Snow-covered summit of Mount Kilimanjaro rising above the moorland under a blue sky

Yevgen Staroselskiy,
co-founder of ALPO Guided Expeditions

Yevgen Staroselskiy, ALPO co-founder, smiling on a garden terrace in a navy T-shirt

Yevgen Staroselskiy is a mountaineer and co-founder of ALPO Guided Expeditions. He holds the rank of Master of Sport in Mountaineering, has summited Everest and K2, and has completed the Seven Summits. Since 2018, he has taken part in 25+ Kilimanjaro expeditions and designed the program that every ALPO expedition runs on.

What he does at ALPO

Yevgen designed the route itineraries, acclimatization schedules and safety protocols. Before a climb, the first conversation is with him: what you want from the climb, your timing and how you are preparing. On the mountain, most programs are led by our co-founder and lead guide, Liberaty Victor Mato.

Why a climber who has stood on Everest and K2 keeps coming back to Kilimanjaro

More than 25 Kilimanjaro expeditions in, and the Machame Route is still his favorite – the one he considers the most varied on the mountain, and the route ALPO runs as its signature climb. The fresh, hot borscht served at our camps is made from a recipe he personally taught our chef.

“I’ve stood on the summits of Everest and K2. Lemosho, Machame, the other Kilimanjaro routes – none of them ask anything close to that level of preparation. But this mountain demands real respect for altitude. With the right pace and our medical checks, any physically active person can reach the summit.”

— Yevgen Staroselskiy

Everest, 2019

K2, 2023

Yevgen and his expedition team at K2 Base Camp in 2023, standing under strings of prayer flags

Vinson, 2023

Yevgen at Carstensz Pyramid base camp, tents pitched on grey rock below a limestone wall

Kili, 2026

ALPO group holding an orange ALPO Guided Expeditions banner at the Uhuru Peak summit sign on Kilimanjaro, 2026

With an ALPO group on Kilimanjaro

Yevgen with four ALPO climbers at the Karanga Camp sign on Kilimanjaro, with Kibo's summit cone behind them

Record and qualifications

More than 130 ascents of varying technical difficulty, from Nepal and Pakistan to Alaska, Antarctica, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Master of Sport in Mountaineering
Snow Leopard title #376, awarded for summiting the 7,000-meter peaks of the Pamir and Tien Shan
Seven Summits completed; the last of them, Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m / 16,024 ft), in 2025
Everest, 8,848 m / 29,029 ft – from the north side, 2019
K2, 8,611 m / 28,251 ft – 2023
Gasherbrum II, 8,035 m / 26,362 ft, and Ama Dablam, 6,812 m / 22,349 ft
Khan Tengri, 7,010 m / 22,999 ft, by a route graded 6B
Kilimanjaro, 5,895 m / 19,341 ft – 25+ expeditions since 2018; Elbrus, 5,642 m / 18,510 ft – 25+ ascents, winter and summer

The name you may have seen elsewhere

In English, his name is written Yevgen Staroselskiy. Elsewhere it appears as Yevhen, Evgeny, Evgenios or Eugene Staroselskiy, sometimes spelled Staroselsky – the same person. He is based in Cyprus, where he founded 7 Summits Club Cyprus and carried the Cypriot flag to the top of all Seven Summits. In Tanzania, he co-runs ALPO.