Jelle Veyt

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Who is Jelle Veyt?

For Jelle Veyt, “reaching the top” is not just a metaphor for a mission. For him, it is namely and literally his mission. He is on a tour of the highest mountains on each continent, the so-called “Seven Summits”. Furthermore, he wishes to do this with the smallest possible ecological footprint, so he cycles, hikes, sails and rows around the planet. What drives him? When he was 17, a number of events in his life led him to believe that he would not grow old. He lived on the street and found a way not to regret his choices. That is why he started to make very conscious choices. How that works and what you can learn from it for your own journey to "the top” - he will gladly tell you in his 

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    From homeless to the roof of the world

    Jelle started this unique adventure in 2013. He has since covered more than 70,000 km on foot, by bicycle, rowing and sailing. Each time to reach and climb Elbrus, Mount Everest, Carstensz Pyramid and Kilimanjaro. This keynote not only contains impressive stories from the most extreme expeditions in the world, it is, above all, an inspiring keynote of how a homeless person eventually managed to make his way to the absolute top.

World class lessons for leaders! Jelle is not only a resident of Dendermonde, a physiotherapist, sportsman, … but above all a world traveller. He carries out his mission in the world with huge enthusiasm in order to give opportunities to, among others, homeless children in Nepal. As a seventeen-year-old, he ended up on the street himself due to his parents' conflictual divorce and lived as a homeless person in Ghent for over 3 years. However, he managed to break free from this life and to finish his studies at Ghent University.

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