Cecilie Skog

Cecilie Skog

Infobox Celebrity
name = Cecilie Skog


caption = Rolf Bae
birth_date =August 8 1974
birth_place = Ålesund, Norway
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = Adventurer
salary =
networth =
website = [http://www.cecilieskog.com]

Cecilie Skog (born August 8 1974) is a Norwegian adventurer from Ålesund. She works as a nurse. As of July 8, 2006, Skog is the only woman who has climbed the highest mountains of every continent (the Seven summits) in addition to reaching the South Pole and North Pole (known as the Explorers Grand Slam). She is also the first woman to walk from the mainland to the North Pole.

In August 2008 she climbed K2. [ [http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/article2110688.ece Verdens dødeligste kvinneklubb] ] Her husband Rolf Bae, who had been climbing with her on K2 on August 2, 2008, perished during the descent together with 10 other mountaineers and sherpas.

The seven summits

* Mount Everest, 8848 m (Asia) 2004
* Aconcagua, 6962 m (South America) 1999
* Denali, 6194 m (North America) 2001
* Kilimanjaro, 5895 m (Africa) 2004
* Mount Vinson, 4897 m (Antarctica) 2006
* Elbrus, 5642 m (Europe) 2003
* Mount Kosciuszko, 2228 m (Oceania/Australia) 2006

Other adventures

*1996: Mont Blanc 4807 m

*2003: Shisha Pangma 8042 m (Reached 7400 m)

*2003: Cho Oyu 8201 m

*2004: Greenland, crossing the inland ice - 610 km

*2005: K2 8611 m (Reached 7300 m)

ee also

*Seven summits
*Three poles

References

External links

Personal homepage [http://www.cecilieskog.com]
* [http://7summits.com/info/stats2/index2.php?_=d&familyname=Skog Cecilie Skog on 7summits.com]
* [http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2006/04/25/464405.html Dagbladet article (Norwegian)]


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