"7 Summits + 2 Poles" project news

Seven Summits, hello! Take my report. We climbed yesterday in the High Camp, put tent, decided to spend the night for the best acclimatization. But since morning we received a weather forecast that the only chance to reach the top of Mount Vinson– today. And we decided to try to climb on top. And we in all together reached the summit. Now we are already again in High Camp, everything is good. All went down, all are happy. At the top there was very strong wind, but, nevertheless, we could make it. So, everything is good. Hi, everybody! Dima Ermakov.

Two active member of the 7 Summits Club Natalia and Igor Smirnov came toKenya. Their tour was starting inTanzania, they climbed Mount Kilimanjaro by Machame route with local guide.

Climbing Kilimanjaro – this is not the only aim of this small team. It was acclimatization before the main task of the trip: immediately after the descent from the highest peak in Africa, December 16 , they flew to Kenya (Nairobi), where they met the guide of 7 Summits Club. It is a multiple champion of Russia on mountaineering in technical class Alexander Lastochkin. Together they plan to climb the highest point of the Mount Kenya- Batian (5199 m) . They will have to climb a fairly hard rocky route .

Natalia and Igor were with 7 Summits Club inMorocco, where climbed to the top of Jebel Toubkalin November last year. In the summer of 2013 they made the ascent oт Mont Blanc.

Seven Summits, hello! This is Dima Ermakov from the South Pole. We're OK, yesterday we reached the South Pole. Today we went on an excursion tour of the Base (Amundsen-Scott). It was interesting, of course. Now we are “sitting on the suitcases”, waiting for a plane that can not fly yet because of the weather in Union Glacier. We rest, take pictures. Everything is fine. Best regards!

In the evening on December 14 the Federation of mountaineering ofRussia(FAR) collected mountaineering community in the Rianovosti fine press center inZubovsky Boulevard. There was a presentation of awards for outstanding achievements in mountaineering in 2013. Everything was great! We saw many interesting presentations and met a lot of wonderful persons. Pleased that the 7 Summits Club received many thanks from the organizers, participants and guests for a help in organizing the meeting.

Alexander Ruchkin and Vyacheslav Ivanov (St. Petersburg) became the winners of the first prize of evening "Golden axe ofRussia", a prize for the best climb of 2013. For a new route "Falling in the void" inNepal.

Competition for the best ascent of the year is held by Russian Mountaineering Federation since 2007.

It is the official name - National Award " Golden Ice Axe of Russia". 7 Summits Club is not the first time acting as a sponsor of this event. We are all climbers and current interest in the development of our sport. We believe that the important thing is to support the country's strongest climbers and disseminate information about their achievements . It is to this purpose, and should serve as a contest.

We invite all our friends !

Place: Moscow , MMPTS " RIA Novosti " Moscow, Zubovsky boulevard , 4, " RIA Novosti " .

DATE: December 14. Saturday .

Arrival of guests at 18.00

Seven Summits, hello! Dima Ermakov from Antarctica. Today it was the second day. The first day as we landed, we went a little bit, .... Yesterday we passed 15 km. Now we have morning, today we will have a third day running. All participants feel good. In general, we are all normal. Weather until favors. Cold, true, but then the sun shines all the time. Hello!

Hello! Dima Ermakov from Punta Arenas. Today, all the members have arrived, finally. Our expedition practically already begun. Tomorrow we will have introductory briefing. All products , all things, everything is ready, packed and purchased. Actually we are sitting on suitcases .

If all goes well, the day after tomorrow we will fly. Weather make us happy. Pilots are flying almost every day. So I hope it will be all according to plan and we come in time. All is well, Hello! FromPunta Arenas, Dmitry Ermakov.

December 1 Vitaly flew to Mexico, where the goal of his ascent will be the highest volcano in North America -Mount Orizaba. If everything will be normal, immediately after the descent, he crashes in Chile, where is his final object of Seven Volcanoes. This is the highest of all the volcanoes in the world Ojos del Salado.

The first of volcanoes for Simonovich was Kilimanjaro in 2011. There is a chance that Vitaly will be the fastest man in the world who have completed the program Seven Volcanoes . And, because not so long ago Vitaly Simonovicр has successfully completed the 7 Summits in two versions : with Carstens Pyramid and Kosciuszko, he could be the fastest on the sum of two programs: the 7 Summits and 7 Volcanoes .

Good luck!

Hi! Dmitry Ermakov from Africa. Today, we are the full team reached the summit of Kilimanjaro and went down to Horombo Hut. The weather was good, though it was very cold ..... People had a little cold ... but I'm sure it will be cured byZanzibarquickly, as well as in safari.

Tomorrow we go down to civilization ... and our program continues. All right, Hello!

Team members: Sergei Shevchenko, Sergei Tenitsky, Roman Polanski; Polyanskaya Juliana; Pokutny Maxim; Zograbian Arman. Dmitry Ermakov - a guide of the 7 Summits Club.

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.

http://7summits-club.com/members_of_club/all/member_1518/

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!