Expeditions


2024
  • Simpson Desert Trek 3 Failed (21 days, 31/07-20/08/2025, 210km) Attempted a double crossing (each crossing unsupported). West-East-West. I failed. The plan was 430+630km=1060km. But due to injury, harder terrain and too heavy cart I only did 210km with my cart, same cart as the 2008 expedition cart. I trekked east during 13 days and then decided to turn back to save my life without involving a risky rescue. It took me another 8 days to reach the Binns track. I had started at Old Andado like in 2016.
2023
2021
  • Kungsleden unsupported World first (19 days, 07-25/08/2021, 515km, +-11.700m) FKT validated. Unsupported trek (Swedish Lapland), only sleeping in the tent. Climbed peaks: Skierfe, Kebnekaise South; North (ridge traverse).
2020
2018
  • Tasmania Winter Trek: World first (52 days, 04/08-23/09/2018, +500km) Winter crossing of mainland Tasmania. Some minor support (ask for details) but unresupplied (in food or gas) and all nights in the tent. No roads used except the official total of 16km of asphalt part of the PCT (Penguin Cradle Trail).
2016
  • Simpson Desert Trek 2: (12,25 days, 13-25 August 2016, +-286km) unsupported crossing West-East only with a backpack. Partial crossing from Old Andado to Poeppel Corner via the Geocentre. 
  • Salar Trek 2: (7 days, 27/09-03/10/2016, 250km) World first unsupported trek (2nd attempt) across the 2 largest salt flats located in Bolivia: Coipasa and Uyuni. 
2015 2013
  • Salar Trek: Failed (7 days, 22-28/10/2013, 165km on 250km) First attempt at world first unsupported trek across the world's 2 largest salt flats located in Bolivia: Coipasa and Uyuni. (success in 2016)
  • Rio Marañon expedition: (6 days, 28/09-03/10/2013, 134km) Joined for 6 days the 1 month rafting and kayaking of the upper part of the river. It was the first guided expedition of the river.
  • TitiKayak: (38 days, 17/08-23/09/2013, 1100km) World first circumnavigation of Lake Titicaca by kayak. Mapping the lake by GPS and create the first photographic inventory of the endangered lake. 
  • Clipperton Island (1 month, 18/02-18/03/2013) TX5K: DX-pedition with radio-amateurs. Joined as filmmaker and performed the scientific environmental observations. 21 specimens of foraminifera found. None recorded yet on the island. Explored the island, summited the Rock and kayaked around the lagoon. Documentary Film of FRANCE3 Thalassa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNysLn3vJyE
2012
  • Poland Trek: (28days, 07/05-03/06/2012, 183km trek +34.5km packraft +985.5km kayak = 1203km) World first Expedition from the highest summit of Poland to the Baltic Sea using human power. On foot in the mountains, by packraft and kayak on the Vistula, Poland’s longest river and one of the last wild rivers of Europe.
2011
  • BelgiKayak: World first (23 days of paddling, 09/07-18/09/201, 608km) Touring the Belgians waterways by kayak to re-discover the country’s forgotten beauties and stress out on water pollution .
2010
  • Iceland Trek Summer: World first (19 days, 12/07/2010-30/07/2010, 560km) unsupported crossing of Iceland between its extreme latitudes from North to South. Scientific program: Perform cognitive tests to study the effect of decision taking under stress in extreme environments. FKT Validated.
2009
  • Chocolate Sherpa Everest: (1 month, 11/04/2009-10/05/2009, 400km) A cultural walking journey from Kathmandu to Everest Base camp. Organizing the highest chocolate tasting in the world event to attract the media, raise funds for the first Mobile hospital in Nepal. 
2008
2007
  • Wild Mountains of Tasmania (EN) - Les Montagnes Sauvages de Tasmanie (FR) - (49 days, 21/12/2006-07/02/2007, +-500km) World first Unresupplied Mountain and forest trek across the entire Tasmanian wilderness. 19 peaks were climbed. Dramatic end as it became a battle for survival with almost no food left with a dead GPS and no communication systems.
2006
Mountains
2025 - Heydar Aliyev (3751m) & Ataturk (3756m) in Azerbaijan.
2024 - Mount Meharry, Bimberi, Bogong in Australia (highest of the states of Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria) / Mauna Kea (highest Hawaii, highest of the world without the water in the Oceans) / Mount Tabwemasana male, Highest in Vanuatu / Frenchmans Cap in Tasmania.
2023 - Mount Pico (2351 m) highest in Portugal / Azores
2022 - Sommet de Finiels (1699m, Mont Lozère, Cévennes)
2021 - Kebnekaise South (+-290X m) and North (2907m) highest in Sweden
2020 - Aneto (3404m) highest, Carlit (2921m), Canigou (2784m) in the Pyrenees
2018 - Mt Stanley (Margherita peak, 3rd highest of Africa) (5109m from Uganda but also DR Congo highest)
2014 - UK: Ben Nevis (Scotland), Scafell Pike (England), Snowdon (Wales)
2013 - Cotopaxi (5200/5897m), Chimborazo (5934/6268m), Rucu Pichincha (slept on the summit at 4784m) in Ecuador, solo attempt (Altitude sickness and fuel intoxication) on Cerro Plata (4500/5966m) in Argentina.
2012 - Mt Rysy in the Tatras (2499m summit of Poland)
2011 - Ireland: Carrauntoohill (highest)
2010 - Jbel Toubkal solo winter summit (december, 4167m) in the High Atlas of Morocco.
2009 - Kala Patthar (5555m, Pumori ridge, near the Everest)
2004-2007 - Australia: Famous ones: Cradle, Federation Peak (TAS), Ossa (TAS, winter, summer) - All my Tassie Mountain summits, Kosciuszko (NSW, OZ), Bartle Frere (QLD), Zeil (NT) - New Zealand: Mt Taranaki, Mt Ngauruhoe (Mordor)

Personal Challenges
2022 - 20 km of Brussels in 1h45 / 1st Marathon (trail) TheVillageMarathon of Malonne (42km and D+1100m) in 5h00. GR70 Stevenson unsupported in less than 5 days, Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) unsupported in less than 5 days.
2021 - Confined in my tent. 1 week in autonomy hanging in the air on a 5 m² platform.
2020 - Everest Bueren Challenge (135* Bueren stairs up & down in 65h30 with 5+4h sleep included)
2017 - 20 km of Brussels in 3h13 (Started with a lumbago, first 10km in 2 hours, last 10 in 1h+ but I think there was an error as I left last at 11am more than 30 after the cut off time, I think I did it in 2h20+) July: Corsica GR20 in 9 days with all my equipment. I lost 1 day because of rest for a starting injury. Happy of the result even if I aimed 5 days unsupported. I had no training and bad high shoes.
2015 - 20 km of Brussels in 2h00
2014 - 3-peak Challenge in the UK (solo, 23h30 drive & climb+6h sleep), 20 km of Brussels in 1h59, Dodentocht 100km in 20h29
2012 - Benelux : summit of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg (4 h return drive from Brussels).
2010 - 20 km of Brussels in 1h55 - Dodentocht abandoned due to injury after 40,2 km in 6h30

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