Born in 1970 in the Netherlands, Harry Kikstra lives in Amsterdam. Since gaining a Master's degree in business management, he has combined commercial work with an adventurous life that takes him all over the world. He created his popular 7summits.com website in 1999 when he became a full-time adventurer, organiser and leader of expeditions, including some TV productions.
He loves to travel, and enjoys climbing and photographing mountains everywhere. He has summited Aconcagua twice, in 2000 and 2004, by both the main trekking routes described in his first book.
In June 2005, Harry summited Mt Everest, and in January 2006 Mt Vinson, thus completing his own round of the seven continental summits. He has summited Denali (Mt McKinley) twice by the West Buttress route. Denali is the summit of North America and the subject of Harry's second book in the Rucksack Pocket Summits series.
Harry's photos and trip reports have been published in magazines such as National Geographic Adventure, Outdoor Australia, Getaway (South Africa) and Panorama (Netherlands).
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