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Hi, Seven Summits! It is Artem Rostovtsev from the northern slopes of Mount Elbrus. Today we were at the top of Europe (Western Elbrus), and then descended to the north. The weather was good, we were on top at  seven o'clock in the morning. My friends did a lot of pictures and video. Then we calmly went to the North shelter. We were satisfied with today, the weather was just fine, we do not want to leave mountains. Tomorrow we will go down below, into the Emmanuel  Glade, rest there ....

The day after tomorrow we'll be in civilization.

Yesterday, July 17, a big group of the Tanzanian team from company Lemax from Taganrog arrived in Tanzania … A team of 23 persons committed a trip to the birthday of their leader, the founder of the company Leonid Matusevich. According to the plan the group should climb the highest mountain in Africa - Kilimanjaro by Machame route. The program is specially planned so that the day of the assault took place on the anniversary (60 years) of Leonid Matusevich. After the ascent of a part of the group will fly home, and second part will continue their trip a two-day safari in Tanzania's most interesting national parks.

Leonid Matusevich

A LEMAX team on Kamchatka

Good morning! This is Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the program Climbing Elbrus with traverse into the North.. We did the traverse, by the whole team. But with the ascent to the very top we got a little snag. We were attacked by a storm, very strong, so ...

Well, in general, on the whole, we had a real climbing action. Fortunately, this happens rarely.

Well, nothing. We all passed this test with dignity. We waded through the storm, passed over crevasses in ... in conditions of absolute no visibility. In the end, we were safely down to the North side, had a walk around, visited the "mushrooms". And now, we are in the city of Kislovodsk. We are resting, warming the bones, enjoy what we've done. All are very happy. Especially me. That all.
Be happy! So long!

Hi, Seven Summits! It is Artem Rostovtsev from the slopes of Mount Elbrus. I worked with a small group of two people. Unfortunately, one "passenger" was not able to get out on the ascent. But I and Vasya Petrov, we went to the top the Western Peak and then (as a bonus) to the Eastern summit. At the moment, we went down somewhere at the height of 4800-4900. Hello from the slopes of Mount Elbrus!

Hello! This is Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of Climb Elbrus program. My group Todos Huntos made a successful ascent. We did it yesterday, in strong winds and not very favorable weather. But, nevertheless, we made the ascent at a very good pace. Well done! All members of the group. And we went down, unfortunately, not as planned - to the North, but back to the South. Due to bad weather, we decided that would be safer go back, where more people, less cracks. So we went down to Terskol, everything well.

Hi! It says Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the program Climb Elbrus. Today we had a heroic attempt to climb to the top. Weather was crystal clear, but very, very, very strong wind. We went up to the height of 5550, and from there unfortunately we had to turn back. Because it was really dangerous. Now we sit in the refuge and look at the Elbrus: not just a cloud, beautiful view, but snowy flag fluttering in the 2 km - from the Western top to the Eastern.

So here we had such a heroic attempt. All the team was great. Turn around - it's a decent thing to do. Dmitry and Valera descend to the north and we are waiting for news from them. The rest of the group is now resting on LeapRus Refuge, tomorrow we will go down to Terskol. All the best!

We (Igor and I) climbed the top twice - on Friday and Saturday. Andrey did not reached the summit on a Friday and we decided to accompany him on Saturday. In general, the ascent is quite simple - the guides told us that we could go without them, there is only one road, so that we went ourselves. In terms of organization, there have been some delays along the route, but still within a few slow "Eastern" the passage of time. We like a refuge – it is very comfortable. All: electricity, water, toilet - at the highest level. Guides, Miriam and Mohamed, pleasant to talk to, but not really sportive .... Hotel became lower class than expected (breakfast was so-so), but it's still Iran. We liked that the head of the agency, Ali invited us to dinner at his home on Sunday. Very warmly welcomed, treated, showed how the Iranians live at home, meet their friends. We thank him for it!

Group members: Igor Gorenko, Andrey Prozukin Konstantin Ryzhak, Konstantin Smirnov.

Hello everyone! It is Vladimir Kotlyar, the new group began its work on the program "Climb Elbrus". Today is our first day of acclimatization. And now we are on our finishing point on the summit of Mount Cheget, at an altitude of 3500. The weather is bad, everything around is covered with clouds, hail and rain. But, in principle, something is visible. Here I am now, for example, I see a waterfall Girlish braids, the observatory, lake Donguz-Orun and the people standing around me. They feel good, they drink tea. And I think I will join them, because it will be warmer and more interesting.
That’s all... I go to drink tea. Adios!

This is a guide of the Seven Summits Club Andrei Berezin. Today we climbed the western summit of Elbrus. The weather today was very bad. But two members of the whole group coped with this difficult task, and climbed to the top. They are: Tertychnyi Alexander and Tertychnyi Sergey. The rest of the group ... a part came to the saddle, a part .... After that we all went down together. ... And now they will think about new climbs.

Today - the day of departure of the Elbrus group of our guide Vladimir Kotlyar. The impressions they leave on the social networks.

"All day we went on the nearby trails - from Narzan Meadow to Terskol. According to conservative estimates, we went 12 km.
In the evening, our guide Volodya gave us certificates and T-shirts of the 7 Summits Club "for participation in the ascent" ...
The evening was ended in the distinctive restaurant "Captain Pitt", as it should be - fiery dances ....
In the morning we did a walking to the waterfall "Maiden's braids" in the hills above Terskol.
The weather was quite cool, we decided not to take fresh ice bath.
Distance traveled: 14 km, gained altitude from 2100 m to 2785 m.
And now ... to home!

Summit bid

After Summit

That is a guide of the 7 Summits Club Vladimir Kotlyar, from the program “Climb Elbrus”. Today we had quite a tough day. Today we had a day of summit attempt. Yet only two of the six members of the group have reached the top. Almost all the group is in the Terskol now. I have stayed at the refuge with Sergey Bombusov and tomorrow we will make a second attempt to climb. Today, the top was climbed by Anton and Nadia. All the best, wish us luck for tomorrow!

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Sergei Bombusov on his page on Facebook

Hello! It is Vladimir Kotlyar from Elbrus region, North Caucasus. Today, a new group of seven arrived in Terskol (Elbrus climbing program). Now we are settled in a nice hotel Povorot in the village of Terskol. We checked the equipment, have dinner, and, in principle, be ready tomorrow to start our program. All Goodbye!

PHOTOS WITH BLITZ PROGRAMME (June 13-15)

Hello everyone! It is Vladimir Kotlyar, blitz climbing program on Elbrus. Actually, climbing is over, it was ended successfully. All three, and I, as a guide, we are all together and having fun, quickly went to the top of Mount Elbrus. We were able to make this ascent in just three days, from airport to airport. Such strong guys sometimes come to us in the Caucasus! We went down, and now are resting in a wonderful city of Kislovodsk. All the best!

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Pictures made by members of blitz climbing on the Mount of Orizaba. The ascent took place in the style of super blitz: 5 hours on the ascent up, 2 hours for the descent down. They were at 7:40 a.m. on the top.

7 Summits Club congratulates the successful ascent!

"That's how we came to the top, glowing with happiness"

Marina Gevirkyan and Denis Provalov haму climbed Mount Elbrus just for two days. They came from Nepal and Tibet from our Everst expedition and used their acclimatization...

This is Viсtor Ershov. Today at 12-30 p.m. I, with my Indonesian group, stood on the top of Mount Elbrus. Hooray! Congratulations to us! Unfortunately, we could not go down the same day. Therefore, we will have a rest on the hut LeapRus. And tomorrow we will celebrate our victories already down at the hotel. All congratulations! Bye!

Hello everyone! This is Viktor Ershov, a guide 7 Summits Club. I'm here on the refuge LeapRus with a group of Indonesian climbers. Today we have been training on the snow, we walked with a rope and examined the correct movements in crampons. At night, we will try to climb the Mount of Elbrus. Exit from the LeapRus - at three o'clock. That all, have a good luck!

Pictures from the first part of the program:

HOTEL POVOROT

OUR RENTAL SHOP

Everybody, hello! This is Luba Pershin from Mexico. Today, May 9, we farewell two of our partners. They flew to his home in Vienna. We have time in the morning to celebrate May 9th, a walk on the market of novelty, ate tacos, in general, rest remembering our yesterday's climbing…

Hi, everybody! This is Lyubov Pershina from Mexico. Today, on May 8, our group, three persons, as well as it was planned, reached the summit of Orizaba. We made it very quickly in 7 hours 15 minutes, the general time - 10 hours 15 minutes.

Weather was remarkable, the sun, soft fresh snow. There was no thunder-storm as the day before yesterday, that is, with the weather our team was very lucky.

Now we are already down the valley, have already a dinner … now we are ready to go to Mexico City.

May 6 was the day of the mass ascent on Elbrus. And that day had the most favorable weather conditions. Yes, there was a full visibility, but it was a terrible cold. Old-timers say so cold in May was never before. So the climb for our team was not sweet walk. The team reached the top at four, one of the members did not have the strength to a finish effort. We think there was not enough acclimatization. But it was impossible to postpone the climbing. In the following days, the weather forecast is much worse.

Photos taken this morning by Dima Yermakov: