GoPro HERO13 Black
Waterproof to 10 m, chest or strap mount
4.6 on Amazon
Captures the walking, the suspension bridges and the weather in a way a phone in a pocket never does; the battery in cold lasts under an hour, so this is a several-batteries commitment.
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Do not buy this if: Stills photographers. The wide lens makes an 8,000 m peak look like a hill.
Everything else we recommend in cameras & action cams, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Best compactSony ZV-1 II
A one-inch sensor is a genuine step past a phone in low light, and the wide end handles a valley that a phone flattens — battery life is poor, and in the cold it is worse than poor.
