Ku dhammaystir weedhan soo socota: Heggtveit wuxuu ku dhashay Ottawa, Ontario, wuxuuna ku koray New Edinburgh, oo ah xaafad ku taal waqooyi bari. Waxay ku dhiirrigelisay barafka alpine aabeheed, Halvor Heggtveit, oo ah horyaal reer Kanada ah oo u qalma ciyaaraha Olombikada ee xilliga qaboobaha ee
1932, laakiin ma tartamin. Waalidiintiisa waxay ka soo haajireen Norway ilaa North Dakota. Waxay ku baratay barafka barafka ee Camp Fortune oo ku taal buuraha Gatineau ee u dhow Quebec, waqooyi-galbeed Ottawa, waxayna arday ka ahayd Machadka Lisgar Collegiate ee Ottawa. Heggtveit wuxuu ahaa ciyaaryahan cajiib ah oo ku tartamay iskiiga, waxaa lagu casuumay da'da toddoba jirka inuu u adeego sidii horudhac u ah tartanka hoos u dhaca ee Lake Placid sanadkii 1946.