Rannveig Aamodt
Rannveig Aamodt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 January 1984 |
| Nationality | Norwegian Citizen |
| Occupation | Rock Climber |
Rannveig Aamodt (born 3 January 1984 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian rock climber.
Rannveig Aamodt was born on 3 January 1984 in Molde, Norway.[1] At 22 years old, she became one of the youngest people to complete a 3,800-kilometer winter ski traverse of Norway, starting at the country's southernmost point (the lighthouse at Lindesnes) and ending 14 weeks later at the northernmost point on the mainland (Nordkapp).[2] Aamodt began the unassisted journey in 2006 on her birthday with fellow adventurer Anne Grete Nebell.[3] The pair was accompanied by two Greenland dogs, which helped them pull their supply-laden pulk.[4]
In April 2012, Aamodt took a 50-foot ground fall while sport climbing in Turkey with her husband Nathan Welton, due to a mistake she made in preparing to be lowered from the anchor in an unusual rope configuration. She suffered dislocation/fractures of both ankles (one open), 3 vertebral compression fractures, a pelvis fracture, various fractures of the small bones in her feet, an open fracture/dislocation of her right elbow, and tears and ruptures of tendons in her ankles and upper arm. She used a wheelchair for 2 months but returned to climbing. Eight months post the accident, she redpointed 5.13c (8a+), two grades higher than she was climbing at pre-accident.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ Rannveig Aamodt web page (retrieved April 4, 2014)
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- ^ "Grønlandshunder - Norge på langs : : Grønlandshundringen". www.klubbinfo.no. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
- ^ Boland, Whitney (16 June 2018). "The Indestructibles: Rannveig Aamodt". Climbing. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Rannveig Aamodt – The Art Of Living". Rock & Ice. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2023.