Kyrgyzstan - Page 7

Nikita Slotin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Kyrgyzstan:

Soft landing in the city of Osh. The team of guides of the 7 Summits Club has arrived in Kyrgyzstan. We are preparing to meet groups, get acquainted with the local cuisine, explore the surroundings, relax after the flight. And, of course, we eat pilaf! We are waiting for the first guests tomorrow! Guides Alexander Abramov, Nikita Slotin, Maria Besogonova.

An international team of mountaineers under the general leadership of the President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov began preparing for expeditions on K2 in the summer of 2021 and winter of 2021-2022. During this time, teams train separately in their own mountains. The national team of Kyrgyzstan held training camps in their native mountains, in the Ala-Archi region in the period November-December. In 14 days in November and 11 days in December, the team members completed a total of 7 routes.

 The national team of Kazakhstan trains now, on December 6-20,  in the Tuyuk-su area (Tien-Shan).

The Russian national team leaves for the Caucasus on December 18. They set a goal to pass the traverse of Elbrus in winter from West to East. From the pass to the valley Hatutu Riccati 5-6 winter overnight stays in the Alpine zone.

Photos from the training camp of the Kyrgyz team:

Aloha, friends and family! Here is a group of the 7 Summits Club, going to Khan Tengri under the leadership of Vladimir Kotlyar. We're OK! Today we held ice classes, remembered the technique of movement on the ice in crampons and with ice axes, worked out the movement on glaciers and work with jumars on fixed ropes. Tomorrow we go to the big mountains for acclimatization. There will be no Internet, so only satellite communication.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Aloha, friends! A team of climbers to the Peak of Lenin named "Zaalaysky literary-musical club, named after Lenin" completed their expedition! The 25th of July, we successfully summited, descended safely, alive and healthy! The mountain continues to please with great weather and views! We leave the base camp and return to our native land! Goodbye majestic Peak, goodbye mighty glaciers, goodbye transparent frosty sky and burning mountain sun!

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello 7 Summits! We reached the summit of Lenin Peak! But it is early to congratulate us, for now we are on descent from the summit to camp 3.

Hi, the 7 Summits Club! The team "Zaalaysky literary and musical club named after Lenin" returned for the rest to the First camp (4200). We spent two nights at an altitude of 5200, with acclimatization rotation at 6100. Two members, unfortunately, decided to leave us, for health reasons. The rest of the team is in combat readiness, with well acclimatization. We have to wait for the best fine day to try to climb the summit.

Aloha, friends! Today the group "Zaalay literary music club named after Lenin" made the first acclimatization rotation to a height of 4200. The day gave us great weather and stunning views of the surrounding magical landscape! Our eyes absorbed the beauty, causing the heart to beat faster. After acclimatization walk, the team of guides took up a new sport for them - SUP surfing on the Alpine lake.

Greeting  from the group, climbing  Lenin Peak! Day one: we arrived in the city of Osh, which met us with a warm embrace. We checked our equipment and went for a walk to the Suleiman Mountain. After a walk we went to the restaurant "Raisins" - our cult place. There we celebrated the beginning of our expedition and two birthdays of Sergey Motorkin and Vladimir Kotlyar. The group has already proved to be a close-knit, friendly and cheerful team, and everything is just beginning ...

Vladimir Kotlyar,  guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Pamir:

Hello,  friends! Group of the 7 Summits Club under the name of "Colonizers" successfully climbed Lenin peak. Guides - Vladimir Kotlyar and Valery Myasoedov.  We caught a weather window and hit the target. And now we are rushing down to fresh lamb meat, shower and a plane HOME!

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club: We send congratulations  on the international day of mountaineering from the group of Myasoedov and Kotlyar!!! We went down to rest from a height of 6100 to camp 1! The mood is cheerful, we will delay the rest for a couple of days, we will catch a weather window and good luck by the tail…

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Lenin Peak:

 Hello, friends! The team of guides Valery Myasoedov and Vladimir Kotlyar "Jolly Roger" began its active acclimatization. Today we went to a small nameless summit with a height of 4100. We enjoyed the beautiful views and lunch brought with us from Osh…

Long  bad weather did not allow the team of the 7 Summits Club reach the top of the Pamir seventhousander Lenin Peak. But members  got an experience of going into space. These were impressions of the days spent in the assault camp. High mountain showed its brutal power, but it remains the same attractive…

The group the 7 Summits Club under the leadership of Olga Rumyantseva and Vladimir Kotlyar resting in camp 1 (4100) before attempting to climb Lenin Peak. And we can admire a variety of photos sent from the Pamirs…

On the eve the group completed acclimatization rotation, spending a night in camp 3 at an altitude of 6100. 10 group members and two guides are now ready to storm the summit.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Kyrgyzstan:

Salute, friends! Our group cheerfully climbed to the first camp to a height of 4400. Stunningly beautiful trek, great weather and the crossing on horseback across the river made for us a gorgeous day…

Photos of Ziabutin Gadjimirzaev

Olga Rumyantseva, the 7 Summits Club guide: we start the season at Lenin peak. Today Vladimir Kotlyar and I fly to Osh. And the next day we meet our first very large group. In total there will be 14 people.

 However, two members of this group, Maxim and Lena decided to fly in advance to better acclimatize. They're already sending us pictures from the base camp and waiting for us.

So far, they like everything, especially how they are fed. They even managed to get up to the peak of Mommies.

The command of the second expedition of 7 summits Club climbed the Lenin Peak. Participants: Vladimir Belkovich, Alexander Utvenko, Alexander Sobolenko, Natalia Matusova and their guide Alexander Abramov. See the photos...

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August 6th,  representatives of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Khodak and NadejdaUsovich in the group company Aksay successfully climbed to the top of Lenin Peak. Congratulations! Season at Lenin Peak continues. Interest in this mountain this year has increased. With excellent service, our company  has this year almost one hundred percent success.

Hello! Abramov Alexander informs  directly from the summit  of Lenin peak. Second team of the 7 Summits Club climbed to the top. It  is Belkovich Vladimir, Sasha Utvenko, Sasha Sobolenko, Natasha Matusova and their guide Abramov Alexander. So.... Perfect weather, visibility, in fact, "thousand upon thousand", almost no wind. We're very, very lucky...

We spent two extra nights in the high camps. But we were lucky to catch the weather. Well done! Yay! Our epic peak Lenin for this year is over. I hope to come down alive and well at base camp. Bye!

Hello! This is Alex Abramov from Lenin peak. Yesterday there was very bad weather, the 4th of August. It was snowing hard,  it was a furious wind. Today the wind calms down, the weather is good, no clouds. Today, our team moved to the third camp, the upper camp at 6100 meters on top of the peak Razdelnaya. And then our team tomorrow, even tonight is going to go on a summit bid. We are promised very good weather, no wind. There are about 40 people who are going to go tonight. So I hope that we will succeed, all will be well. Everybody, bye!

Just called Alexander Abramov from the camp 1 (4400) at the peak of Lenin. All six participants of the second group feel great and ready to start tomorrow to climb to camp 2. And then they will go to the peak Razdelnaya, to camp 3 and then to the summit. However, at the moment, there is heavy snow. If until the morning  it does not stop, the outing will have to postpone for one day. Then the assault will occur on 6 August...