"7 Summits + 2 Poles" project news

Hello! Alexander Abramov calls from the best, perhaps, in the Elbrus mountain, refuge-shelter named LeapRus. Today our team reached the summit of Mount Elbrus. This is the team Vitaly Simonovich. It consisted of 11 members and 4 guide. As a result, three guides and eight members reached the summit. One of the guides pulled down three women from this team.

And the weather was terrible, on top we spent literally two minutes. Generally, in principle, in this weather you should not go up. But there was a great desire to raise people and to introduce them to climbing.

And we went down to the shelter just in 3. 30 p.m.. With that, we started climbing at 4 a,m,. That is, it is practically 12:00 it lasted. Once again, a strong wind in the afternoon, closer to the top, the snowfall began. Visibility was about 10 meters, and can be less. But it is only in the area of ​​the top, below the saddle was all fine.

The guys all are happy, everyone is happy, thank us. In general, everything is fine ...

Tomorrow we have in the Terskol village, our office organizes, holiday season closing for the guides. Invited all our members climb Elbrus.

And I will say that the shelter LeapRus - this, of course, some fantastic tale. I can not believe that we live here. That all, good-bye!

Today, another group of the 7 Summits Club led by guides Dmitry Semenov and Oleg Koshkarev climbed the top of Mount Elbrus. Five out of six members reached the Western Summit. Only one of them, because of the illness, decided not to make an attempt, and move it to the next year.

The second group goes to climb tonight. Alexander Abramov is going to go with them! The weather here is very windy and cold, so that successful ascent today is a big achievement of guides!

A day after, at August 29, we close the summer season on Elbrus by big costume party! This year the theme of the closing - "Pirate". We invite all interested persons to us!

Gathering place Cheget glade - cafe "Captain drink" - costumes mandatory!

Photos of Vitaly Simonovich from the second group:

Good morning! It is here Oksana Kotlyar. Our ascent of Mount Elbrus from the South on the classics ended successfully. Our legendary band from Orenburg in the 5 people climbed to the top, despite the harsh weather conditions. A strong wind was blowing, zero visibility. All was made in very good pace. Quickly up, quickly down. The beauty of Elbrus we have not seen. But the guys are happy. Yesterday we celebrated this event, presented to all climbers the certificates. All happy! Best wishes!

Hello everybody! This Vladimir Kotlyar from climbing Elbrus team, traverse from South to North. Well, we finally got some kind of window in the weather. Although good weather it is hard to call. The group went to the Western summit and safely, alltogether we descended on the North side of Elbrus. The weather doesn't indulge us panoramas, all in the clouds. But still nice - this is a native part of Elbrus for me, after all. All the best!

 This is a guide 7 Summits Club Says Vladimir Kotlyar from Climb Elbrus program. Today we had the Summit Day and we have successfully reached the top of Elbrus. The whole group. Now we are going down by “oblique shelf” already . The weather was great. Now on the descent the weather starts to deteriorate. In principle, we descended briskly, so I'm not particularly worried. All the best! Until we meet again!

A group of Vladimir and Victor Yaroshenko, Alexey Sushkova successfully climbed the highest peak in Africa - Kilimanjaro by Marangu route. Congratulations to our friends!

Vladimir and Victor have already returned home. In one month, they made the ascent at once on two highest peaks - Europe and Africa. Now we are waiting for a detailed report and photos from them.

Alexei Sushkov now continues to travel to the national parks of Tanzania and plans to continue the program in Zanzibar.

Irina Klimova and Igor Grishkov successfully completed the program, climbing to the tops of the Greater and Lesser Ararat. It was the first ascent of 7 Summits Club on the top of the Lesser Ararat, previously closed to climbers. According to the climbers: Little Ararat - separate top, and not the object for acclimatization. "... About 12 km across and up to 1600 meters. In addition, there is no path and you must climb vertically, on scree. " Hike on Lesser Ararat took 11 h (7 h up - 4 h down).

"The guides were great (Nuri and Musa). Organization at the highest level, all impeccably and professionally, and it's also very warm and friendly feel at home !!! Musa - an excellent guide and an extraordinary man. Thank you so much for the organization and for the recommendation of the guides - a good guide is the key to a successful climb! "

Good evening! This is Oksana Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club. Our program climbing Elbrus, with traverse to the north, has been successfully completed. Despite the harsh weather conditions, we did it! The guys competed for the mountain. We walked up the knee-deep snow, made ​​a trail. A strong wind hit in the face, the snow was pretty much and zero visibility. There were doubts whether such a risk? But reaching the top, we realized that it is worth! Wind dispersed the clouds and we saw the power and majesty of Mount Elbrus. All the best!

Hi, everybody! It is Vladimir Kotlyar, an Elbrus Climb programme, from the South. Today we successfully ascended to the Western summit. We very long waited for a weather window which didn't come. Therefore we climbed in that weather which was. But everything passed successfully, smoothly, we went down all. Now we are already in Terskol, are washed, eaten off. All thanks! Good-bye!

August 4, two new groups of the 7 Summits Club began programs of climbing Kilimanjaro. They go on different routes - Machame and Marangu. Alexander Agueyev (Volgograd), Vasily Yanivets and Sergey Chuvilev from Moscow are on the Machame route. After the mountains, they will continue to travel and go on trips to the national parks of Tanzania.

Brothers Victor and Vladimir Yaroshenko from Moscow and Alexey Sushkov from St. Petersburg chosen Marangu route. Interestingly, that Victor and Vladimir have just returned from Elbrus, where they were preparing for the ascent to the highest peak in Africa.

Hello! It is the guide of 7 Summits Club Denis Provalov. Today, our group made a successful ascent to the summit of Mount Elbrus West Peak and 11 people descended on the northern side of this beautiful mountain. Heavy enough route, despite the fact that the weather was just awesome: sunny, no wind. In the morning, probably at four or five it was still cool, and then it was warm, wonderful. The result - 11 people descended on the north side, and three of our team - down to the start point, to the south. We are all very happy. We are now located in a shelter in the North. All in a good mood. Tomorrow we continue the descent toward civilization, toward the town of Kislovodsk. We hope tomorrow to get out as early as 8 am and be at 12 hours on the next camp on the north side..

Good evening! It says Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of 7 Summits Club, climbing Elbrus, traverse. Our group has successfully climbed Mount Elbrus West Peak and passed traverse from the south side of the eastern peak. We are now in Kislovodsk, where is the successful completion of the program. Thank you for your attention! Goodbye!

Yesterday a group of Vladimir Kotlyar made ​​acclimatization outing to the Pastukhov Rocks. Some active participants headed by Vladimir descended by snowboard.

And today, the group is on the mountain, hoping that climbing will be successful. The weather is good. And more good news for those, who is going to us: on the Liprus Refuge is repaired toilet!!! Hurray!!

That's it! So who else thought to go or not - now just have to put Elbrus on plans !

Waiting for news from the top!

Today our group (all members) has reched the top of Mount Elbrus.  The weather was quite good. The climbers managed to edscent down the valley. Now they are in Terskol, in the Povorot Hotel preparing for sauna and victory celebration. Good job!

Our Mt. Elbrus programmes

http://7summits-club.com/programs/all/region_3/country_169/object_5/

It was may be the best our meeting. Despite not convenient time, many our friends came to meet our Everest Team, to see the greatest Russian climber Valery Babanov who lives now in Canada and Chamonix. He was our main speaker, main attraction. But we just joy all atmosphere of the party. So many beautiful people! Great time for talking and for making nice pictures.

We arranged an auction where an ice ax Babanov was sold for 100,000 rubles

Vladimir Kotlyar transmits from the slopes of Mount Elbrus. Today we climbed to the top of Western Peak of Mount. We started at 2 am from a shelter on foot, without any snowcat. And we got to the top in eight half hours. Now we have a deserved rest in our alpine hotel (Leaprus). Tomorrow we plan to go down in Terskol to celebrate this momentous event. Everyone, thank you for your attention!

Sergei Dudko and Dmitry Krasnov, few days ago, have climbed the highest point in North America - Mount McKinley (Denali). Thus, they have successfully completed the 7 Summits project!

We heartily congratulate the guys on this achievement!

It should be noted that the harsh Alaskan mountains had given the guys a hard time. Almost a week they were forced to wait in Talkeetna for Flight glacier because of the prolonged bad weather. But when they still managed to be on the Kahiltna Glacier, guys rushed up and in record time. For 7 days the literally ran up to the top.

We are waiting for heroes on 7 Summit Club evening of June 26, where we presented them with honorary diplomas. We invite all to listen to their story of the project completion of the 7 Summits.

Left to right: Dmitry Krasnov, Sergei Dudko, Maxut Zhumaev (went solo McKinley) and Vladimir Doronin.

Guide 7 Summits Club Alexandra Sak reports:

Hi! June 11 at 9:30 am, we were standing on the top of Mount Elbrus. The Gigant was in surprisingly good mood - probably the first such day since the beginning of the season: clear, bright moon, the stars, the beautiful sunrise, almost no wind. There is too much snow, but we managed. And as soon as we went down again all sucked. I'm Writing now from Leaprus refuge - outside we can not see anything, strong winds and snowing again. Overall, we were very fortunate that slipped. Can congratulate us :)

5 people were in the team:

Gulnara Talipova;

Andrei Polyakov with her daughter;

Alexei Kolesnikov;

Charles Nuzum (USA).

Seven Summits, hello! This is Dima Ermakov from Tanzania. Today, we all climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. The weather was beautiful, now we're going down. Everything is fine. Particularly it pleased that all this happened in my son's birthday. What all together we are sending him our congratulations! In general, all is well with us. Hopefully tomorrow we will be at the hotel.

Group members: Philip Lerman, Irina Bykhovskaya and Mikhail Okolokulak.

Our guide Sasha Sak from the slopes of Elbrus: We are at a new refuge: reached it, settled ... We had lunch today, then almost reached Pastukhov rocks, the wind prevented. Went down, waiting for dinner.

In general, all good, feeling great, the mood is too great.

Tomorrow we learn to walk with crampons and ice axes, relax and wait for the weather.

NEW REFUGE

LEAPfactory places LEAPrus alpine station on russia’s highest mountain

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/leapfactory-leaprus-alpine-station-russia-06-06-2014/

The ‘s1′ eco-pod, developed by torino-based LEAPfactory, is a modular refuge structure designed specifically for extreme and remote environments. the building system is prefabricated and transported to any given location, and has been realized on many sites throughout Europe. The LEAPrus documentary takes viewers through the construction and assembly process of three shelters to create an alpine station (elevation 4,000 m) on the southern slope of mount Elbrus, located in the Caucasus range in Russia.

A trailer for the documentary: LEAPrus

http://vimeo.com/86043011

The alpine station is located at an elevation of 4,000 m on the southern side of Russia’s highest peak, mount Elbrus

The s1 shelters are able to withstand harsh weather conditions, and as a result allow adventurers to inhabit more extreme locations. Completely detached from any power grid, a photovoltaic film is incorporated into the outer shell, and is able to provide all necessary energy for the building’s equipment. The shape, materials, and construction of the units help to optimize its performance, while interior fittings provide a high level of comfort. By lifting the structures off of the terrain, minimal impact is created on the otherwise undeveloped landscape.