Karina Hollekim
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BASE jumping | Documentary One Step Beyond set for release 14 Feb 2012
One Step Beyond takes viewers behind the scenes for a close-up look at the lives of the athletes involved in extreme sports. Click here to watch the trailer...
Karina Hollekim | 'The pain became a positive' 12 Oct 2011
On August 20, 2006, Karina Hollekim had a skydiving accident that nearly took her life. She visited the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival last weekend to give a lecture on her five-year battle to...
The Resurrection 13 Feb 2010
Karina Hollekim survived a parachute accident during a routine skydive in August, 2006. But the BASE-jumping Norwegian, who suffered 21 open fractures to her right leg, is back skiing after defying...
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About Karina
On August 20, 2006, Karina Hollekim jumped from a plane in a routine demonstration skydive. Her parachute failed and she hit the ground at over 100 km/h, resulting in 21 open fractures in her right leg and the loss of more than three litres of blood. But, miraculously, she had survived. Karina set off on a long and arduous journey to recovery. In the years before her accident Hollekim jumped off some of the highest buildings and skied down some of the steepest mountains in the world, becoming the first woman to complete a ski BASE jump. As she continues to recover, Karina inspires people as a motivational speaker. Her biographical film, 20 Seconds of Joy, won the Best Film on Mountain Sports and People’s Choice awards at the 2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival.
www.20secondsofjoy.com
www.20secondsofjoy.com
