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{{Short description|Norwegian Arctic adventurer and mountaineer (1975–2008)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rolf Bae
| image =Rolf Bae (mountaineer).jpg
| caption = Rolf Bae
| birth_date = {{birth date|1975|1|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sandnes]], Norway
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|8|1|1975|1|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[K2]], [[Karakoram]], Pakistan
| occupation = [[Adventurer]], [[mountaineer]]
| website = [http://www.explorapoles.org/explorers/profile/bae_rolf/ http://www.explorapoles.org]
}}
'''Rolf Bae''' (9 January 1975 – 1 August 2008) was a Norwegian Arctic adventurer and [[mountaineering|mountaineer]]. Bae operated an adventure company called Fram,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.explorapoles.org/index.php?/polar_explorers/bae_rolf/&uid=48 |website=explorapoles.org|title=Rolf Bae|publisher= International Polar Foundation}}</ref> specializing in Arctic and Antarctic travel and survival courses.
==Biography==
In 2000/2001, Bae crossed Antarctica with fellow explorer Eirik Sønneland,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.newzeal.com/theme/bases/Norway/NorwegianPole.htm|title = NORWEGIAN SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION 2000-2001|website=newzeal.com|access-date = 2008-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mountwashington.org/publications/windswept/2001/42-1-Antarctic_Journal.php|title = Windswept – Antarctic Journal|website=mountwashington.org|access-date = 2008-08-08|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720164455/http://www.mountwashington.org/publications/windswept/2001/42-1-Antarctic_Journal.php|archive-date = 20 July 2008|df = dmy-all}}</ref> completing what was then the world's longest ski journey, 3800&nbsp;km long, taking 105 days to complete; the record was beaten by [[Rune Gjeldnes]] in 2006.
On 27 December 2005, he arrived at the South Pole,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://web3.aftenbladet.no/sport/article244945.ece|title = Mount Vinson neste for Bae og Skog |access-date = 2008-08-07|website=aftenbladet.no}}</ref> after skiing from the ice shelf, and on 24 April 2006, he reached the North Pole unsupported,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1292275.ece |title = Skog reaches North Pole |website= Aftenposten.no |access-date = 2008-08-07 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080813124220/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1292275.ece |archive-date = 13 August 2008 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> both expeditions together with Skog.
In 2008, Bae together with Stein-Ivar Gravdal, Bjarte Bø and Sigurd Felde reached the top of [[Great Trango Tower]] (6286 m) in [[Karakoram]], Pakistan, via the "Norwegian Buttress" (VII 5.10+ A4). The team spent 27 days ascending and 30 hours descending the peak. This was the second complete ascent via this route.<ref>{{cite web |author=MacDonald, Dougald |url=http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/norwegians_repeat_historic_trango_route/ |title=Norwegians Repeat Historic Trango Route |access-date=2008-08-07 |website=Climbing.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828033115/http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/norwegians_repeat_historic_trango_route/ |archive-date=28 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Death==
Rolf Bae died on 1 August 2008, in a [[2008 K2 disaster|climbing accident]] while taking part in an international expedition on [[K2|K2 mountain]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Climbers killed on K2|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2573189.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|date=August 4, 2008|access-date=2008-08-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807023147/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2573189.ece|archive-date=7 August 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  According to his wife, Cecilie, she saw her husband swept off the mountain during an ice fall accident.<ref>{{cite news |first= Richard |last= Oakley |title= Seven climbers feared dead in ice fall on K2 |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4449712.ece |work= [[Times Online]] |date= August 3, 2008 |access-date=2008-08-07 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Bae was a friend and teammate of [[Ger McDonnell]], the first Irishman to summit K2. Both men died within hours of each other in separate avalanches on K2.
==Personal life==
He was married to [[Cecilie Skog]], the first woman to complete the [[Explorers Grand Slam]]. She has climbed the highest mountains of every [[continent]] (the [[Seven summits]]) in addition to reaching the [[South Pole]] and [[North Pole]].
== See also ==
* [[Meherban Karim]]
* [[Ger McDonnell]]
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[[Category:Deaths in avalanches]]
[[Category:Deaths on K2]]
[[Category:Natural disaster deaths in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Norwegian mountain climbers]]
[[Category:People from Sandnes]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Rogaland]]
[[Category:Norwegian ski-orienteers]]