Jelle Veyt scaled Denali travelling from Beguim under his own power

At 20,310 ft, Denali is the highest mountain north of 43 degrees. It is a challenge that has been taken on by many climbers, but the first ascent of 2024 could well be the most interesting. Jelle Veyt decided to leave his home in Belgium, one of the flattest, and closest countries to sea level on the planet, and, using only human power, climb the Seven Summits. This means, for the Denali attempt, he left Belgium in October 2002, sailed across the Atlantic to the Eastern coast of America. Once there, he biked across the continent, to Alaska. Upon arrival, he skied to the base of Denali.
This was not the end of Jelle doing things the hard way. Once he arrived at the base camp, he found that he and his climbing partner had arrived too early in the season. This meant that Jelle and Julian Roels had to break trail on the West Buttress route. This is not the only one of the Seven Summits that he has submitted thus far. To date, by human power alone, and always starting from his home in Belgium, Jelle Veyt has reached the top of Denali, Kilimanjaro, Mt Elbrus, The Carstenz Pyramid and Mt Everest all of which are considered part of the Seven Summits.