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According to the results of the past week, we received an addition to the list of climbers who completed the Seven Volcanoes program. These are members of the 7 Summits Club groups. In the general list, they took places from 61 to 64.

61. Ed Khalilov (Russia) Sidley January 14.
62. Max Wegner (Germany) Sidley January 14.
63. Rinat Karamov (Russia) Sidley January 14.
64. Igor Rebelsky (Russia) Ojos del Salado January 18.

In addition, several more record achievements were updated by the President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov. Now he has climbed Sidley three times, completed the Seven Volcanoes program three times, and completed the Seven Summits + Seven Volcanoes project three times.

In addition, we congratulate the other participants of the successful ascent of Sidley, who, of course, passed the most serious test on the way to the "Seven Volcanoes". And will soon join the above list.
These are Roman Tсaci (the first representative of Moldova), Alexey Erdle and Vitaly Kungel (both Germany), Igor Alexandrov (Hungary).

Congratulations to everyone once again! New heights and new achievements to everyone!

According to Vasily Shakhnovsky from the Transglobal Car expedition, the Sidley-2 team led by Alexander Abramov successfully returned to the Union Glacier base. The most massive and record-breaking season on the highest volcano in Antarctica has ended. Congratulations and we wish you a quick flight to the mainland!

 The Sidley-2 team in full force climbed to the top of Sidley on January 14 at 18:00, all 8 participants and 2 guides. Many records were set. There will be a separate post about it.

The weather was terrible. We managed to catch a small window. Then we waited out the blizzard for a day in the high camp. Now the team has descended to the Base Camp and is waiting for the plane to take off.

 Everyone is alive and well and happy!

Guides Alexander Abramov and Andrey Polyakov.

The 7 Summits Club President Alexander Abramov from Antarctica:

 Hooray! The Sidley team has arrived at Base Camp! Tomorrow morning, January 13th, we will have breakfast, pack up, and head to High Camp. Summit ascent and descent on the 14th. Flight to Union on the 15th. We need to hurry, as the forecast says a storm will start on the 15th for 3 days.

Hello to the 7 Summits Club from us, the numerous participants of the Antarctic expeditions! A team of climbers of the highest volcano in Antarctica, Sidley, and a team of climbers of the highest peak in Antarctica, Vinson, have gathered at Union Glacier. There are more than 20 of us in total. The largest team on this final flight from the mainland. We waited out two days of bad weather, and right now the first team has flown out to Sidley, where they will reunite with our commander Alex Abramov. And with Vinson, everything is more complicated. There are clouds in Vinson's base camp, we are waiting for the wind to blow the clouds away and they will send us there. And we also met the Transglobal car expedition around the world, which has many acquaintances and friends.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from the Sidley base camp:

There was terrible bad weather at the Sidley Base Camp. The wind speed reached 100 km per hour, according to the forecast, and in fact. The wind howled like an airplane turbine. I tried to watch a movie on my iPhone. I couldn't hear anything. The worst thing was that the tent would be torn. Then death.

 The tents were damaged, but they held up. Because our 20 years of experience have taught us to fight such bad weather. It happened that the tents were torn. Or the tents flew away. Now we have the best equipment suitable for Antarctica.

 There are only two of us in the camp, so if something happened, no one would help us. The nearest station is 1100 km away. Watch the video and enjoy.

 The weather in Sidley is getting better now. We are waiting for a new group.

The President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from the Sidley base camp:

Greetings from Antarctica! Having completed the 7 volcanoes project in 66 days, I encountered a surprise. It turned out that there were only 18 seats on the plane, and there were 19 of us,

Everyone flew away, and I was left alone at Sidley Base Camp. It is about 1,100 km from the nearest station where people live. They said they would arrive tomorrow, but I immediately realized that they would not. They would not scuttle the plane because of one person.

However, I have another partner in misfortune, Bob. A guide from New Zealand. He was also left behind. He must have behaved badly. We are settling in. We sorted out all our things. Two petrels flew in yesterday. They circled over the camp for a long time. They refused to eat bread and sausage. They realized that we had no fish, and flew away. It is 300 km from the shore. Imagine how disappointed these birds were.

That's all the news for now. We have been sitting here for three days already. They said that they will not pick us up until the next group. And that is in about five days. No big deal. It's cool to live in the desert. True, there is Internet and a generator. But we have little gas. We are saving. There is food too, don't worry. And whiskey too.  Anyone who has read Jack London is incredibly jealous of me right now.

Photos of our guide Artem Rostovtsev

The Vinson-5 and Sidley-3 groups in full force gathered in the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas. The flight is scheduled for January 10. We are getting ready, waiting for the flight and enjoying Punta Arenas!

The climbing conditions were quite difficult. Strong wind and frost. The group was divided into teams, but everyone moved together, both on the ascent and on the descent. Physically, it turned out to be quite a difficult test. But everything happened on a strong emotional upsurge, and all participants felt like a single team. This certainly helped to cope with all the difficulties.

The first team.

1. Boris Egorov - Seven volcanoes!
2. Mikhail Melekhin - Seven volcanoes! 
3. Marat Vladimirov
4. Farid Sagutdinov - Seven volcanoes!
5. Alexander Khlebnov - Seven volcanoes!

The second team
6. Andrey Polyakov
7. Boris Pustovoitov - Seven volcanoes!
8. Alexander Bachmann - Seven volcanoes!
9. Artem Gurshteyn - Seven volcanoes! Speed record!
10. Boris Fadeev - Seven volcanoes!

Third team
11. Artem Rostovtsev
12. Karolina Lukyanova (Kazakhstan) - Seven volcanoes!
13. Yuri Lukyanov (Kazakhstan) - Seven volcanoes!
14. Galymzhan Kuspanov (Kazakhstan)

Fourth team
15. Alexander Abramov - Seven volcanoes! Second time! Speed record!
16. Dmitry Tertychny - Seven volcanoes!
17. Alexander Tertychny - Seven volcanoes!
18. Konstantin Lashas
19. Viktor Alexandrov - Seven volcanoes!

19 climbers in one expedition - a record.
16 climbers from one country - a record.
14 climbers who comleted the "Seven Volcanoes" program in one day.
Speed record – 2 people: Alexander Abramov and Artem Gurshteyn (66 days).
Alexander Abramov – the first to complete the “Seven Volcanoes” program twice.
Alexander Abramov – the first to complete two programs, “Seven Summits” and “Seven Volcanoes”, twice.
Yuri and Karolina Lukyanov – the first father and daughter to complete the “Seven Volcanoes” program.
Aleksandr and Dmitry Tertychny – the first father and son to complete the “Seven Volcanoes” program.
And a number of ethnic and national championships that need to be clarified.

Mount Sidley from the plain

Alexander Abramov and Artem Gurshteyn

Yuri and Karolina Lukyanov 

Aleksandr and Dmitry Tertychny 

Super records from the 7 Summits Club. 19 (!) climbers at once on the summit of Sidley. 14 Russians completed the "Seven Volcanoes" project at the same time. And Alexander Abramov was the first in the world to complete the "Seven Volcanoes" program twice. Moreover, the second time in record time - in 66 days. Artem Gurshteyn also completed the "Seven Volcanoes" in 66 days. For the first time, the "Seven Volcanoes" program was completed by father and son - Alexander and Dmitry Tertychny. Plus, they are the first father and son to complete the "Seven Summits" and "Seven Volcanoes" programs.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov: Here it is, Mount Sidley. We have set up a large camp. We have 20 participants. Large tents. A dining room, a kitchen. And here is our plane, which is supposed to take us away from here. And even a generator.

The 7 Summits Club team "Sidley and the 7 Volcanoes in 70 Days Project" flew from the Union Glacier base in the direction of Sidley volcano. Good luck!

The 7 Summits Club team is in Antarctica for the second day at the Union Glacier Base. We are waiting for the flight to Sidley. This is the highest volcano in Antarctica, which is located 1,100 kilometers from the base. So far, the weather is bad there. There is no wind, but it is completely cloudy. We are trying to stay in shape, getting ready. We are running in the snow, riding bicycles. We are eating and sleeping.

And we are hoping for a quick flight down the mountain.

Guides: Abramov Alex, Rostovtsev Artem, Egorov Boris and Polyakov Andrey.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from Antarctica:

We flew on a comfortable Boeing 757. We arrived, pitched tents. It's 1 a.m. now. The sun is shining! Polar day.

Hello to everyone from Patagonia, from the Torres del Paine region. And a Happy New Year to everyone!

The "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days" project is coming to an end. The weather in Antarctica is bad, and we are not flying until January 2. In our free time, we decided to take a walk in the most beautiful corner of Patagonia, the Torres del Paine National Park region.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from Punta Arenas (Chile):

News from the Sidley group, Antarctica. Hello everyone from the southernmost continental point of South America - Punta Arenas! The departure, scheduled for December 30, was postponed to the 31st due to weather conditions. But we have something to do! In the morning we checked in our luggage and checked in for the flight, and then went to see the place of the first settlers Fort Bulnes. And some participants even swam in the Strait of Magellan! And tomorrow we will go see the penguins!

It seems that it is time to publish our own guidebooks, because we know the most interesting places and will never let our tourists get bored.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from Punta Arenas (Chile):

Today the team finally gathered. We walked around the city. We visited a meeting of those leaving for Antarctica, as well as sports shops. Tomorrow is the day to check in our luggage.

And we will wait for the flight to Antarctica. Our team is called "Antarctica 7/70".

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from Punta Arenas (Chile):

In the 2024-25 season, we have five groups in Antarctica. 16 participants on the Vinson Massif and 24 on Sidley. A total of 40 participants and 5 guides. This is the largest season of the 7 Summits Club in 20 years of work in Antarctica. The first participants of the expedition to Sidley are already gathering in Punta Arenas, the southernmost city in Chile. The flight to Antarctica is scheduled for December 30.

On January 4, the team of the 7 Summits Club climbed the highest volcano in Antarctica, Mount Sidley (4265m). The assault exit from the camp (2900) to the camp (2900) took about 13 hours. Four people completed the Seven Volcanoes project with this ascent. Now the list of Russians who climbed all seven volcanoes has grown from 8 to 12 people. There are 43 people in the World, Russia is much ahead of everyone!

The Seven Volcanoes program has been completed: Nikolai Tomchak, Oleg Pipkov, Evgeny Fedorov and the expedition leader Lyudmila Korobeshko. The rest of the ascent participants are 1-2 Summits away from the completion of the Seven Volcanoes program. This is the first Kazakhstani to reach the top of Sidley, Yuri Lukyanov. As well as Sergey Vasiliev, Igor Rebelsky, Andrey Kravchenko and Vladimir Solovyov – all Russians.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, a guide and director of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Punta Arenas (Chile):

 January 12. Greetings to all from Punta Arenas from the DDT group (Drink Dream Team) - aka "Empanadas", aka "expedition to Sidley".

Late yesterday evening on January 11, after a one-day delay, we flew from Antarctica to the Mainland - more precisely, to Punta Arenas.

A solemn awarding ceremony was held with diplomas and medals. Each participant of our expedition was awarded two diplomas (for Sidley and for the South Pole) and two medals (a small silver one with Sidley's image and a large one for Antarctic programs).  That's why we celebrated the end of the expedition on a double scale. Joyfully.

Most of the group left today for home. The other part went traveling. Nikolai is going to have a long trip to Patagonia. Sergey and Andrey plan to explore some remote corners of Chile - Easter Island and Pedro de Atacama, and then go to the highest volcano in the world - Ojos Del Salado. We will wait for news from them.

So the adventure continues!

 Portraits of the participants of the Sidley expedition:

Evgeny Fedorov. 7 volcanoes completed the project by climbing Sidley. Now he's staying in Antarctica - he's going with our next group to climb Vinson. Plans to close 7 Summits.

Andrey Kravchenko. Sidley became the fifth volcano out of seven. He goes to Ojos del Salado with our group since January 19th. Plans to close the 7 Volcanoes project. And 7 Summits in the future

Nikolai Tomchak. Sidley completed the 7 Volcanoes project. The best shots from our expedition belong to him.

Igor Rebelsky. Sidley became his 6th volcano. He plans to complete the project of 7 Volcanoes within a year. Ojos remained.

Sergey Vasiliev. Sidley became his 6th volcano. He is currently flying to Ojos and hopes to close 7 Volcanoes. According to the results of the expedition to Sidley, he promises to release Sidley beer.  He introduced the tradition of releasing beer at the end of each expedition to the next volcano. We are waiting for "Sidley"!

Oleg Pipkov. After Sidley he closed the 7 Volcanoes project. We are waiting to see what else he will surprise us with!

Yuri Lukyanov became the first representative of Kazakhstan in Sidley. Before that, with the Last Degree Program he reached the South Pole. He plans to close the 7 Volcanoes project this year. His project also includes to finish 7 Summits (6 out of 7) and 14 eight-thousandthers. In the spring he comes with us to Dhaulagiri.

Vladimir Solovyov is the soul of our team, as well as the heart and engine. He was at the origins of the 7 volcanoes project for part of the current team (he assembled the team on Kilimanjaro 3 years ago). And three years later, part of that team successfully completed the 7 Volcanoes project, and some are still in the process of completion.