Career
On May 16, 2006, he made the first ski descent of Mount Everest"s North Face by the Norton Couloir. Granheim climbed the mountain from Advanced Base Camp (6400 meters above sea level) to the summit (8848 m) in a continuous 24‑hour effort, meeting Olsson en route, who spent two days covering the same ground. The route they followed, known as the Mallory route normally takes climbers five days to complete.
The pair then skied into the North Face by the Norton Couloir, a 55 degree steep and nearly 3000 meter high mountain face.
Near the top Olsson"s ski broke, adding extra tension to the already complex task. A cliff intersecting the couloir forced the two to make an abseil.
A snow anchor failed and Olsson fell an estimated 2500 meters to his death. Granheim skied alone to the North Colonel
The accident led the team to arrange the first helicopter rescue on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest.
On July 11, 2007, Tormod Granheim set out from New York City on the reed boat Abora3, captained by German scientist Dominique Görlitz.
The mission was to prove inter-continental sea-journeys were possible with technology available even before the ice-age. He and his crew were rescued on August 25 after the stern of their boat was damaged.
