"7 Summits + 2 Poles" project news

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Spirin reports from Tanzania:

The morning started at night. A difficult rocky walk, as long as the night itself.  A glowing chain on the slope and pink, predawn, promising something kind, a thin strip anticipating the sunrise.  And we are at Stella point, hugging each other, and then another hour and a half of snuffling to the main peak, a bottle of champagne in honor of the summit and Misha's birthday. And then the descent, long, dusty, tired. And in the evening there was a celebration: climbing and birthday, cake, champagne and the Millennium camp at an altitude of 3700, conversations, stories and great mood. Tired and satisfied, we return home, in parallel we are planning a new travel with the 7 Summits Club!  Guides 2 Alex: Abramov and Spirin.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region. The group "Gift of Fate" today climbed the summit of Mont Elbrus.  The weather was perfect and we had fantastic views of the surrounding area.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Spirin reports from Tanzania:

It's good that we are cats, the cats thought today, spread their claws and as a beautiful panther in a single rush climbed the most difficult rock of the route - Baranco Wall. After it, there were new up and down, united in one thing: discouraging, breathtaking and heart-pounding views of Kilimanjaro. And all this acquired an even more dizzying coloring thanks to endless stories about cases from mountaineering life, and just the life of our experienced guides. After drowning the crimson African sun in snow-white clouds, we started dinner…

Guides Alex Abramov and Alexander Spirin.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Spirin reports from Tanzania:

Our team is called "Wet Cats"! "Wet pussies" are the guides' fantasies! Cats love comfort and beauty, which African nature has offered us in abundance today. It enveloped us with rocky landscapes overgrown with indescribable endemics, mysterious caves and blue "Roerich" mountains in the distance. We walked smoothly, almost like a cat, overcoming difficult stone passages. In the camp, as a bonus, the Tanzanian part of the group organized a local disco, where our cats did not lag behind in joy from the Kilimanjarian dances. The evening was lulled by a romantic sunset. And tomorrow will be a new day…

Alexandra's guides: Abramov and Spirin.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region from the group "Gift of Fate". Today, in preparation for the ascent, we visited the Pastukhov Rocks, where we spent some time for acclimatization and took some photos. Tomorrow we will rest and prepare for the ascent on Elbrus.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Spirin reports from Tanzania:

Hello everyone from Africa!  Today, on the International Mountaineering Day, our program of climbing Kilimanjaro starts. To begin with, we visited two museums.  We spent an unforgettable hour in the snake museum: we saw black, green and other mambas, graceful cobras, beautiful pythons and other dangerous and not very dangerous snakes. As well as crocodiles of different models and turtles, the oldest of which is already a pensioner -75 years old is no joke. After that, we went to a cool museum dedicated to the culture and life of the Masai. It is very informative, especially the initiation of a man into warriors by circumcising his spear.  In the evening, a delicious dinner and congratulations on the mountaineering holiday were waiting for us at the hotel. The guides of the group are two Alexandrs: Abramov and Spirin.

A Guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region from a new group called "The Gift of Fate". The group arrived in the Elbrus region yesterday, and began to acclimatize. Today we walked along a beautiful forest path to the Ai cafe on Cheget Mountain. It rained all night, so the whole forest was wet and damp. At the same time, when the sun came out in the morning, there was no "steam room". After going up to the Ai cafe, we ordered hychins and chebureks, which we had a snack with, acclimatizing along the way. The return journey took place along a technical road, which was laid for the maintenance of the cable car. Tomorrow we are going up to the refuge National Park, where we will continue preparing for the ascent.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region.  The group of the 7 Summits Club climbed on the Western Peak of Mount Elbrus. The forecast for the ascent did not come true in our favor, the promised wind rose only closer to lunch, when we were already packing things at the refuger. And when descending on the cable car, we got caught in the rain and in a giant queue for the cable car, because of a thunderstorm, the cable car did not work. This was the end of our non-standard adventures. We returned to the hotel, where in the evening we congratulated all the participants on their successful ascent. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Dmitry Semenov.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from the Elbrus region:

Greetings from the Elbrus region, from the Vympel group!   We did it! Today, part of our group stood at the top. It's a pity not all, but the mountains are standing, and they will stand, and you can't return your health. Everyone reached their height, and everyone was satisfied with their achievement.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

Our group continues acclimatization and preparation for the ascent on Elbrus. Today, in the preparation plans, we made an ascent to the Pastukhov Rocks. Since everything is melting a lot now, the relief of the slope is changing a lot, there are streams and rivulets on the way.  But all this is only up to 4400 meters, above, to the Pastukhov rocks, the slope has hardly changed. After two hours of climbing, the weather began to deteriorate and then all the warm clothes that we took with us to the exit came in handy: down jackets, mittens, and ski masks. After spending about an hour at an altitude of 4500 meters, we took a few photos, after which we went to the refuge, where a delicious lunch was waiting for us.  Tomorrow we rest and prepare for the ascent.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Dmitry Semenov.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from the Elbrus region:

Greetings from the Elbrus region from the Vympel group!  Today we climbed up to the Pastukhov Rocks.  There was a slight wind blowing, the weather changed often, but in general, everything is fine. Tomorrow is a day of rest and then climbing for the summit.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from the Elbrus region:

A new group has begun its acclimatization in the Elbrus region. Everything, as always, the slopes of Cheget, views, mountains. The weather is great, even a little hot. The real summer in the mountains has come.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:
News of the Elbrus region from the group "Creative ermines". Early this morning, our group in full force climbed to the top of Elbrus. From there we had amazing views, as the weather was perfect today: calm and clear. The entire Main Caucasian Ridge, the Northern Elbrus region, as well as Georgia were visible. Such a beautiful morning today we met at the summit of Elbrus. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexey Lonchinsky.

A Guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from the Elbrus region:

Greetings from the Elbrus region from the group "Hichiny and Wine"! Today we did it! The top of Europe! The weather was gorgeous, the dawn was just fire! One member climbed even two Summits. We're already down the valley.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:
News of the Elbrus region. The group "Creative Ermines", as planned yesterday, went to the Pastukhov Rocks. The weather this season does not please us with clear days. Therefore, as always, we took the necessary amount of warm clothes. So, we went to acclimatize to the Pastukhov Rocks. In 3 hours we gained more than 800 meters vertically. The wind was blowing with grits above. Ski masks, buffs and warm gloves came in handy here. Tomorrow we rest. According to the plan, we are going to climb the summit on Friday. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexey Lonchinsky.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:
News from the Elbrus region. The group "Creative stoats". Today we went up to the refuge National Park. We settled in comfortable houses, after which we went to snow and ice classes. Where the band members mastered self-arresting with an ice axe and moving in crampons on snowy slopes. Tomorrow we are going make rotation to the Pastukhov Rocks. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexey Lonchinsky.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region
News of the Elbrus region. The group "Creative Ermines" has started acclimatization and preparation for the ascent of Elbrus. Today we climbed the slope of Cheget, to the first station of the cable car. Our way passed along a picturesque forest trail, which smoothly moved from the forest zone to the alpine meadows. After spending some time in the Ai cafe, we returned to the hotel where we had lunch. After that, the participants went to rent the equipment we needed. Tomorrow we go up to the refuge National Park. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexey Lonchinsky.

Three groups of the 7 Summits Club successfully reached the Western Peak of Mount Elbrus and safely descended. Guides worked with the groups: Andrey Berezin, Alexander Dorojukov, Dmitry Semenov and Dmitry Lazarev. The weather was sunny, the wind near the top was quite strong, but it was not an insurmountable obstacle. All the participants are happy, everyone went down to the hotel on the same day.

Today the weather on Elbrus was very bad, damp, cold, no visibility. This did not prevent three groups of the 7 Summits Club from climbing the Pastukhov Rocks. Thus, they completed the acclimatization rotation. They have a day of rest ahead of them and then an assault on the summit. We hope that the weather will improve by then.

Two groups of the 7 Summits Club began acclimatization rotation from the exit to the slopes of Mount Cheget.  Tomorrow the groups will climb to the refuge National Park, where they will continue to acclimatize and prepare for the ascent. Guides: Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.