a world-record skiing solo to the South Pole and has climbed the world's highest mountains, including K2 and Mount Everest.

Whitney Pennington Rodgers

Whitney Pennington Rodgers

TED current affairs curator

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Whitney Pennington Rodgers is an award-winning journalist and media professional.

Commissioned by and created in partnership with Ideas Studio, the branded content arm of TED Partnerships