About us
Three generations,
one passion
Mount Leon is not a company that happens to work at height. It is a family story that begins in 1946.
Leon Gysbrechts is born
Caver, mountaineer and kayaker — the man who taught the family to love the vertical world.
Belgian Greenland expedition
Leon joins the Belgian expedition to Greenland — the adventure of a generation.
Tom grows up between ropes and tents
On camping trips since birth; skiing and climbing at three, ski instructor at fifteen.
Mount Leon is founded
Tom De Bruyn — engineer, graphic designer, ski instructor — bundles everything he is into one name: his grandfather’s.
From the port of Antwerp to Alpine ridges
On facades and silos in summer, on skis across Europe in winter — always on the rope.
Founder & managing director
Tom De Bruyn
Electrical engineer by training, four years of graphic design in Antwerp, ski instructor since fifteen and photographer-videographer. Tom combines technical precision with mountain intuition — and is personally on the rope on every site and every slope.
Quote in 30 sec.What we stand for
Safety is non-negotiable
IRATA-certified rope technicians, double secured, rescue plan per job, top-brand equipment.
Craftsmanship over volume
One site done perfectly beats three done halfway. You talk directly to the people doing the work.
The mountain as teacher
What the mountains taught us about risk, patience and preparation, we bring to every job.