Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Heggtveit na Ottawa, Ontario, ma zụlite ya na New Edinburgh, nke dị n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ nke obodo ahụ. Ọ bụ nna ya, Halvor Heggtveit, onye mmeri mba Canada nke ruru eru maka Egwuregwu Olympic n'oge oyi na-agba ya ume ka ọ banye n'egwuregwu alpine.
1932, mana esoghị asọmpi ahụ. Ndị mụrụ ya si Norway kwaga North Dakota. Ọ mụtara ịgba ski na Camp Fortune ski ebe dị nso Gatineau Hills nke Quebec, n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Ottawa, ma bụrụ nwa akwụkwọ na Lisgar Collegiate Institute na Ottawa. Heggtveit bụ onye na-agba ọsọ na-agba ọsọ na-agba ọsọ, a kpọrọ ya mgbe ọ dị afọ asaa ka ọ bụrụ onye na-agba ọsọ na-agba ọsọ na Lake Placid na 1946.