"7 Summits + 2 Poles" project news

The evening party 24.10.2013 was wonderful. Everyone enjoyed it. Guest appearances were excellent. Vitaly Simonovic, Denis Provalov and Valery Rozov spoke with great enthusiasm, showed interesting pictures and videos. At the same time, all had plenty of time for informal communication. We will wait for the next meeting, join us!

Marianna from Tyva: a dance with ice-axe...

Andrey Filkov sent us a message fromAustralia. On the day of his birth, he has successfully climbed to the top of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest in mainland Australia. Thus Andreн fulfilled the norm of the Seven Summits according to Kosciusko (Bass version). Active members of the 7 Summits Club Vladimir Doronin and Alexander Morozov were his partners in the ascent. Earlier, they both climbed the volcano Giluve.

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Yesterday, October 23 the first training session of the season was hold. And it was far not the first since the start of the project our training for rock climbing.

At this time, young climber Boris Yegorov was the chief instructor, he is new employee – as a trainer of rock climbing.

The leaders of 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov and Ludmila Korobeshko look after process and climbed. Training session took place at our favorite climbing gym Big Wall.

Participants were few, but it has allowed for some participants to work with climbing belay on the hanging .

By the way, now we are training and invite everyone to join us, to prepare for the next departure in an interesting climbing area. In the near future – climbing tour on the natural rocks to Tenerife orThailand(while both proposals are relevant ). The estimated date - the end of February - beginning of March.

The next training will be held next Wednesday, October 30. In the future, we plan to train two times a week - on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

We invite all our friends, clubmen, participants of our travelers, everything who wants to get acquainted with our activity. You will be able to see the brightest stars of sports, to have a bite and drink beer in their company. We INVITE! On October 24 at 20-00. Shop Outdoor activities,Bolshaya Pereyaslavskaya St. 7.

Main subjects:

EVEREST: jump from Northern Summit of Everest. World record on height exit.

The speaker – Valery Rozov.

 Denis Provalov's world record. The deepest cave and the highest mountain.

Vitaly Simonovich's world record. For two years from the beginner to the finish at once two programs:  7 Summits and 7 Volcanoes.

Traditional leading speaker: Alex Abramov

How to find us

Valery Rozov will act on the party of the 7 Summits Club, which will take place on October 24. He will tell about a record jump from slopes of Everest.

Interview on Red Bull site

I Knew I Would Live, Says Valery Rozov

By Josh Sampiero on 5 June 2013 in Features

Back from his epic jump off Everest, we catch up with the legendary Russian for the inside story.

Valery Rozov may have not jumped from the edge of space like Felix Baumgartner – but his BASE jump from Mt Everest was every bit as epic. Baumgartner also didn't have to worry about crashing into rocks straight after jumping...

When I landed, I was so tired. I felt sick. I didn't even really realize what had happened or what I did until we got back to base camp and began to relax. Then it started to sink in.

The hardest part is having to decide. Jump or don't jump. Is the air jumpable? Is it safe? The decision is definitely the hardest part.

I trained really hard. You have to get there and still be in shape to jump. It's a lot of physical work. I did a lot of technical work, too — because of the short drop and thin air — it's a very technical jump. It's so short, you really need to catch speed quickly.

We made a new suit. I wanted to have the flattest jump possible in such thin air. It's so short, and your body needs to catch the air and the speed. So we took the high-end model suit that I usually wear, and made modifications that would help with that. It took three or four seconds to get to the speed I needed to fly. That's when I knew I would live.

I look for spots like this. That's more of the challenge than the biggest mountain — finding the next new spot. Since my childhood I was a climber. Climbing is still my passion. I'm always interested to do something new.

The main summit of Everest is quite flat and therefore not possible to jump from. You'd need to build a ramp or something. We made the jump from the North Peak of Everest. I'm sure I set a new level for BASE jumpers.

I definitely used oxygen. It wasn't a climbing expedition. We used oxygen for a short time before the jump. I wanted to make a good decision about the safety – and more importantly, we needed to hurry to take advantage of weather, and acclimatization wasn't finished.

Climbers don't like wind. Wind is also not good for me. I don't like wind at all!

It's always very good to see your family and kids. That's the best part about coming home. And as for what's next? Summer in the Alps. And I've got a few ideas for next year, too.

Heavy, catastrophic snowfalls ruined plans of many expeditions in theHimalayas. According to some information, 14 people were lost in avalanches. Our expedition on Baruntse appeared in difficult conditions when in one day dropped out snow more than a meter. The decision to evacuate group by helicopter was made.

On September 28th. our Mt. Baruntse Expedition group flew to Lukla. Then they reached the base camp and begin to work on the route. Before snowfalls they were ready for a final, summit assault

In this Baruntse Group there were total 7 members in the team. As well as 3 Climbing Sherpa and 2 Cook. The team Member are as follows: -

1. Komarov Igor (Team Leader)

2. Pritulenko Oleg

3. Ablyazova Renata

4. Litvinenko Alexander

5. Yakushev Oleg

6. Rakhmatullin Rustyam

7. Iakusheva Elizaveta

Climbing Sherpa: -

1. Pemba Rinjin Sherpa

2. Pemba Nurbu Sherpa

3. Nurbu Chhiring Sherpa

Expedition Cook: -

1. Dendi Bhote

2. Wongdi Sherpa.

Alexey Maleev, who was a member of our expedition in September, sent us pictures of Kilimanjaro. Great job!

While a majority of members of the Global heroic expedition of the 7 Summits Club was quick to return home , a tireless Vitaly Simonovic continued to perform feats . After climbing to the top of Carstensz Pyramid, he stayed on the "green" continent and climbed the highest peak in mainland Australia, Mount Kosciuszko.

Thus, Vitaly has successfully completed the 7 Summits in two versions : with Carstens Pyramid and Kosciuszko. Interestingly, that he began his march over tops of the world relatively recently - in 2011, with Kilimanjaro. And such a quick result - 7 Summits, for a little more than 2 years .

By the way, Vitali is also close to the completion of Project 7 Volcanoes, it remained only to climb to the two volcanoes: Orizaba and Ojos. Both ascents are scheduled for the next three six months.

So, there is a chance that Vitaly Simonovich will be the fastest man in the world who have completed two programs at once : 7 Summits 7 and Volcanoes. And he can also add the Poles !

And once again we congratulate our members of the Global Expedition Elena Gorelik and Mikhail Turowski , who also successfully completed the 7 Summits program on Version 7 + 1.

25th and 26th of September, by two part, our team of ten Russians summited Carstensz Pyramid. It was made in the hard weather conditions: every day’s rain, upstairs - snow, fog. The team: Mikhail Turovsky, Vadim Nadvodnyuk, Sergey Dmitriev, Olga Rumyantseva, Igor Demjanenko, Liana Chabdarova, Jamila Murtazina, Vitaly Simonovich, Elena Gorelik and Alexander Abramov. And also, two Indonesian guide. Bisides, Lena Gorelik, Vitaly Simonovich and Mikhail Turovsky completed the program 7 Summits with variant Carstensz Pyramid.

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The group of climbers of 7 Summits Club, consisting of 6 members: Oleg Dublennikov (St. Petersburg), Kondratieva Galina (St. Petersburg), Kondratieva Sophia (St. Petersburg), Sergei Tarasov (St. Petersburg), Kadochnikov Andrey (Moscow) and Maleev Alex (Moscow) - successfully climbed the Uhuru Peak by the Machame route.

2 persons from the team have returned home, and the remaining members continued to stay in Zanzibar after a safari through the national parks of Tanzania.

Hello! Alexander Abramov informed of the expedition to Carstensz Pyramid. Today, the day was again hard: rain, mud, slippery. But we went through the final part of jungle. In general, our expedition is over. The entire team gathered in Sugapa and tomorrow we fly to Timika. That is, we will be at the international airport. We'll probably spend the night at the Sheraton. The next day -Bali. Celebration ... and so on and so forth. In general, all must be soon in Moscow. Here, we just brought the whiskey! Hurry, that is finish. Bye!

Hello! Today, roughly, at 10 am, the second team of six people summited Carstensz Pyramid. Downstairs there was rain, upstairs - snow, fog. Igor Demjanenko, Liana Chabdarova, Jamila Murtazina, Vitaly Simonovich, Elena Gorelik and Alexander Abramov. And also, two Indonesian guide. Thus, our entire team, in two days, climbed Carstensz Pyramid. Bisides, Lena Gorelik and Vitaly Simonovich, and Mikhail Turovsky (yesterday) completed the program 7 Summits with Carstensz Pyramid. We congratulate them! And now we will congratulate it during our dinner. And, tomorrow morning we start the way back, which should take four or, in the worst case, five days. Again, let's go by high plateau, swamps, jungle. I hope that all will be well. Thank you! Goodbye!

Alexander Abramov from the expedition to Carstensz Pyramid: the first part of group climbed the top of Carstensz Pyramid. The weather was not bad, some rain, snow and fog. We congratulate Mikhail Turovsky (from Piatigosk) who finished the program Seven Summits variant Carstensz. Tomorrow the second part will try to get the summit.

Mikhail Turovsky (in the center)

Alexander Abramov of the expedition to Carstensz Pyramid. Today might be called "happy day" or "day of the sun." In the morning the sun came out, and during the day it occasionally shone for us. But sometimes, however, was a little rain.

But compared to previous days, of course, this is great progress. We have dry tents, the first time from the beginning of trek.

Now we are on the high plateau. In the morning, we have seen an array of Carstensz Pyramid. This camp five, a day from the future base camp.

Hello! Alexander Abramov sends information from Irian Jaya, aprovinceofPapua. We're going to Carstensz Pyramid. Today the whole day we walked through the swamps, climbed the steep slippery slopes, clinging to the different roots. One of porters even lost one boot in the mud. In general, it's not easy, everything is pretty hard ... Above that, Nikolai Stepanenko was sick of some unknown illness, and now we have sent him back. He went down with the accompanying and will try to fly home. Now we set up the tents right in the swamp, getting ready for bed, as well as to receive an evening meal. But, in general, we have all the good spirits. To Carstensz we should spend five more days of this path. And about five days on the way back. But we like this adventure. It is still not so bad. Goodbye!

Hello! Alex Abramov sends information from Irian Jaya, aprovinceofPapua. We're going to Carstensz Pyramid. We rested a couple of days inBaliand today, with morning departures from Denpasar, we arrived in Timika. This is already the area of Irian Jaya. From Timika in just a few hours we flew to thevillageofSugapa. Sugapa is already known to me for the past journey, which took place in 2008. Of course, a lot has changed in 5 years ... but not too much. Tomorrow we start our trekking route.

 Our group led by Alex Abramov landed in Tokyo. The weather is typical for Far East: rain. But the mood is great. We plan to climb Mount Fuji. Then fly to New Guinea for the tallest volcano - Mount Giluve. And at last - to climb the Carstensz Pyramid.

The first day in Tokyo

Today, six climbers from China and two Russian guide reached the Western summit ofMount Elbrus... It was not easy, as the physical form of our Chinese friends were not quite good. But the weather was favorable, and the whole group reached the summit. Alex Abramov and Alexandra Sack were the guides from the 7 Summits Club. It was our first group from China, and we hope that in the future hundreds of Chinese climbers will go to Elbrus. We have already learned how to work with them, and most importantly, what and how to feed them. Welcome!

Alex Abramov met a new group in Terskol, it is a group from China. First time in our practice we met climbers from this country. Just a leader of group speaks English, but we communicated mostly by smiles. The first day they climbed Mount Cheget, unfortunately it was made under the rain. Next day, the team went to the slopes of Elbrus. The weather is still bad. But we hope for a change in few days…

On the Mount Cheget

Just before going to Elbrus

On the Elbrus slopes

Alexander Abramov from Elbrus. Today, August 15, we had a remarkable event: the whole our team, 7 members and 3 guides, reached the summit of Elbrus. The weather was qiuite good. Also, two our friends Jenia and Katja, with a guide Eugene Pismenny, climbed two peaks, Western and then Eastern, and continued on their way down to the north side of Mount Elbrus. The rest of the team went down to the south.

Un this team Elena Abramova, and Denis Abramov for the first time reached the summit ofMount Elbrus, and made it with his father, Alex Abramov. Such family climb .... . It was hard, seriously. But, in general, all managed.

Alex with children on the summit