gilles denis

www.expeditionpaddler.com

E-mail: gilden1102@gmail.com

Telephone: +32 497 14 55 82

Base of operation: Brussels (BEL) / Narsaq (Greenland)

Gilles is an adventurer at heart. He developed his love for the outdoors and the mountains at an early age, but it is in 2008 that he discovered his true passion while on a one month long exploration of the high Canadian Arctic: long-term expeditions in the wildest and most remote corners of the planet. Since then he accumulated experience as a self-taught polar explorer and climber. In the summer of 2016 he started guiding hiking and glacier tours in Southern Greenland and has been working there since. It is in Greenland that he discovered sea kayaking and its great potential for long-term autonomous expeditions: immediately he took on training at the Sea Kayaking Cornwall center in UK. He then completed his ISKGA Coastal Guide training in the winter of 2018 at SKC with a quick and sharp progression. In April 2020 he plans to launch on a large-scale six months long polar expedition in Greenland: crossing the inlandsis for 600 km along the Arctic Circle; kayaking 1000 km along the desolated East coast to the Cap Farewell; and, establish a new Big Wall trad climbing route in the South. With Gilles you know you’re going to find the adventure!