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.![](/web/default/files/users/221/Denali.%20Credit%20Patrick%20J%20Endres.jpg)