Wim Smets

Belgian Adventurer, explorerandleading motivational speaker, Wim Smets is best known for climbing the 7 Summits, which is made up of the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. He is also the only Belgian who ever tried to climb K2. Wim took on his first expedition in 1998, when he climbed the mountains Cotopaxi and Chimborazo in Ecuador.

Alove of adventurehad been born, and within 7 years Wim had climbed Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc, Aconcagua, Denali and Vinson. It wasn't long before the challenge of Mount Everest came calling. So in 2007, Wim ventured to 8850 metres above sea level to the summit of Everest, becoming the thirteenth Belgian to reach the summit.

A truly inspirational individual, Wim has achieved goals that many would think are achievable. Continuallypushing to be better and do more, Wim has set a number of records and had undertook some of the most challenging expeditions in the world. Some of these include undertaking six expeditions to 8000 metres, reaching the top a massive five times and becoming the Belgian record holder in climbing mountain higher than 8000 metres.