Part 1: The Long & Winding Road To Resilience. Interview With Karina Hollekim: Base Jumper, Survivor, Motivator & Mental Trainer

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Karina Hollekim is a Norwegian free skier and BASE jumper She is the first female athlete to complete a ski BASE In August 2006 she had a near-fatal crash after her parachute failed during a routine parachuting jump She hit the ground at over 100 km h 60 mph and her legs were fractured in 21 places Although doctors said she would never walk again after 20 surgeries she has recovered and was back skiing in 2007 Her biographical movie 20 Seconds of Joy won both the Best film on Mountainsports as well as the People apos s choice awards at the 2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival In November 2011 Hollekim published her autobiography co-authored with Odd Harald Hauge The Wonderful Feeling of Fear Den vidunderlige f lelsen av frykt with Gyldendal Publishing In this episode Karina and I discuss the following questions and topics How did you get into base jumping What were your first impressions What was it like Could you describe what happened to you in 2006 over Lake Geneva Switzerland What was your recovery like How did you deal with your emotions and thoughts Where did you place your focus How did you mentally and emotionally get back in the game REFERENCES Den vidunderlige f lelsen av fryktby Karina HollekimKarina Hollekim fylte sitt liv og sitt indre med den vidunderlige f lelsen av frykt for f le at hun levde Hun var foregangskvinne i frikj ring p ski og basehopping stadig mer ekstremt stadig st rre risiko inntil den dagen fallskjermen ikke pnet seg skikkelig og hun traff bakken i 100 km t Karinas verste mareritt ble virkelighet d mt til amputasjon og et liv som handikappet Veien tilbake til et normalt liv var brolagt med skuffelser men ble mer meningsfylt enn noe annet I dag fyller Karina sitt liv med inspirere andre med sin beretning om frykt h p og kamp Og at livet alltid har en mening Karina apos s contact information Website https www karinahollekim noFacebook KarinaHollekimInstagram KarinaHollekimLinkedIN KarinaHollekimSign up for the weekly IT apos S AN INSIDE JOB NEWSLETTERtakes 10 seconds to fill outreceive a fresh update every WednesdaySign up for the weekly IT apos S AN INSIDE JOB NEWSLETTER takes 5 seconds to fill out receive a fresh update every Wednesday