"7 Summits + 2 Poles" project news

We, the 7 Summits Club, are saying  good-bye  to our guide Artem Rostovtsev for Antarctica. First he will lead a group to the South Pole on skis, then climb with them on Vinson, and then on bicycles again to get to the South Pole.  The leaders of the race Crimea x Run came to see Artem off!

Vladimir Kotlyar, a Guide of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina:

Good morning , 7 Summits!!! Our “Gypsy camp” and finally got to the mountains! Yesterday we came to the village of Penitentes, checked equipment, handed over the bags and boxes with provisions for loading on the mules, and then went for a walk in the surrounding hills. We went to a height of 3000 meters, it was a nice walk. Today we go further, and for couple of days we will be off-line . All, for a while!

On November 9, 2018, the team of the 7 Summiys Club made a successful ascent to the top of the Carstensz Pyramid, the highest peak of the Australian continent.

  List of climbers: Yuri Gurgov, Alexander Logachev, Alexander Popov, Kirill Semeshkin,

Vladimir Belkovich.  Head and guide Artem Rostovtsev. All the participants and the guide had climbed Everest together earlier this year.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina: Hello, 7 summits! Finally, the preparation for the season is over and the first group flew to us in Mendoza.   The group consists of eleven members and there's four muses, four fairies of  Aconcagua!!! Luda, Zhenya, Nastya, Sasha! Men, too, as the selection - a miracle heroes!!! Well, we will hope for the weather, because such a stellar team  is simply obliged to climb to the top! Let's hope that the mountain going to let us up!!!!

Alexander Abramov and Artem Rostovtsev today made an unforgettable trip to Oslo in preparation for the expedition to Antarctica. Besides the fact that we bought skis and boots for skiing in Antarctica to the South Pole, we also visited several unique museums. This is the Museum of Kon-Tiki and Ra ships, in which Thor Heyerdahl's crew sailed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This is Museum of Arctic and Antarctic discoveries, with the ship FRAM which was built by Nansen.  It was the ship that Amundsen sailed to Antarctica to conquer the South Pole. In General, shopping turned out to be very useful from a cognitive point of view.

5th of December Nikolai Cherny marks 80 years!  The 7 Summits Club congratulates him as a close friend, guide and member of our expeditions. Thank you for your participation in our formation, for your kindness, for the wisdom that we are trying to learn from you!

 We wish You health and new mountains !

A team of our Aconcagua Guides have completed their work in Santiago and are moving to Argentina.  The group was divided into two parts: Ershovs and Berezin go by bus straight to Mendoza. Kotlyar and David go by lorry with camp equipment in Penitentes. All things from a depot was dismantled, purchased a generator for lighting the camp. This season we will organize a special "Russian camp" for several consecutive groups of  the 7 Summits Club. 

Lyudmila Korobeshko, Director of the 7 Summits Club: we returned to Cape town from an Antarctic weekend with a lot of impressions.  We visited the land Of Queen Maud and saw the majestic mountain Ulvetanna.  We visited the real polar explorers from the Russian station Novolazarevskaya and steamed in a real sauna in Antarctica.

And most importantly, we said farewell a team of TRANS-Antarctic rally.

Today, December 1, at the Gala evening of the Russian Federation of Mountaineering were summed up the final results of the season of climbing Everest 2018. Honorary signs "Climber on Everest" were awarded to climbers who for the first time (for themselves) climbed the highest peak of the World, the heroes of this year! Congratulations! 

List of climbers on Everest 2018

15-05-18

Dmitry Klimchuk

Oleg Mezentsev

17-05-18

Aleksadr Logachev

Vladimir Belkovich

Dmitry Tertychny (17 years old)

Alexander Tertychny

Dmitry Tomilin

Cyril Semechkin

Alexander Popov

Alexey Balakin

Alexander Abramov (9th times)

18-05-18

Vasily Shakhnovsky

Alexey Safonov

Karina Mezova (2nd.)

Irina Zelenkova

Vladimir Kotlyar (2nd)

Artem Rostovtsev.

Igor Markevich

Vyacheslav Kochubey.

19-05-18

Dmitry Ermakov (2^rd.)

Andrei Mariev (2nd.)

Maxim Shakirov (3rd.)

Ksenia Samarina

Yuri Gurgov

Alexey Bakulin

Ayrat Yunusov

Zemfira Yunusova

Igor Demyanenko (2nd vosh)

Jamil Murtazina.

from the South

23-05-18

Anatoly Mensky.

All  Everest summiters and all friends of the 7 Summits Club are once again invited to the Gala evening of the Russian mountaineering Federation on December 1. Gathering of participants from 17: 00, beginning at 18: 00. There, in particular,  it will be awarded  ceremony  of honorary signs "Climber on Everest"  to heroes of the 2018 season.

 And for one of the heroes, Vasily Shakhnovsky, the award has found a few before. In the plane flying to the far South, Alexander Abramov presented this beautiful award to one of our best friends.

 Congratulations!

 Vasily Shakhnovsky went with our leaders to explore the South of Africa and the North of Antarctica.

 In the photos we see how the guide of the 7 Summits Club  Artem Rostovtsev awards  participants of successful ascent on  Carstensz Pyramid  with honorary medals. Among them there are two of our regular participants of travel, who grew up before our eyes in serious climbers - Volodya Belkevich and Kirill Semeshkin. For them, this ascent was the final in the program "Seven Summits". Congratulations, friends! Forward to the Poles and Seven Volcanoes!

Indonesia. Papua. Expedition Carstensz-2018. 

 After a sudden successful summit the day before yesterday, we can only ask the weather to give a second chance - the opportunity to fly early from the base camp down to Timika. Didn't happen yesterday. We waited walking  to the next valley and rest.

Today, all the stars have developed in our favor, even the helicopter pilot took a chance and got a group of turns between the clouds. We were worried, but in the end we are all at the bottom level.

And now we are preparing to celebrate the climb and congratulate new sevensummiters.

Congratulations with Seven Summits!

Konstantin Semeshkin

Vladimir Belkovich

Our guide Artem Rostovtsev just called from Papua. He reported that the group, quite by accident, warming up on the fixed ropes, climbed to the top of the Carstensz Pyramid!  Hurray!

 Group members:

Yuri Gurgov,

Alexander Logachev,

Alexander Popov,

Kirill Semechkin,

Vladimir Belkovich.

The team just this morning flew to the base camp of Carstensz (4200). According to the plan they had to acclimatize tomorrow and only the day after tomorrow to go for summit climb. Well, they are so impatient ... climbed the first day…

 By this ascent Kirill Semeshkin completed the program "Seven Summits".

Hello dears! This is a news online by guide Boris Egorov from the expedition to Carstensz Pyramid. This morning  there was a gorgeous weather and a helicopter promptly brought the whole group back to civilization. But we did not stay in Timika for long, had only to freshen up and immediately went to the capital of the island - Jayapura.  And then we met the ocean, as well as delicious fresh fish and souvenirs. And in the evening we gave the team members medals for climbing the summit of Carstensz Pyramid!

 Guide the 7 Summits Club Boris Egorov from Pyramid Carstensz. We have just descended after a successful climb to the summit  of Carstensz Pyramid. We came to the tents.... On the descent we were soaked by rain... But ... all five members are very happy.

 Tomorrow is scheduled departure to Timika, if the weather allows.

Boris Yegorov, guide of 7 summits Club from Papua (Irian Jaya):

 Good morning from Papuasia! This is  a "Call of the jungle" group and Boris Yegorov, as the guide.  I'm excited to announce that the first group of our team went to base camp! And next, the second group also flies by helicopter to the foot of Carstensz Pyramid.

There is the first summit of the season! On Carstensz Pyramid! We just got information  from Timika that one of our group members, Сurt Myers, has climbed to the top of Carstensz.  According to the plan he was going to go through the jungle and only under in the base camp to meet with our main group. So Сurt flew to Timika a few days ago. But  he failed to start  the trek  - the area was closed because of the guerrillas.

 Together with our local partners Сurt changed the program and flew to the base camp by helicopter. And already our friend successfully climbed to the top of Carstensz Pyramid, yesterday! Congratulations!!!

Nikolai Belonogov from Sakhalin climbed Kilimanjaro in the team of the 7 Summits Club and stood at the peak of Freedom (Uhuru peak, 5 895 m) on October 7, 2018.

 Congratulations to all members with the summit!

 According to Nicholai, everything was fine and he regrets only one thing - that he did not go after climbing with everyone on Safari and Zanzibar.

 Не will have to return!

 Also they are very pleased with the October weather in Tanzania (our spring )! According to Nicholai, she was gorgeous.. He didn't expect it to be so warm!

October 7, 2018 the group of 7 Summits Club was standing on the highest summit of Africa - Kilimanjaro.  The highest point of the array is called Uhuru Peak (5 895 m), which means the peak of Freedom.

 Here are the latest photos from the slopes of Kilimanjaro from Irik Murgasov.

Alexander Abramov: the 7 Summits Club announce new expedition "Everest 2019".  This is the 16th our Everest  Expedition led by Alexander Abramov. And I reached the summit nine times, so I want to do the anniversary climb – for 10^Th time!

And there is a rumor that it will be the last his summit Everest climb …

Hurry up to touch the legend!

 Details here >>>>>>>