Hege Ringard's Extreme Friluftsliv
Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Hege Ringard embraces her viking spirit by base jumping in a wingsuit off fjords.
Hege Ringard embraces the Norwegian passion for friluftsliv or the outdoors to the extreme by base jumping off mountains. She mentally prepares for each hike and focuses on her breathing before jumping. Hege needs to be in tune with the elements as her life depends on reading the wind and weather correctly.
Hege Ringard's Extreme Friluftsliv
Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Hege Ringard embraces the Norwegian passion for friluftsliv or the outdoors to the extreme by base jumping off mountains. She mentally prepares for each hike and focuses on her breathing before jumping. Hege needs to be in tune with the elements as her life depends on reading the wind and weather correctly.
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Slowly the wings will fill up with air it'’’s like this soft, sweet motion.
It doesn'’’t feel that fast actually.
It'’’s like an enjoy-the-view kind of thing ...and get off the mountain.
Norway has more fjords than anywhere else on the planet.
Their twists and turns add over 16,000 miles to Scandinavia'’’s coastline so Hege has endless possibilities to satisfy her obsession.
It'’’s such a cool way to go up on a mountain and then fly off of it.
It feels like a privilege.
"I'm thinking about just being there" "in the moment..." "I'm not thinking about" "what's for dinner later..." I'’’m just enjoying it.
Being out there just makes me feel good.
So that'’’s why I keep going back again and again.
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