Liberaty Victor Mato,
co-founder and lead guide
Liberaty Victor Mato is a co-founder of ALPO Guided Expeditions and the lead guide on most of our programs. He has worked on Kilimanjaro since 2001 – first as a porter, and since 2004 as a guide – with 220+ climbs of the mountain behind him.
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At a glance
Role
Co-founder; lead guide on most ALPO programs
On Kilimanjaro since
2001 (porter, 2001–2003)
Guiding since
2004
Kilimanjaro climbs
220+
Certification
Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Porter in 2001, co-founder now
Liberaty carried loads on this mountain before he led climbs on it. Today he is a co-founder of ALPO alongside Yevgen Staroselskiy.
“When porters had no voice, we fought for fairness. Dignity and respect are not negotiable. We pay our crew very fairly.”
– Liberaty Victor Mato
How ALPO looks after its crew is set out in our porter welfare policy.
What he actually does on the mountain
Liberaty sets the pace – pole pole, slowly, slowly – and makes the day-to-day calls on the trail. Morning and evening, he and his team check SpO₂ (blood oxygen) and pulse on every climber. The crew is his as well: a permanent team of guides working under contract, and porters he trains himself to become ALPO guides. Every camp is left cleaner than we found it.
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