Despite being fascinated by mountains from an early age, it took until I was 19 before I was really introduced to mountaineering. In 1992, I went to New Zealand for an exchange year, where I climbed my first mountain by climbing Mount Ruapehu (2797m). Since then, many all other climbs have passed in review and I have devoted myself to other facets of mountaineering, such as rock climbing and trail running. With Manaslu, I hope to fulfil my next dream of climbing an 8000m mountain.
Palmares alpine climbs
- Top 4000m in Europe such as Weisshorn / Täschhorn / Jungfrau / Mönch / Barre des Ecrins / Gran Paradiso / .....
- All 4000m peaks in the High Atlas region of Morocco (Toubkal / Ras-N-Ouanoukrim / Timesguida-N-Ouanoukrim / ...)
- 2010 Aconcagua (6962m) in Argentina where we had to return at 5000m after the violent earthquakes that year.
- 2016 Ama Dablam (6856m) in Nepal
- 2018 Expedition leider voor Elbrus (5642m) in Rusland. Het volledige team heeft de top gehaald.
- 2024 Manaslu (8162m) in Nepal
Trailrunning
What once started as training for the expedition to Aconcagua has slowly but surely grown as a passion on its own. On a regular basis you can find me at a local race in the Ardennes, and a few times a year I try to do a race abroad. Here is a brief overview of the best races I have run.
- 2014 Marathon du Mont-Blanc (42km – 2274hm)
- 2015 Ultra trail Monte-Rosa (3 days, 112km – 9800hm)
- 2016 Madeira Island Ultra trail (85km – 4700hm)
- 2017 UTMB Mont-Blanc CCC (103km – 6100hm)
- 2021 Marathon du Grand Ballon (78km – 4000hm)
- 2022 UTMB Mont-Blanc TDS (155km – 9000hm)
- 2023 Costa Brava stage run (3 days, 120km – 5500hm)
- 2023 Transalpine route (7 days, 385km – 13200hm)
- 2024 UTMB Snowdonia ultra trail (100km – 6400hm)
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