"7 Volcanoes" project news - Page 76

Artem Rostovtsev,  the 7 Summit Club guide: Greetings from Mount Kilimanjaro from the Shira camp! Yesterday we reached the camp of Machame, rising at a pleasant, not fast pace - without crowds of climbers and without rain. Both last points surprised. Today, according to the same surprisingly comfortable program, we moved higher to the next camp, 3800m. We gently acclimatize, eat well and walk.

Hi, 7 Summits! The next expedition to the summit of Kilimanjaro begins. We are following our favorite route of Machame. On the eve, some kind of tremendous amount of precipitation fell, even a little washed out roads. And today is the sun. And the forecast for the coming days is rather optimistic, which is what we hope for. Hakuna matata!

And the other day we ran the Kilimanjaro marathon (someone half marathon), which traditionally takes place on the last Sunday of February.

Group of the 7 Summits Club successfully completed the climbing program on Kilimanjaro. Everyone went down, everything is in order. See the final portion of the climbing photos.

Entry in the diary of Artyom Rostovtsev, the group’s guide: For a week I went to work on the slopes of the mountain, it was cold and snowy at the top, a little tired. Tomorrow I will rest in the hot Kilimanjaro marathon.

Artem Rostovtsev, the group guide:  Hi, 7 Summits, from the climbers of Kilimanjaro! Today the weather was atypical. We even suspected a blizzard of it. 12 of 13 members of our team climbed in difficult conditions on the highest point of Kilimanjaro - Uhuru peak. We started climbing by the whole team, but, unfortunately, not everyone reached the mountain. Feeling weak, one woman decided to turn around at an altitude of 5550 meters. Now we have already started the descent from the assault camp, all with our own feet. Fatigue of course, but the joy of a fulfilled dream gives strength.

Sunny greetings for everyone!

Artyom Rostovtsev, super-guide of the 7 Summits Club o from Tanzania: Hello, 7 Summits! Kilimanjaro in touch. It turns out that our group has no name. Today we will definitely come up with it. Otherwise, everything goes according to plan.

Today our path ran through lunch on the Lava Tower, we had to get 850 meters. And then a picturesque descent led us to the camp of Baranco. Everyone feels well. From tomorrow, we go only up.

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Tanzania: Warm greetings from the slopes of Kilimanjaro!

Today, our large and fun group starts climbing Kilimanjaro on the Machame route. It's hot down the valley, which we're not used.  We hope that it will be cooler on the route, which is better for us. So we'll go up.

The group of the 7 Summits Club “Omichi” safely went down and is now in the hotel, enjoying the benefits of civilization. We congratulate all participants on their first climbing ascent in their life!

 We also congratulate Ekaterina Karamova on her birthday! She celebrated it on the day of the assault on Kilimanjaro!

7 Summits, hello! This is Dmitry Ermakov and the Omichi group. Today, at about 11 a.m., two  our members, two Mikhailas and a guide stood on the main summit of Kilimanjaro Uhuru peak. The rest of the members reached the summit of Stella Point. Now we are all going down together. All is well.

A message from the slopes of Kilimanjaro from the guide of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Ermakov:  "We are in the Mandara Hut. Everything is fine. The weather is wonderful. All members feel good”.

  Mandara Hut is the first camp on the way to the summit of Kilimanjaro. The Mandara Shelter is located on the upper border of the forest, at an altitude of about 2700m, as a rule, already above the clouds. It offers magnificent views of sunsets and sunrises.

Seven Summits, hello! This is Dmitry Ermakov from Africa. Today, our new group named Omichi arrived at Kilimanjaro region, in Moshi, at the hotel. Everyone feels great, all things have not been lost. The weather is wonderful too.

Members of the group  today went to the local market, got acquainted with the local flavor. We rented all the necessary things. So we are ready to climb. Tomorrow we are moving up to the Marangu route. Everything is fine with us and a best regards to everyone!

The 7 Summit Club group climbed the highest volcano in the world, Mount Ojos del Salado, on January 30, 2020. Group guide Sergey Larin sent photos illustrating this ascent.

Sergey Larin, the 7 Summits Club guide from Chile: Hello, Seven Summits! Yesterday, January 29, our group climbed on the top of Ojos del Salado, all three members and  guide. Now we have already descended to the Atacama camp. We collect our belongings and move to Copiapo. From there I will send more detailed information with photos. We are OK.

Hello, Seven Summits! Information from Ojos del Salado. Now we are in Atacama camp, at an altitude of 5250 meters. The acclimatization process is completed and now we are waiting for the weather. Mount Ojos del Salado is all covered in snow. Every day after lunch it snows. But we hope that we will be able to catch the weather window. Bуe! Guide 7 Summits Club Sergey Larin.

Seven Summits, hello! Dmitry Ermakov from Mexico. Today it was a difficult day. It was very, very windy, there was a lot of snow. But in spite of everything, we climbed in complete to the top. True, we were forced to split the group, because someone walked faster, someone slower. But, nevertheless, each of the members visited the top of Orizaba peak. Everything is fine, we descended, we are already in civilization, relatively. Tomorrow we leave for Mexico City. Bye! We are fine.

Seven Summits, hello! This is a guide of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Ermakov from Mexico. Our group climbed to the top of La Malinche. There was a lot of snow. Local guides say this has not happened in the past five years. But that wasn’t a problem for us. We climbed, went down, and now we are moving to the Zaopan refuge at the foot of Mount Orizaba.

Today, January 21, the second expedition of the 7 Summits Club on Ojos del Salado starts. We go to the Laguna Rossa. There are three members in the group and guide Sergey Larin.

Greetings from Chile from Alexander Abramov and Ludmila Korobeshko! Yesterday we were at the top of Ojos del Salado. We went in the style of blitz - in 2 days. There was a lot of snow on the climb. We trailed all the way to the summit. Here it is - the arid desert of Atacama ...

Message from Oleg Mezentsev from Sidley Volcano:

I was on summit! Everything is fine, we went down to High Camp, today we spend the night here.

The Basler plane is waiting for the group below, so the climbers must catch the Union Glacier before the last scheduled plane leaves for the mainland. It should take place on January 20. On it, Artyom Rostovtsev should fly to Punta Arenas with a third our group of climbers on Vinson.

Photo by Andrew Hughes from James Stone's blog

Oleg with Nims in Moscow

Message from Oleg Mezentsev from Sidley Volcano:

Hello from Antarctica! I report: we are in Low Camp, in the morning we plan to climb the summit. Wish us good luck!

The ALE team arrived in the Sidley Volcano area on Monday, January 13th. However, weather conditions did not allow to begin  climbing in the first three days.

ALE Team on Sidley (James Stone's blog post)

 David Roskelley (USA) *

Vaughan de la Harpe (South Africa) *

Andrew Hughes (USA)

Arthur Marsden (South Africa) *

Oleg Mezentsev (Russia) *

Donald O’Connor (South Africa)

Roxanne Vogel (USA)

Rob Williams (South Africa)

Andy Chapman (UK - ALE guide)

Josh Hoeschen (USA - ALE guide)

* - those who, if successful, complete the Seven Volcanoes program.

Andrew Hughes, Roxanne Vogel and Oleg Mezentsev climbed Vinson before flying to Sidley.

Oleg Mezentsev in Punta Arenas

Sergey Larin:  As I said, the group climbed Ojos del Salado on January 14 at 14:45. And yesterday, January 15^th, we went down to Copiapo. Unfortunately, Ulyana was not with us because of an eye problem. It’s a pity, she really wanted to get up and trained hard ...