Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro via Lemosho 8 Day Route!

In the beginning of September 2022 I successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
It was on my bucket list for quite some time and last year I combined it with a one month long African vacation (Safari and Zansibar Videos to come 👀)
I did it with a company called 'Climbing Kilimanjaro' (obv. not sponsored) and could not have been happier. Everything from Porters to the tent setup (shout-out to my guy Benson!) was pretty well organised. I was very lucky my hiking group - not a dull moment on trail. Special shout-out to Daniel for always holding my camera. Also I never got serious altitude sickness or other pains (nothing painkillers could't fix)
Don't hesitate to shoot me any questions you may have!
Everything was filmed on a GoPro Hero 10 and edited in Davinci Resolve Studio.
Music is from Artilst.io
00:00 Intro
00:22 Travel
1:15 Day 1
2:58 Day 2
4:37 Day 3
7:39 Day 4
9:42 Day 5
12:22 Day 6
13:39 Summit
19:08 Day 8
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[@milestogochannel]

Watched again today. Too good.

[@kristynix1194]

OMG Great Job! I am so proud of the video you put together, it was like re living it all over again. I even teared up again at the summit point, SO EMOTIONAL! Miss you guys, hope to see you all again. A trip never to be forgotten😝😇😢

[@Travel_Stache]

Thank you Kristy!

[@MichaelKilby]

The Kilimanjaro cost dividend. Amazing memories for the rest of my life!

[@douglamb1521]

Great video. I'm doing this route in August 2024.

[@nikiryan8648]

I set off on Sept 1! hope to high five folks heading down from the summit on our way up

[@potato-fk8jt]

Awesome video! What day did you summit on? I summited on Sept 10th, via the northern circuit / alternate Lemosho. Congratulations for making it, definitely one of the hardest things I've done in my life! We might've passed each-other at some point lol.

[@RobertHudson-tl6ii]

Fantastic video Gregor. Wish we were young enough to do it. Not sure if the ledges with steep drops wouldnt have been more of a problem than the walking and climbing. Looking forward to seeing you and Vicky in England.

[@raysilva8988]

Absolutely fantastic record of your ascent! I want to thank you for sharing it. I have a friend who is doing the 8 day route right now and it’s helped me to really appreciate what his experiences will be.

[@Travel_Stache]

Thank you ray, means a lot!

[@chrini1]

So glad that I did this epic tour during pandemic in February / March 2021. Summiting alone on March 8 - that day only two solos with their guides made it to the summit. Now mass tourism is back

[@milestogochannel]

What a moment! Welldone Gregor!!!! Proud of you. 17:18 & 18:09 i had a similar moments....feel proud to have been on the roof of Africa. the quality of video and editing is simply superb. learnt some techniques from your videos today.

[@Travel_Stache]

thank you! Just watched you video - You made it as well! Good job 👍🏻👍🏻

[@milestogochannel]

@@Travel_Stache Many thanks...keep climbing

[@StephenAEdwards]

Great video. What sort of camera did you use for the videos?

[@Travel_Stache]

Thank you! I used a GoPro Hero 10 for the whole video

[@StephenAEdwards]

@@Travel_Stache Wow. The finished product was very professional.

[@jameshoran8]

If you decide to go, go with a group that offers you an overnight at Crater Camp which is 500 feet below the summit. If given the option to summit then descend to the camp versus going to the camp, sleep overnight and then a morning climb up a 500-foot extremely difficult climb to the summit, take the former.

[@stevenleduc7381]

Did that route. Daytime summit and then descended to Crater Camp to camp overnight. Great experience and hiked out to the glacier.

[@hikingzone]

17:40 Altitude sickness Hopefully he's okay 👍

[@Travel_Stache]

Yeah, there were quite a few coming our way on summit day.

[@hikingzone]

@@Travel_Stache roughly how long will take to reach on top ? From Basecamp

[@Travel_Stache]

@@hikingzone about 7-8h I'd say

[@olajones5654]

Greetings! I will be doing this climb in about 3 weeks- did you do any specific training prior and do you think it was helpful to your experience of no altitude sickness?

[@Travel_Stache]

Hey :) yeah I did some hiking back in the Alps. The sections on their own are not that physically demanding but the rising altitude makes it a challenge, but I couldnt train for altitude at home. I took Diamox which I think helped a lot. Dont worry about it too much and take it slowly one day at a time!

[@RobinHartJones]

I am a not particularly active 61 year old but did this climb in July. I don't think you need any Gym training. Perhaps a bit of stair work but mostly it is just endurance. I did 5 or 6 mile hikes a few times each week. The climb is fairly gentle but with the oxygen level dropping to 50% by the summit and needing to walk constantly for maybe 6 hours it can be really difficult. They make you walk at barely 1-2 mph but it is still hard even for the younger ones. I won't lie, the summit day is gruelling and most people barely remember most of it because you just become a shambling zombie :-) You will notice that almost every video that shows every days walk in great detail has very little footage of the final ascent because they cannot work up the enthusiasm to do any filming. This video probably showed more than any other I have watched.

[@olajones5654]

@@Travel_Stache Thank you so much! I really appreciate your response and congratulations on your summit

[@olajones5654]

@@RobinHartJones Thank you. Question- did you get the Hep A vaccine prior to traveling there?

[@saddamchaudhary9247]

Today 10/10/2023❤

[@Henning_Rech]

Irgendwas stimmt mit den Zeiten nicht - 9:30 h am Stella Point, und dann 8:46 h am Uhuru Peak - Zeitmaschine dabeigehabt?

[@Travel_Stache]

Ja stimmt. Ich habe die Zeitangaben von meinen gopro clips genommen, welche anscheinend nicht ganz akkurat waren. Gut aufgepasst! 🕵️‍♂️

[@Henning_Rech]

@@Travel_Stache Seid ihr wirklich erst um 3 h losgelaufen? - normalerweise wird um Mitternacht gestartet. Man sollte ein wenig auf die Zeitzonen achten...

[@Travel_Stache]

@@Henning_Rech wir sind auf jeden fall überdurchschnittlich spät gegangen, waren so ziemlich die letzte gruppe vom base camp.

[@Woddy13]

What company did you travel with?

[@Travel_Stache]

Climbing kilimajaro

[@Woddy13]

@@Travel_Stache Thanks, I guess you would recommend them? Also how did you come into contact with them?

[@Travel_Stache]

@@Woddy13 yes, i would. I wrote about it in the description. Just stumbled upon them by internet research

[@nikiryan8648]

sorry, not near enough info......I prefer statistics

[@Travel_Stache]

k, they have yearly excel world championships. should be right up your alley!