Rune Gjeldnes

Rune Gjeldnes ( born May 20, 1971 in Surnadal ) is a Norwegian polar explorer and adventurer.

Life

The elite soldier finished his military training in 1992. During the same year, he met with Torry Larsen, who also hails from the province of Møre og Romsdal.

In 1994 she took the Umanaq - Isertoq expedition in Greenland. Between 19 March and 12 June 1996, succeeded both to cross Greenland lengthwise. They laid 2895 km in 86 days back without air support.

A year later Gjeldnes began planning for the Arctic Ocean 2000 expedition. Previously, he reached in May 1998, together with David Hempleman -Adams with The Prince's Trust North Pole expedition North Pole after a first failed attempt in 1997.

In 2000, he and Torry Larsen crossed first the Arctic Ocean without support from Severnaya Zemlya across the North Pole to Canada, while they laid back 2100 km in 109 days. The development of the special carriage for this expedition had lasted two years.

In 2001 he undertook a paddle through Venezuela.

From November 2005 to February 2006 crossed Rune Gjeldnes alone and without support Antarctica. The route went from Queen Maud Land, he conducted over the South Pole and ended in Victoria Land. Thus Rune Gjeldnes is the world's first to the Antarctic had crossed over the South Pole alone. (Already 1989/1990 crossed Arved Fuchs together with Reinhold Messner to Antarctica via the South Pole on foot, running track then 2800 km. ) For the total distance of 4804 kilometers needed Rune Gjeldnes only 90 days. He graduated from the longest sledge journey ever made ​​a man and beat the previous world record of 3800 kilometers to more than 1000 kilometers.

In the first days of his expedition he had to overcome more than 3000 vertical meters to go on the central high plateau of Antarctica. He went on skis, pulling a luggage carriage behind him. On the eighth day of his expedition he could use a traction kite, with which he was able to move at speeds of up to 30 km / h for the first time. Thus he managed despite Sastrugis on 76th day of his trip even 211 km.

Works

  • Dead men walking ( Arctic Ocean 2000 )
  • Beyond the poles ( The longest March )
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