Mt Kilimanjaro Full Moon Climb (Sep 2023) - 8 Days Lemosho Route.

My bucket list destination to climb one of the 'Seven Summits' - Mount Kilimanjaro. This is a video of my full moon climb (on summit ascent) via the Lemosho Route in 8 days. It covers the entire trip from lodge to lodge, capturing the descent too (unlike most videos that don't) and passing through Moshi town. Find out if I made it or not...
While I initially intended to vlog the climb, I decided to 'live the journey' and enjoy the trek instead of narrating/reporting every step of the way. Hence, there is minimum live narration. Some commentary are post-production. No stock footage/photos used in my video.
In composing this video, I resisted chopping too much off the tons of original footage as this also serves as a personal record/memory of the climb. I believe a long journey could not be condensed in a short 15mins video.
A big shout-out to my amazing climber friends in the team featured in the video!
_Also check out my photo video of my Everest Base Camp trek in 2018, witnessing the Mani Rimdu Festival at Tengboche:
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TOUR OPERATOR:
Many thanks to the fantastic team from ‪@FollowAlice‬ for their awesome service from pre-climb planning to on-the-ground crew support.
TIME REFERENCES:
I don't like the idea of the restrictive time stamps/intervals, as a journey is meant to be experienced from start to finish. But for reference:
00:42 Day 1 - Lodge to Lemosho Gate.
02:08 Day 1 - Lemosho Gate to Mti Mkubwa Camp.
03:29 Day 2 - Mti Mkubwa Camp to Shira 1 Camp.
07:17 Day 3 - Shira 1 Camp to Moir Hut, and acclimatisation hike.
13:54 Day 4 - Moir Hut to Lava Tower; then to Barranco Camp.
19:58 Day 5 - Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp via the Barranco Wall.
30:23 Day 6 - Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp.
33:20 Day 7 - Summit ascent to Uhuru Peak via Stella Point.
36:26 Day 7 - Descend from summit to Mweka Camp via Stella Point.
37:54 Day 7 - Crew tipping ceremony, thank-you speech and song.
40:45 Day 8 - Final descent to Mweka Gate.
42:34 Day 8 - Bus ride to Lodge via Moshi town, certificate presentation and final thoughts.
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[@PeterKing-wu9up]

Having completed the same route just a couple of days ago it has given me incentive to get off my backside and put my own video together. Good job.

[@5korpyo]

Thanks. Well done and congrats to you! Hope you had fun along the way. Look forward to your video.

[@msakivictor8237]

Awesome job hakuna matata pole pole Kilimanjaro

[@5korpyo]

Thank you!

[@nikiryan8648]

the way your camera swings around, really brings on vertigo! not a nice effect at all. the fish eye is annoying.

[@5korpyo]

No filter, effects or fish eye lens in my video. If you have vertigo, mountains (videos) are probably not for you. I’ll remember to do a pirouette on my next summit. 😅