"7 Summits + 2 Poles" project news - Page 94

25 members of our great expedition successfully climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro via the Umbwe route.  It was July 25th, and now the team has come down and is preparing to return home. We offer a large selection of photos sent by our guides Alexander Abramov, Sergey Larin and Anastasia Kuznetsova.

Andrey Berezin, Guide of the 7 Summits Club:

 The tale of how bad weather turned into good weather! Tonight a group "Snowcat = beltebil" was launched on the ascent. The forecast, after a week of thunderstorms and snowfalls, promised clarification. But the clarification was accompanied by a strong wind up to 50 km/h. The Forecast was justified.  There was a strong  wind, and grits ice, and frost. But these weather difficulties only strengthened us in achieving the goal. Summary: the summit!

Sergey Larin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

 Kilimanjaro. Day 7. 26 .07. Now you can congratulate us!  25 PAX were on the summit!  The EKSMO AST group descended to the exit of the Kilimanjaro National Park. We came down from the Millennium camp in 4 to 5 hours. Wait for more information and photos!

Bad weather reigns on Elbrus. For two weeks there is no good weather in the area.  The sun appears only for a short time. Acclimatization rotation of our groups takes place in difficult conditions. Real test. It has to end sometime!

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club from Tanzania:

Today our group climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. 25 people were at the highest point. The weather was perfect. Now we're going down to camp Millennium at 3600. And tomorrow we will celebrate at the hotel!

Super-Guides of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov and Dmitry Ermakov: 

Our group "SKOLKOVO – 5642" climbed to the top of Elbrus in very difficult weather. Everyone except us refused to try to go in this weather! So we found all our answers to the questions of life. We overcame ourselves and were able to reach the summit!!! Hurrah-Ah-Ah!! Everyone is alive, healthy and happy!!!

Meanwhile, a new group of climbers arrived in the area of Elbrus. According to the plan of our acclimatization, we made a rotation to the slope of mount Cheget, to a height of 2700 meters. The group chose the name "Snowcat = beltebil"- which translated from Norwegian means - "Snow cats". On the weather. Elbrus was shrouded in dense fog with light rain. Therefore, photos with the views we did not. We hope that we will make up for the photo report at the southern slope of Elbrus, where we move tomorrow. And where we will continue to prepare for the ascent to the top of Elbrus. A guide, Andrey Berezin.

Greetings from the group "Desperate Housewives"! Today we climbed Eastern peak of Elbrus.  The weather smiled at us the whole way, only on top there was  a slightly increased wind. Panoramic views are simply incomparable! Although what to tell - see photo report.  We are already at the shelter, everything is OK!

Guide Alexander Dorojukov.

The group "Men Only" during today's ascent has a test of strength of character on the severe weather conditions: there was snow and wind and frost, and fog. But nothing could move us on the way to the goal. Summary: all members of our team in this morning, stood on the Western peak of Elbrus.   A couple of hours later, Eugene Volsky photographed the beauty from  the Eastern peaks of Elbrus.  Congratulations! Keep it up!  Guide Andrey Berezin.

Sergey Larin from Tanzania: Hello! Alexander Abramov, Anastasia Kuznetsova and guide Sergey Larin arrived in Kilimanjaro to meet the team of the publishing group EKSMO-AST. As part of the ongoing partnership, the leaders of the largest Russian publishing holding consisting of 27 people plan to climb to the highest point of Africa - Kilimanjaro 5895m. In 2018, they have climbed on Elbrus the same big team.

This is guides of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov and Dmitry Ermakov from the slopes of Elbrus! We have  with a team of "SKOLKOVO-5642"  climbed up to high camp and spent the snow-ice training sessions. Moving to the height turned out to be successful, the whole group feels good. Everyone is ready for tomorrow's ascent to the Pastukhov rocks. During training with ice axes we didn't lose any member of team!! Now we are resting and waiting for a delicious dinner from our chef Zulia! Good luck!!

Group of the 7 Summits Club "Face the face" got "window" among the Elbrus bad weather and fulfilled his task, climbed Elbrus.  They reached the top in 8:15, the time back and forth was 12:21. And then, all together celebrated the success.

Guide Andrey Berezin: the group named "Only men" today climbed to the shelter "National Park ".  At 4000 meters we got into winter, yesterday it was snowing all day. Therefore, the slopes of Elbrus covered with fresh snow.  We conducted snow-ice classes, worked self-arrest with an ice ax and movement on fixed ropes. 

There are video fragments of the ascent on Denali of the team of the 7 Summits Club. June-July 2019. The author, who is also the expedition leader, Alexander Abramov. It was the successful completion of his project "Seven summits in seven months" with over-fulfillment of the plan. It turned out – for 6 months.

On 7 July, the team of the 7 Summits Club under the leadership of Alexander Abramov, 13 persons, climbed to the top of Mount Denali.  Among the climbers there was Vasily Shakhnovsky, who by this ascent "closed" the program "Seven summits". A great achievement for a great person!  Congratulations!

Three groups of the 7 Summits Club were successfully acclimatized and after a rest ready for the summit attempt of Elbrus. But nature has made its changes to our plans, in the form of a cyclone from the Atlantic. For a few days on Elbrus settled bad weather: hurricane wind, snow and thunderstorms - the source of our today's retreat. The result: the height of 5200 meters, the maximum where we were able to climb. But our members are not discouraged, they met with the real character of Elbrus. They promise to come back.

Project "Seven summits in seven months". President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov climbs on Elbrus, the sixth summit of the project. June 2019.

The team of the 7 Summits Club under the leadership of its President Alexander Abramov in full, 13 people, climbed to the top of Denali on Sunday, July 7th at 8 PM. As a result, three people completed the "Seven summits": Vladimir Kotlyar, Irina Zisman and Vasily Shakhnovsky.  Alexander Abramov did it for the third time. This time – in record time – all "seven summits" for 6 months and 1 day.

Three groups of the 7 Summits Club are now on the acclimatization rotation on the slopes of Elbrus.  Today they climbed to the Pastukhov Rocks, to a height of about 5 thousand meters under the guidance of their guides Andrey Berezin, Alexander Dorozhukov and Dmitry Ermakov. Everything is going according to plan. Tomorrow is a rest day, then - a peak assault.

Hello!  Here is Abramov Alexander from Alaska, from Denali slopes.  Today our team, all 13 people, reached the top of Mount McKinley-Denali. It was on Sunday, 7^th  July at 8 PM. As a result, three people have fulfilled the standard of "Seven summits". This is Vladimir Kotlyar, this  is Irina Zisman, this  is Vasily Shakhnovsky. And Alexander Abramov for the third time climbed all the "seven peaks". And he did it  this time in exactly  in 6 months.  Thereby setting a new record, of Russia or CIS felts or all over Europe… It dies not matter…

We feel ourselves very good, we have already gone down to the camp 17000. And tomorrow we start the descent down. Everyone's happy. All right,  bye!