Ice-X Seven Summits Project...
Dutch Chomolungma Expedition 2004
Seven Summits, Asia
The team tried to climb Mount Everest (8.850m) via the North col and the northeastridge, in autumn 2004.
15 August 2004 the team left for Nepal. 18 September it was decided to cancel the attempt due to safetyreasons. The highest point reached was camp 2 (7.500m). The team: Werner de Jong, Marc Streefkerk, Mark Thijssen, Harry Kikstra, Sander Arens, Ruby Arens and Boris Krielen. Read more »
Kilimanjaro (5.895m), Tanzania, 2002
Seven Summits, Afica
Top of Africa - 5.895 meter Kilimanjaro in Tanzania - was planned end of November 2002. A tropical trip to the snow!
Last week of November Boris did this climb and summitted 29 of November. Although he was the only climber it wasn't a soloclimb, as it is obliged to take a guide and porters with you. This has nothing to do with the difficulty of the climb, it's more a social plan for the locals. Read more »
Aconcagua (6.962m), Argentina, 2002
Seven Summits, South America
Chile (west) and Argentina (east) fill up the southern part of South America. You can find Cerro Aconcagua - with 6.962 meters the highest mountain of both western and southern hemisphere - a bit east of Santiago de Chile.
Ramon and Peter-Arjen could go this time, so it turned out a solo off-season expedition for Boris, a daring challenge! Friday 29th of March, after two earlier attempts, Boris stood on top of Aconcagua. Read more »
Dutch Elbrus Expedition 2000
Seven Summits, Europa
The Dutch Elbrus Expedition 2000 is the first succesfull finished Seven Summit expedition of Ice-X.
Here you can find all information about it: travelinfo, expeditionreport, photos and equipmentlist. Read more »
Denali (6.194m), Alaska, USA*
Seven Summits, Noord Amerika
Denali (of Mt. McKinley zoals veel mensen hem beter kennen) is met 6.194 meter de hoogste berg van Noord Amerika.
Door de noordelijke ligging - de berg ligt in Alaska vlak onder de poolcirkel - is het er vaak extreem koud en de gebied is berucht om het snel veranderende en vaak slechte weer.
Puncak Jaya (5.030m), Papua*
Seven Summits, Oceanië
Een meer exotische expeditie is die naar de 5.030 meter hoge Puncak Jaya (voorheen Carstenz Piramide) op Irian Jaya, de hoogste berg van Australië/Oceanië.
Wanneer Puncak Jaya op de agenda wordt gezet is nog niet bekend. Dit is mede afhankelijk van de politieke situatie daar.
Vinson (4.897m), Antarctica*
Seven Summits, Antarctica
Mount Vinson is met 4.897 meter de hoogste berg van Antarctica.
Other expeditions...
Dutch Iceland Expedition 2004
800 km by ATB around IJsland, northbound
10 Februar 2004 Ramon Sijmons and Boris Krielen start their unique expedition Iceland 2004: 800 kilometer by ATB across north iceland.
Januar 1997 Boris made it around the south. This time the northern part of Iceland is the goal. More mountains, high mountainpasses, bad roads, 250 kilometers of rocky desert, blasting winds, icy rain, snow, thick layers of ice on the road. A great new challenge! Read more »
Dutch Kurumdi Expedition 2003
Kurumdi (6.613m), Kyrgyzstan
28 June 2003 Boris heads for Kyrgyzstan. Target is one of the unclimbed 6.000+ meter mountains of the Kurumdi-range in the eastern Pamir.
There will be full support up to basecamp. Beyond basecamp it's a complete solo expedition. Read more »
Dutch Peak Lenin Expedition 2002
Peak Lenin (7.134m), Kyrgyzstan
22 August Ramon and Boris left for Kyrgyzstan to climb Peak Lenin (7.134m). At first they would join an international expedition. Beyond basecamp they planned to go their own way.
16 september Ramon and Boris came back from climbing Peak Lenin (7.134m) in Kyrgyzstan. Ramon unfortunately got sick several times, still reaching camp 2. Boris went for the summit solo and got as far as 6800 meter. They were part of an international expedition, but from basecamp they planned to do the climb as a mini-team of just two. Read more »
Dutch Bolivia Expeditie 2001
"6 x 6.000 in Bolivia"
2 climbers... 4 weeks... 6 mountains... total elevation: 37.998 meter... That's the crazy challenge Ramon and Boris want to go for.
No expedition follows it's plan exactly, but this one became an absurd collection of unbelievable circumstances and a bizar amount of bad luck. Farmers violently blocking roads all over the country; early cancelled summitattempts because of illness, fever, throatinfection and never ending coughs; sleep disturbing sandstorms; 100 km/h wind just 150 meter below the summit... and worse. Read more »
Dutch Ecuador Expedition 2000**
Cotopaxi & Chimborazo
In januari 2000, tijdens de opstand van de Indianen, maakte Boris een reis door Ecuador en beklom Cotopaxi (5.859m) en Chimborazo (6.310m), beide solo.
Dutch Iceland Expedition 1997**
800 km per ATB rond IJsland, zuidelijk deel
In januari 1997 reed Boris solo per ATB de zuidelijke helft van IJsland.
Een monstertocht over IJsland. Door de sneeuwstormen langs de zuidkust. In de winter. Tijdens de poolnacht. Bij -20°C. Op de fiets.
Dutch Northcape Expedition 1995**
2.500 km per ATB naar noord Finland
In maart 1995 fietsen Sven van Asperen en Boris Krielen per ATB vanuit Nederland naar noord Finland.
Doel was om zonder ondersteuning naar de Noordkaap te fietsen. Pech met materiaal en medische problemen gaven daar een andere wending aan.
Dutch Northcape Expedition 1993**
Arctic Bike: 4.000 km per ATB naar de Noordkaap, Noorwegen
In december 1993 en januari 1994 reed Boris solo per ATB vanuit Nederland naar het (symbolisch) noordelijkste punt van europa, de Noordkaap in Noorwegen.
Afgevroren voeten en spectaculaire lichtshows, snijdende wind en eindeloze bossen, metershoge ijspegels en glibberige afdalingen.
Projects for charity...
"Biking for CliniClowns"
800 km per ATB rond IJsland
Met onze expeditie op IJsland in februari 2004 hebben we 1.660 euro voor CliniClowns binnengehaald. Read more »
"Climbing for CliniClowns"
Peak Lenin & Kilimanjaro
Met onze expedities naar Peak Lenin in augustus 2002 en Kilimanjaro eind november 2002 hebben we 1.022 euro voor CliniClowns binnengehaald. Read more »
