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13 FEB 2010

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Karina Hollekim, Karina Hollekim

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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 the medics.

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