"7 Volcanoes" project news - Page 88

Eugene Staroselsky, the head of the group: Good day! Everything is fine. 30 minutes ago we got back to the hotel. 24 Jan at 7.40 the whole team was on the top…

On 24 January a group of Dmitry Ermakov in full  climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro on the Machame route. Congratulations!

Down the valley they sent several pictures and a beautiful video…

  Hello, Seven Summits! Here Atacama says,  by voice of Artem     Rostovtsev. We have a second day standing at Laguna Verde.  And we made two acclimatization outings. Yesterday we went to the slopes of the mountain Mulas Muertas... Today we had an amazing rise to the top of Mount San Francisco. Weather, pah-pah-pah, is getting better. Wind is calmer.

Yesterday we had a tornado swept through the camp.  It took a camera, broke the tripod and damaged the camera.

And even the wind was trying to destroy our tent-dining room. Lucky there were people inside. We kept it and even quickly repaired a damaged racks.

As for people conditions, all are doing well.

Tomorrow on the program we moved to the camp Atacama, on 5300.  And again, we act together with our first group of Alex Abramov, traveling through the Atacama.  The objectives are the same as ours - Ojos del Salado.

Hi to all, from hot and dry Atacama!

 Thank you to the participants of the first our big team this year on Kilimanjaro! After return home they sent us a huge number of photos. Many of the photos  are similar to the ones we had, but there are  lots original. In addition, what is unique – that is  the people, happy faces of the people. That is also the reward for us. We've posted the full set of photos on our website. And in this report we publish some of them - not in high resolution....

From Irina Loginova (563 photos!)

From Christoph Drzyzga (158 photos)

From Makar German (193 photos)

From Dmitry Germanov (98 photos)

Oleg Pimenovs ran to the summit of Kilimanjaro in front of a local guide, for 5.30, in a light "Zanzibar" gear. He even went to Zanzibar. But don't miss the opportunity to escape to the highest peak of Africa.

Congratulations!

Hello! Alexander Abramov from the expedition Ojos del Salado. Today our team went by car to the Pass of San Francisco. And then we scored a height of about 200 metres over rough terrain, rock almost. After that, we continued the ascent on foot. It was climbing for the purpose of acclimatization therefore part of the group reached to a height of 5800. And some have climbed to the top of San Francisco. Actually, this is the first ascent this year of the 7 Summits Club on sixthousander. San Francisco  has height 6015 or 6016 metres. A strong wind blew, I did not even recall such strong wind.

 But, nevertheless, four members ascended. This is Alexander Abramov, Christina Putintseva, Alexey Balakin and Alexander Popov. On the descent we have one car wouldn't start. Well, as a result, tomorrow we have a day of rest ....

On Friday evening, 19 Jan 2018 another award and a medal for successful climb on the highest summit of Africa - Kilimanjaro (5895 m) found their heroes.

This time they are Roman Venediktov and Olga Samotoina, climbed on Kilimanjaro in the new year's eve.

 CONGRATULATIONS AND WISH THEM FURTHER ACHIEVEMENTS!

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Group Ojos "numero dos". We spent two nights at Laguna Santa Rosa (3670м). Yesterday we did an acclimatization trip on the mountain Seven brothers. A strong wind could not blow us out, but the top was not allowed. We were satisfied with a first smsll summit, the youngest of the brothers.

Now we move to our next camp at Laguna Verde...

In this group, the crew of the First Russian channel, headed by Valdis Pelsh works ...

Hello! Alexander Abramov from the expedition Ojos del Salado. Today our first group of 18 people arrived in probably the most beautiful place of the Atacama desert, Laguna Verde. For this we had to package the whole camp at Laguna Rosa, to say goodbye to the flamingos. And then two and a half hours we were traveling by car on a very dusty road. Thank God, no one wheel is broke. And here we are at Laguna Verde.

Here our advance team has already put us in large tents Red Fox, four by six, the dining room and the same... for the kitchen.

We brought everything, we have a huge amount of food, water, gas. We currently employ three chefs. Anyway, all is well. Tomorrow we will begin the program in Laguna Verde.

 Everyone feels so good. The height is almost four and a half thousand meters.

Bye!

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of 7 summits Club in Tanzania: Seven summits, Hello! Dmitry Ermakov, Kilimanjaro. Today begins a new proram for a group on the Machame route, three persons. Tomorrow morning we start up. It's all good. The team arrived  successful. The weather is beautiful. Bye!

Hello! Here is Alexander Abramov from the expedition Ojos del Salado. We now have two groups. The first group today went to the camp Lagoon Rosa. We have 18 PAX  in the first group this year, including guides. And we are waiting for the second group, in which  is 12 people and the TV-crew of the First Russian Channel.

 The atmosphere here is great, Laguna Rosa is a very beautiful lake...

Here we have three cooks who are perfectly cooked. All from Moscow: Kristina Putintseva, Lena Abramova, Tanya Jalovchak...

In our expedition we are three guide:  Alexander Abramov, Ivan Dusharin and Victor Yershov. This is the first team. Two days later we are waiting for Sergey Larin with the second team.

Bye! Everything is gorgeous!

Listen to full message in Russian:

Preparations for the expedition on Ojos del Salado is such hard work that we wish this indefatigable man a big strength and patience!

When you reached the top, you reached happiness... not there is in front not only  descent and rest - ahead of the new summits. We wish to keep for years this state of happiness! To health allow also easy to change countries and continents! And to return to Moscow full of strength and energy!

Alexander Abramov: I once brought myself to such a formula, however, is now in some doubt: "We go to the mountains not to think about the meaning of life." When going to the mountains, I think: "wow, it's been difficult to gather, there are so many things not done" in the plane, even some things I remember... But you wake up in the morning, look out the window, see the mountains and think: how nice that I'm here, and all that was before the ant running – someone didn't call, someone warned someone of money some have ... Well, nothing, will wait. The mountains are just the place where you were supposed to get...

Nastya Kuznetsova, guide of 7 summits Club:

Yesterday, 10^th of January, a group of 7 Summits Club (Pasha and Victor) stood on the summit of the highest volcano in North America and part of the roof of Mexico, peak of Orizaba (5700 m). All the participants are alive, healthy and happy. Orizaba is not the easiest peak, especially if you climb it from the South on the steep scree. Sometimes we had to move on all fours, and literally! But all's well that ends well. Now we are down in the valley. And not even went to Puebla, but returned to Mexico city. Here we are waiting for friends and free entertainment.

Nastya Kuznetsova, guide of the 7 Summits Club: It was a beautiful day with great weather. We made an acclimatization ascent to the top of La Malinche from the height of 3100 m to 4450 m. Today, it has opened to us the three of fives (three volcanoes of Mexico with a height of over 5000 m) Orizaba with his companion (or companion) Sierra Negro, the top in the form of the female silhouette of the volcano Iztaccihuatl and the male cone of the volcano Popocatepetl. The latter, once again, clearly shows signs of life. Now we are resting before the storm Orizaba.

Nastya Kuznetsova, guide of the 7 Summits Club: news from Mexico. Today was the key day of our entire program - day assault on the highest volcano of North America, the peak of Orizaba. Today, January 3, our heroes are Vlad Moroz and Georgi Kuzmin who stood on the top. The support group has reached the height of 5200 m. Everyone is happy. Everyone got what they wanted. Although it was not easy. Initially the ascent was planned on the Northern slope of Orizaba. But, from the unfavourable state of the snow-ice slopes of the North, it was decided to make the ascent from the South. And there are nuances. There is almost no snow, but there are many talus slopes mixed with stone collapse and a protracted steep scree, with hidden ice. But, our male part of the team was able to overcome all obstacles and come out on top.

 Now the whole group is resting after the storm in the shelter Tapan and is preparing to return to Mexico.

 The ascent was great, we not only climbed to the highest free-standing mountain of the Earth, but also walked around the crater and touched the disappearing glaciers of Kilimanjaro. In total, in new year's eve, during the ascent, we spent more than 4 hours at a height of 5700-5895 meters. That  is undoubtedly due to our wonderful guides Urio and Wiesen.  They were able to acclimatized us to prepare us for this — we have not filled any symptoms of altitude sickness.

  We sang and danced at the top, drank champagne, and got just a wonderful experience and memories. We'll miss that mountain and our team consisting of 15 cute, fun and professional guys whom we called Kaka, that is, brothers.

Nastya Kuznetsova, guide of the 7 Summits Club: New year's Mexican. Today we celebrated the New year several times along every Russian town at different heights of the mountain La Malinche (4500 m) where we went for the acclimatization before Orizaba. Independently from each other, all agreed on the opinion that this is one of the most beautiful mountains they have ever seen (and they saw  a lot).

Happy New year to all!

That ended the season's first "winter" ascent on Kilimanjaro. It was successful. Vladimir and Polina Liubomirov’s ascended the summit and descended at a rapid rate (day two) guided by Dmitry Ermakov. And it brought them a step towards his dream of Everest. This command was rightly awarded the honor of being the first awarded medals for Kilimanjaro.

Congratulations!

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club in Tanzania: Today at 7.20 a.m. the team as a whole stood on the summit of Kilimanjaro.

Today at 21.45 our members have to leave home...

Today Olga Samotoina and Roman Venediktov flew to Tanzania to join the team group and go on the Kilimanjaro by the route Lemosho.

Same day here,  Anna and Alexey Shpak came to Moshi. They will climb the top together and on the Machame route.

Team Tim Trip already visited coveted and secluded corners of the world and now they finally got to Kilimanjaro. Their ascent will pass through the Machame route.