Moe Al Thani

The Journey · 2008 – present

Two months to climb. Five years to prepare.

It started with a laugh on a river in Nepal. What followed was a long apprenticeship on the world's highest mountains, and it was never a solo effort.
Climbers on a snow ridge at sunrise above the clouds
First light, high on the mountain
A roped team in down suits pausing on a snow slope
Roped together
A climber crossing a ladder over a crevasse
The ladders
A climber scaling blue ice
Moe holding the Qatar flag above a sea of cloud
Carrying Qatar upward
A long line of climbers on a rocky high-altitude slope
One step behind another
Tents pitched on a rocky slope under a dramatic sky
High camp
An expedition team standing together beneath snowy peaks
The team
Moe on the trail to the summit of Kilimanjaro, the peak behind him
On the way up, Kilimanjaro
Moe resting with his pack on the rocky slopes of Kilimanjaro
A moment's rest
Moe and Joe Al Haddad at the Uhuru Peak summit sign on Kilimanjaro
Moe and Joe at the summit
Moe holding the Qatar flag at the summit of Carstensz Pyramid
Carstensz Pyramid
An expedition group together on a mountain trail
A climber on a wall of ice beneath the sun

Ice wall

Fear, kept in the film

The ice does not care who you are.

Ladders over crevasses, walls of blue ice, ropes clipped to the person in front. Every climb was a team effort.

Expedition archive

The Seven Summits and beyond

The bar beside each climb shows its height compared with Everest. A label shows where each claim comes from. Pending items will be confirmed with Moe's own expedition records before launch.

Mar 2010

Kilimanjaro

Tanzania, Africa

5,895 m

Africa's highest point. He returned in October 2014 for the Elevate to Educate charity expedition.

Independently reportedSource: Wikipedia ↗

Sep 2011

Mont Blanc

Alps, Europe

4,808 m

The first serious alpine climb. Not one of the Seven Summits.

From his own recordsSource: moealthani.com ↗

Aug 2012

Elbrus

Caucasus, Europe

5,642 m

Europe's highest point.

From his own recordsSource: moealthani.com ↗

Oct 2012

Kosciuszko

Australia

2,228 m

Australia's highest point, on the Bass list.

From his own recordsSource: moealthani.com ↗

Dec 2012

Vinson

Antarctica

4,892 m

Antarctica's highest peak.

From his own recordsSource: moealthani.com ↗

Jan 2013

Aconcagua

Andes, South America

6,961 m

The highest point outside Asia.

From his own recordsSource: moealthani.com ↗

22 May 2013

Everest

Himalaya, Asia

8,849 m

Reached the summit at about 10:00 local time with Raed Zidan and Masoud Mohammed, flying the Reach Out To Asia flag.

Independently reportedSource: Doha News ↗

May 2016

Denali

Alaska, North America

6,190 m

The seventh summit, completing the Seven Summits. Filmed in the documentary The Seventh Summit.

Independently reportedSource: Wikipedia ↗

Oct 2024

Carstensz Pyramid

Puncak Jaya, Indonesia

4,882 m

Oceania's highest peak, completing the Carstensz version of the Seven Summits. Filmed for Voices of the Peaks.

From his own recordsSource: Voices of the Peaks (IMDb) ↗

Beyond the Seven

2015

South Pole: last degree

Antarctica

2,835 m

A last-degree ski expedition to the Geographic South Pole.

Independently reportedSource: Wikipedia ↗

Nov 2020

Ama Dablam

Himalaya, Nepal

6,812 m

Climbed during the pandemic, alongside the Sherpa community. Told in Ama Dablam: The Rebirth.

Independently reportedSource: Wikipedia ↗

Route explorer

Scrub through the camps

Machame route

Waypoint 1 / 6

Machame Gate

1,800 m

Rainforest start.

Conditions and key moments: awaiting Moe's account.

Camps and heights follow the standard published route, rounded. They may differ slightly from Moe's own itinerary.

"I'm stuck."
Frozen on a ladder over a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall, as shown in his own filmSource: Gulf Times, Nov 2013 ↗

He kept the moment he froze on a ladder in the Khumbu Icefall in his film, and he shows it to every audience. Fear is part of the story, not something to edit out.

The people behind the summit

No one stands on top of the world alone.

The 22 May 2013 Everest team, as named in the dispatch from base camp. Credits for the other climbs will be added from Moe's records.

Source: Expedition dispatch ↗
A climber crossing a ladder over a crevasse

Next camp

Philosophy