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Biking for CliniClowns
800 km by ATB round Iceland
With our expedition "800 km by ATB round Iceland" in February 2004 we collected 1.660 euro for CliniClowns. Read more »
Climbing for CliniClowns
Peak Lenin & Kilimanjaro
With our expeditions to Peak Lenin in August 2002 and Kilimanjaro end of November 2002 we collected 1.022 euro for CliniClowns. Read more »
expeditions
Expeditions by Ice-X
Ice-X Seven Summits Project
Denali (6.194m), Alaska, USA, 2012
Seven Summits, North America
Denali (or Mount McKinley) is the highest peak in North America.
Due to it's location high up north - in Alaska close to the polar circle - it can be extremely cold. The area is infamous for it's fast changing and often severe weather. Read more »
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, Africa
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 »
Elbrus (5.642m), Russia, 2000
Seven Summits, Europe
The Dutch Elbrus Expedition 2000 is the first succesfull finished Seven Summit expedition of Ice-X.
Friday 28 July 2000 Peter-Arjen, Ramon and Boris reached the top of 5.642 meter high Elbrus West summit. Here you can find all information about it: travelinfo, expeditionreport, photos and equipmentlist. Read more »
Puncak Jaya (5.030m), Papua*
Seven Summits, Oceania
Puncak Jaya is the highest mountain in the Pacific area and is usually considered to be the highest point of Australoceania in regard to the Seven Summits.
As the political situation is often instable and the costs for an expedition to Puncak Jaya are high it's not likely Ice-X is going to climb this peak any time soon. Read more »
Vinson (4.897m), Antarctica*
Seven Summits, Antarctica
Mount Vinson (4.897 meter) is the highest peak of Antarctica.
Technically this is not a very difficult mountain. Because of its location in Antarctica and the very extreme circumstances, the logistical support costs a lot of money. Read more »
Kosciuszko (2.228m), Australia*
Seven Summits, Australia
Mount Kosciuszko is located in New-South-Wales and - with an altitude of 2.228 meter - it is the highest mountain of the Australian mainland.
There is often a lot of discussion about what is the 7th Seven Summit, the more difficult Puncak Jaya, or easy Mount Kosciuszko. Therefore many people climb both peaks just to be sure. Read more »
Other expeditions by Ice-X
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 »
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 Expedition 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 »
Ecuador 2000**
Cotopaxi & Chimborazo
January 2000, during the rise of the Indians, Boris travelled through Ecuador by local bus, taxi, jeep, hitchhiking and walking.
He also climbed Cotopaxi (5.859m) on January 19, and Chimborazo (Cumbre Ventimiglia 6.270m and Cumbre Whymper 6.310m) on January 25, both solo. Read more »
Iceland 2004
800 km by ATB round Iceland, northbound
10 February 2004 Ramon Sijmons and Boris Krielen start their unique expedition Iceland 2004: 800 kilometer by ATB across north iceland.
January 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 Iceland Expedition 1997**
800 km by ATB round Iceland, southbound
January 1997 Boris biked the southern half of Iceland solo by ATB. A truck put this expedition to a sudden halt.
A monstertour on Iceland. Through the snowstorms along the south coast. In wintertime. During the polarnight. At -20°C. By bike. Read more »
Dutch North Cape Expedition 1995**
2.500 km by ATB to northern Finland
March 1995 Sven van Asperen and Boris Krielen biked fromThe Netherlands to northern Finland by ATB.
The goal was to bike to the North Cape unsupported. Problems with the equipment and medical conditions made a change for the worse. Read more »
Dutch North Cape Expedition 1993**
Arctic Bike: 4.000 km by ATB to the North Cape, Norway
December 1993 and January 1994 Boris biked solo by ATB from The Netherlands to the (symbolic) northernmost point of Europe, the North Cape in Norway.
Frozen feet and spectacular lightshows, screaming wind and endless forests, meters high icycles and slippery descents. Read more »
* Ice-X has not yet executed expeditions to these peaks. They are mentioned here as they are part of the Ice-X Seven Summits Project.
** Actually these expeditions have taken place before the establishment of the Ice-X Foundation on December 21st 2000.
