caption website death_date death_place birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
rolf bae -lsb- http://www.explorapoles.org/explorers/profile/bae_rolf/ http://www.explorapoles.org] 1 august 2008 k2 , karakoram , pakistan trondheim , norway 9 january 1975 rolf bae
 rolf bae adventurer , mountaineer
rolf bae

rolf bae -lrb- january 9 , 1975 -- august 1 , 2008 -rrb- was a norwegian arctic adventurer and mountaineer .
bae operated an adventure company called `` fram '' , specializing in arctic and antarctic travel and survival courses .
he was married to cecilie skog , the first woman to complete the explorers grand slam .
she has climbed the highest mountains of every continent -lrb- the seven summits -rrb- in addition to reaching the south pole and north pole .
in 2000/2001 , bae crossed antarctica with fellow explorer eirik sønneland , completing what was then the world 's longest ski journey , 3800 km long , taking 105 days to complete ; the record was beaten by rune gjeldnes in 2006 .
on december 27 , 2005 , he arrived at the south pole , after skiing from the ice shelf , and on april 24 , 2006 , he reached the north pole unsupported , both expeditions together with cecilie skog .
in 2008 , bae together with stein-ivar gravdal , bjarte bø and sigurd felde reached the top of great trango tower -lrb- 6286 m -rrb- in karakoram , pakistan , via the `` norwegian buttress '' -lrb- vii 5.10 + a4 -rrb- .
the team spent 27 days ascending and 30 hours descending the peak .
this was the second complete ascent via this route .
