"7 Summits + 2 Poles" project news

The group of the Kazakh Geographic Society under the leadership of Magdzhan Sagimbayev plans to climb to the top of Kilimanjaro on the sports version of the route Marangu, in 5 days. On July 1th, the team flew to Tanzania.

 On July 2, the group ascended to the Mandara camp at an altitude of 2,800 meters. On the way, they were posed by a local endemic - colobus ...

A thousand people in the hall of the Cinema House with great attention watched the movie. And many times there was applause. Evaluation of authors - excellent!

Movie trailer:

  And now to the TV. Full version for the first time will be shown there. Premiere of the documentary RD Studio Valdis Pelsh "Gene of  high altitude or How to climb Everest" will be shown the First channel  Russian TV  at 3, 4 and 5 July 2017. Live from 23.50.

  Then, as promised in the evening Kristina Kozlova, the film will be posted on the website of RD Studio.

Climbing the highest mountain in North America Denali, Alexei Bautin completed the "Seven summits". We once again congratulations and we will congratulate at the next meeting in person! Almost all of these climbing Alex made in groups of the 7 summits Club. We believe him one of our most devoted and loyal friends.

 Alex - a man who knows how to achieve his goal and we have no doubt that he will continue to travel with us and climb to new heights.

Best of luck, health to you and your loved ones!

 Kilimanjaro - 19.08.2010

Aconcagua – 17.01.2011

Kosciusko – 30.12.2011

Vinson - 22.12.2013

Everest – 25.05.2014

Elbrus - 11.06.2016

Denali – 20.06.2017

Alexei 40 years, he is a native of the city of Yartsevo, Smolensk region. A civil engineer by profession. He recently assumed duties as Head of the administration of Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region.

We continue the publication of photos of the Everest expedition from one of the members, Princeton University Professor Andrei Starikovsky, who was the first of our team reached this year the summit of Mount Everest.

 Third series: Ice training sessions and portraits of expedition members (206 photos)

 https://7vershin.ru/photos/all/section_946/

Here (below) are just a few favorites....

 Second series: base camp, acclimatization outings and the ritual Puja (100 photos)

 https://7vershin.ru/photos/all_1/section_943/

First series: Nepal, Tibet, the road to base camp (202 photos)

 https://7vershin.ru/photos/all_1/section_942/

We worked up an appetite climbing to 4950 metres. Some unusually perfect weather made it easy to climb...

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 summits Club in the Elbrus region: Yesterday, Monday, George Kalash at the second attempt achieved his dream. Namely, the summit of Elbrus. The weather was perfect and from the top we enjoyed views of the Caucasus mountain range and its environs.

 Previously, George as a participant in the international group have received the certificate of the climber to 5100. On the day of the summit he had a stomach upset and he was forced to turn back to the beginning of the ascent...

Alexander Dorojukov: Our new team made acclimatization outing to the waterfall Girlish braids. The weather here is good, mood – too.

 Andrey Berezin: What we caught, and ate! Final dinner of our international group...

Hello! Today our international group climbed  Mount Elbrus, more precisely one of its summit. Namely, the Elbrus West. There are a few of our records. Namely, two Englishmen descended on skis from the summit. And 70-year-old father with his son climbed to the Western summit. This morning when we got up on the Saddle the Mount of  Elbrus showed us his character. For a few minutes, it was covered by a cap of clouds and greeted us with gusty winds up to 40 m/h

Lyudmila Korobeshko: Photo - all team members stand on the top of Mount Denali, June 20^th !!! Now we arrived in Talkeetna. Best regards  from the team "Snow white and the six dwarfs"!

Hello! It is a guide of  the 7 summits Club in the Elbrus region Andrey Berezin. Today we did an acclimatization ascent to the Pastukhov Rocks. Weather allowed us to do it. We came back all tanned and happy.

Message from Lyudmila Korobeshko: at four o'clock in the evening in Alaska, the entire our team reached the summit of Denali !!!!  All six members and three guides. The team is now on the descent to the High camp...

 Later: the team went down to the High camp. All is OK. Tomorrow they go down to the camp 4200 and the day after tomorrow the plan is to reach the base camp. And in good weather you can fly directly to Talkeetna.

 We congratulate Aleksey Bautin with the completion of the program "Seven summits"!

Hello! Guide 7 summits Club in the Elbrus region Andrey Berezin reports:  Today, our international team made acclimatization on the slopes of Mount Cheget. The weather decided to test our strength. In the morning there was continuous rain, but it didn't stop us from hiking tour.

Good day! This is Lyudmila Korobeshko from the expedition to Denali. Today, June 17, we did a deposit above fixed ropes, for five thousand meters. Weather allowed to do it. According to the plan we were going to do it yesterday, but yesterday there was a very heavy snowfall. Today we did a deposit, and we have just returned. In principle, the weather is not bad but a bit strange. Cloudy with occasional snow sprinkles. That is, the immediate plans we have:  tomorrow or day after tomorrow we want to go to high camp and, accordingly,  it will be  19th or 20th for a summit bid. All  members  and guides feel good, all is OK....  Greetings!

Hello! Here is a guide of the 7 summits Club in the Elbrus region, Andrey Berezin. Today, our group climbed to the top of Mount Elbrus in the style Hard & Strong. Today's weather was severe. Strong wind gusts to 50 km / h and large enough blown snow on the climb from the Saddle to the Top made our way more difficult than we wanted... But we did it and climbed to the top from the Pastukhov Rocks, in 5 hours 50 minutes.

And was the first who revealed the great views from the summit of Elbrus!

After several days of absolutely unsuitable weather, today everyone has a chance to reach the top. So two of our group climbed almost in parallel. Visibility was good, however the wind was strong and it was very cold. In a small group of Andrei Berezin, all three participants reached the summit. In a large group of Alexander Dorozhkov  three participants visited the highest point, and four were limited to the Saddle...

Hello! It is again Lyudmila Korobeshko from the expedition to Denali. Today, June 16th, we have still 16 June, evening. According to the plan we had to do deposit in the High camp. But we woke up almost under two-meter layer of snow, and snowfall did not stop before lunch. A lot of snow fall. Of course, in this weather it was impossible to go up. So we had to make a forced rest day. After lunch the weather improved. Accordingly, a lot of people came down from the upper part, but most of them probably without the top.

In general, all our members  feel good, all full of hope for a successful ascent. Best regards!

Here is Alexander Dorozhkov, a guide of the 7 summits Club. Our team made an acclimatization trip to the waterfall Girlish braids. All members are cheerful and  energetic even climbed under the waterfall itself )). Best regards!

Unfortunately, due to technical problems we were unable to obtain audio from Lyudmila Korobeshko from an expedition to Denali. We inform you that they have everything in order. The group gave himself the name "Snow white and the 6 dwarfs". They first few days were in the rain. Today finally started snowing. They have now reached camp 11000 feet. And will there be on the plan 3 days. From the higher camps  a lot of "unlucky" groups went down, since more than a week is already bad weather. But our team has high expectations, as bad weather can not stand forever.

Hello! Here it is the main guide of  the 7 summits Club in the Elbrus region Andrey Berezin. So we continue season. Yesterday I met a new group. And today we visited the waterfall Girlish braids...

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov sent photos and a video about the fixing of ropes on the section above the Saddle to the West Summit. In the absence of ropes in this place  there were accidents, often leading to fatal consequences. So they made a step towards a safer season.