"7 Summits + 2 Poles" project news

A large group of Lemax Company from the city of Taganrog climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro almost all the staff on July 23. They have dedicated their ascent to the boss, owner of company - Leonid Matusevich. After climb they were on a two-day safari (Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater) and then spent a few days in Zanzibar, on the northern-most part of it.

The whole trip was the date of 17-31 July 2015.

Hello!

It says Oleg Koshkarev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club. Today I have great news. In the morning, with the group from Brazil, I climbed to the Western peak of the Mount Elbrus. And now we are descending down to Terskol, happy and tired.

All the best!

Hello friends!

This is a guide of the 7 Summits Club Vladimir Kotlyar, the program Climb Elbrus. Today, our climb is over. Successfully, we got the top, unfortunately, not by the full group. Three people in total, for one reason or another and at different heights, abandoned the climb. The five men from the group successfully visited the highest point of the North Caucasus, Russia and Europe. Today, we happily came down to Terskol! Where, indeed, we will celebrate our climb tomorrow.

All the best! Thanks to all! And to me it's time to relax ...

Hello!

It is Dima Semenov, a guide the Seven Summits. Our group of 10 people have successfully climbed to the western peak of Elbrus. The weather was amazing.

Simply everything was well with the weather and with the group. Bye!

Hi, everybody!

It is Oleg Koshkarev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club. Today I come with a good news. We were on the top of Mount Elbrus. Weather was excellent: an easy breeze, the sun, without any cloud.

Now we are already on LeapRus shelter and preparing for descent in Terskol. Best regards!

A guide of 7 Summits Club Oleg Koshkarev reports: Today we have a third acclimatization outing. We climbed up to Pastukhov Rocks up to 5000 meters altitude. The group is very strong, we walked quickly. The weather was excellent.

Today, July 23, early in the morning, 17 members of Taganrog group from Lemax company climbed Uhuru Peak of Mount Kilimanjaro (5895 meters). Four members of the expedition reached Stella Point (5685 meters), another participant turned from a mark of 5300 meters. And one participant came yesterday down in Moshi.

Considering that the experience in climbing the group was small, it is a very good result.
Congratulations to the team with the summit!

The group is now going down to the camp Millennium Health, there is no problems in the group.

The ascent was accomplished in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founder and CEO of the company Leonid Matusevich.

Hi, Seven Summits! It is Artem Rostovtsev from the northern slopes of Mount Elbrus. Today we were at the top of Europe (Western Elbrus), and then descended to the north. The weather was good, we were on top at  seven o'clock in the morning. My friends did a lot of pictures and video. Then we calmly went to the North shelter. We were satisfied with today, the weather was just fine, we do not want to leave mountains. Tomorrow we will go down below, into the Emmanuel  Glade, rest there ....

The day after tomorrow we'll be in civilization.

Yesterday, July 17, a big group of the Tanzanian team from company Lemax from Taganrog arrived in Tanzania … A team of 23 persons committed a trip to the birthday of their leader, the founder of the company Leonid Matusevich. According to the plan the group should climb the highest mountain in Africa - Kilimanjaro by Machame route. The program is specially planned so that the day of the assault took place on the anniversary (60 years) of Leonid Matusevich. After the ascent of a part of the group will fly home, and second part will continue their trip a two-day safari in Tanzania's most interesting national parks.

Leonid Matusevich

A LEMAX team on Kamchatka

Good morning! This is Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the program Climbing Elbrus with traverse into the North.. We did the traverse, by the whole team. But with the ascent to the very top we got a little snag. We were attacked by a storm, very strong, so ...

Well, in general, on the whole, we had a real climbing action. Fortunately, this happens rarely.

Well, nothing. We all passed this test with dignity. We waded through the storm, passed over crevasses in ... in conditions of absolute no visibility. In the end, we were safely down to the North side, had a walk around, visited the "mushrooms". And now, we are in the city of Kislovodsk. We are resting, warming the bones, enjoy what we've done. All are very happy. Especially me. That all.
Be happy! So long!

Hi, Seven Summits! It is Artem Rostovtsev from the slopes of Mount Elbrus. I worked with a small group of two people. Unfortunately, one "passenger" was not able to get out on the ascent. But I and Vasya Petrov, we went to the top the Western Peak and then (as a bonus) to the Eastern summit. At the moment, we went down somewhere at the height of 4800-4900. Hello from the slopes of Mount Elbrus!

Hello! This is Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of Climb Elbrus program. My group Todos Huntos made a successful ascent. We did it yesterday, in strong winds and not very favorable weather. But, nevertheless, we made the ascent at a very good pace. Well done! All members of the group. And we went down, unfortunately, not as planned - to the North, but back to the South. Due to bad weather, we decided that would be safer go back, where more people, less cracks. So we went down to Terskol, everything well.

Avalanche at camp 11 on Denali.

Caught in the storm on Squirrel hill

Victory Dinner

Pan Zygmunt climbed McKinley with our team, headed by Ludmila Korobeshko. This is his third peak in the team of 7 Summits Club (after Everest and Vinson). We are proud of friendship with such a person: a prominent politician, businessman, organizer of the largest economic forum and significant Running Festival, a marathon runner, climber, just a man of great culture and a great soul.

Berdychowski Zygmunt was born in 1960 in Krynica Zdroj (Poland) and now faithfully serves his native region. He graduated from the Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Law, was active in Solidarity, was a member of parliament of two convocations, worked in the Ministry of Agriculture. In recent years, Berdychowski engaged in development of the resort of Krynica Zdroj, Economic and Energy Forum and Running Festival.

Video with Zygmunt Berdychowski

Elbrus

Carstensz

Aconcagua

Hallo! It is Ludmila Korobeshko from the expedition to McKinley.... We are now at the top of Mount McKinley (Denali). All we reached the top. It was very difficult: strong wind, very cold. Several times we would go back. But we did not. We got to the top and now take pictures, make videos, and … call you. And soon ... we will go slowly down. In general, everything is fine. Hooray! We did it!

Hi! It says Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the program Climb Elbrus. Today we had a heroic attempt to climb to the top. Weather was crystal clear, but very, very, very strong wind. We went up to the height of 5550, and from there unfortunately we had to turn back. Because it was really dangerous. Now we sit in the refuge and look at the Elbrus: not just a cloud, beautiful view, but snowy flag fluttering in the 2 km - from the Western top to the Eastern.

So here we had such a heroic attempt. All the team was great. Turn around - it's a decent thing to do. Dmitry and Valera descend to the north and we are waiting for news from them. The rest of the group is now resting on LeapRus Refuge, tomorrow we will go down to Terskol. All the best!

Hello! This is Ludmila Korobeshko, I report from the expedition on McKinley (Denali). Today, as planned, we went into the assault camp (High camp) at 5200. In general, the weather in the morning was quite cold, but the fixed ropes it was warmer. However, when we reached the ridge leading to the camp, we got a strong wind. We came to the camp almost in a snowstorm, there was nothing to be seen. We walked for a long time, about 9-10 hours. We went out in 10 a.m. and came probably after 7 p.m.
Now we put the camp, sitting in tents. Strong wind, no visibility. While we will watch the weather. It is difficult to have any plans to build. ... But in general everything is fine, all people went into the camp, all are healthy.
Best regards!

Good afternoon! Ludmila Korobeshko reports from the expedition to McKinley. We are now in Camp Ranger, at 4300 ... Today, June 30th, we have a day of rest. Yesterday we nade a depot, as planned in the assault camp. In fact, the day was quite heavy. We woke up early, but it was very cold at night, probably minus twenty. So we decided to wait for the sun, and only 11 a.m. we left the camp. Gone with fixed ropes and a little more along the ridge to Washburn’s Thumb. We returned happy but tired. So today the rest is very logical. In addition, the snow began at night ... We rest, look at weather forecasts and are already preparing for a summit bid. As soon as the window will appear, we will try to go upstairs to the assault camp, well, then, according the weather - on the ascent. All members feel good. Best regards!

As many already know, because of the earthquake in Nepal, Everest this season has been closed. Our expedition had to abandon the climb and the film crew to interrupt the work on the film. Mountaineers have belief in this respect: Everest rarely let climb for the first time ...

But we are pleased to inform you that, despite all the difficulties, we will return to Everest next spring. And in the autumn of 2016, our film about the conquest of the highest mountain in the world will be screening on Channel! Russian TV…
And while see the trailer from already made footage.

Hello everyone! It is Vladimir Kotlyar, the new group began its work on the program "Climb Elbrus". Today is our first day of acclimatization. And now we are on our finishing point on the summit of Mount Cheget, at an altitude of 3500. The weather is bad, everything around is covered with clouds, hail and rain. But, in principle, something is visible. Here I am now, for example, I see a waterfall Girlish braids, the observatory, lake Donguz-Orun and the people standing around me. They feel good, they drink tea. And I think I will join them, because it will be warmer and more interesting.
That’s all... I go to drink tea. Adios!