Geert De Smedt
You can only regret things you never tried! This moto is maybe one of the best to discribe my way of thinking. Becoming a globetrotter, Geert has this from his parents let him to see different countries, nationalities and cultures to respect.
Adventurer and backcountry freerider, his passion for snowboarding started in 1992. A few years later he became international snowboard instructor, graduated in Austria. After his studies tourism he went to Kenya to work as a guide.
With adrenaline and extreme adventure in his blood its there that he came with the idea of high altitude snowboarding starting with climbing "The Roof of Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro 5895m" and snowboarding down. Since then Geert has snowboarded major volcano's worldwide including Cotopaxi 5897m , Tupungato 6550, Mt Elbrus 5642m, Indian Himalayan,...
The past year he has focused on snowkiting. The latest trip to Greenland in August 2007 was exceptionel, snowkiting on the main glacier at 66° North. The experience he learned while staying on the icecap will be used for a future project ; snowkiting in Antartica. His goal is always looking for new adventures, unexplored terrain and "first descents"