"7 Volcanoes" project news - Page 89

The group finally assembled. Congratulations to all, Merry Christmas, Catholic one! Group is ready.

Tomorrow we will start...

So the group of Lubomirov’s starts on the route Umbwe. The weather is beautiful, the mood is even better!

Hello to all from sunny Mexico! Sunny, but very cold. We planned to climb Mount  Orizaba, contrary to all the recommendations and poor forecast. At an altitude of over 5000 meters, the wind was so strong that it did not allow us to stand at full height. In addition, the state of the route was very bad, instead of a snowy slope there was hard ice. At the same time, the temperature was below minus 20. And still poor forecast….

Going down, we learned that all of Mexico suffers from unprecedented cold weather. There is a national disaster here.

Natalia Smirnova: Today we had an important day - climbing the mount of La Malinche 4,450 m, our first acclimatization exit. La Malinche like all the mountains in the vicinity of Orizaba is a former volcano. During the last eruption, many years ago, its crater collapsed and you can see only a part of its former splendor.

The way to the top of La Malinche passes first through the pine forest, and then along the mountain path through the stones. In addition to Israel and Veronica, our guides, from the refuge at 3,100 to the very top, we were accompanied by local - a group of yard dogs. They ran all the way with us and at 4450 m received a well-deserved reward - for a piece of cheese.

The weather was good, the sun, almost without a wind. From the top, Orizaba was seen with a white hat on top and an inseparable pair - the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Istaksihuatl.

Tomorrow we leave for the shelter on the slopes of Orizaba.

Today in the office of the 7 Summits Club we once again worked out the award ceremony with an honorary medal with a personal certificate for climbing Kilimanjaro (the highest peak in Africa, 5,895 m). This time, we practiced the ceremony on the representative of ourClub in Tanzania - Valeria Polunina. She pleased us with her presence on this winter evening.

On the last day of autumn, November 30, guides of 7 summits Club open the season in South America. Today the best our guides Artem Rostovtsev and Vladimir Kotlyar fly in the direction of Antarctica. After a few days they will meet in Punta Arenas, numerous participants of the first group, that go to the highest peak of the Ice continent, Mount Vinson (in total we will have three groups up to January)

As we have already mentioned, also it started the climbing program in Bolivia...

3th December next two programs will start:

 - in Mexico the program climbing Orizaba begins  for our regular participants - Natalia and Igor Smirnov;

-  in Ecuador, three of our comrades will go to climb Cayambu (the highest volcano, located exactly on the equator).

December 7th , a guide of  the 7 Summits Club Valery Myasoedov meets a group that will lead to the most interesting places of Argentine and Chilean Patagonia.

December 25^th  Sergei Larin will go to Argentina, he will lead the first group a great season on Aconcagua.

You can still join one of our groups on the highest point of South America.

Here is the schedule for  Aconcagua:

28 Dec - 14 Jan, guide Sergey Larin Andrey Berezin;

16 Jan - 02 Feb, guide Vladimir Kotlyar and Valeriy Myasoedov;

4 - 21 Feb, guide Vladimir Kotlyar and Andrey Berezin.

 Our friends from Brazil successfully summited the highest peak in Africa Kilimanjaro (5 895 m). They are in a good mood, continue their journey through Africa. On their return home, we are waiting for more photos and impressions! And now there is only such nice photo from the top. Congratulations!

The 7 Summits Club started the development and production of medals for ascents on each of “the 7 summits”. Today there was the first presentation of the medal for climbing Kilimanjaro. And practicing the ceremony of awarding the medals. Medals are awarded in a festive atmosphere by dressing on the neck of each participant. Medals are only given to the summit climbers. Its will be  not sold and not given. To every coin is issued a certificate signed by the guide. At presentation of the medal women made curtsey and kiss a guide. Men stand a thank-you on one knee. These rules must be explained by the guides prior to delivery. The certificate must be completed and signed by the guide.

On 10th October a group of the 7 summits Club climbed to the summit of Kilimanjaro. It was a trio: Mikhail Stepanov, Sergey Laptev and Yury Zozulya.

The climb was not very easy, but  guys did it! The weather helped as it could...

Congratulations! The team is now thinking where to go next.

Mikhail Stepanov: Thank you very much! Everything was perfect: the guides, the team, especially the food!!!

Our Iranian friends sent us this video, a small film that is almost fully illustrates our climbing pregram on the highest volcano of Asia is mount Damavand (5 671 m).

In 4 minutes you can plunge into the atmosphere of this mountain and take a virtual climb to the highest summit of Iran.

The film was shot by our friend, he is Hamid Shafaghi - one of the strongest climbers of the country and the most experienced guide. He's mastered the shooting with the drone, and the music picked up exceptionally well...

The film shows all the camps and our entire program, day by day.

Immediately 2 groups of the 7 Summits Club performed a successful ascent on the roof of Africa - Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m).

11 participants out of 12 climbed to the highest point of the massif, which is called the Uhuru peak (which means "freedom" in Swahili). And one another of our climbers was able to climb to the edge of the crater to the key height of Stella Point.

 Congratulations to all climbers with the summit!

Andrey Berezin, head guide of  the 7 Summits Club Elbrus: the group  "Snow white and the seven dwarfs" today climbed to the summit of the volcano Elbrus. The weather treats us, and not surprising – because now there is "Indian summer"! See photos…

News from Iran. Tatiana Kamaeva climbed today to the highest volcano of Asia and the highest point of Iran's Mount Damavand (5671 m). It was her  the first ever climb a mountain! Tears of joy, euphoria and emotions covered on  the top!!! CONGRATULATIONS! KEEP IT UP!

Alexander Dorozhkov, guide of 7 summits Club:

The band "No fear" made a acclimatization climb to the shelter and spent snow-ice training sessions...

Andrey Berezin, head guide of 7 summits Club Elbrus: the group "Snow white and the seven dwarfs" today made an acclimatization ascent to Pastukhov's Rocks...

20 years ago, a team under the leadership of Alexander Abramov, the current President of the company "7 Summits Club" has successfully completed a unique project of climbing the summit of mount Elbrus with a car "Landrover"...

Alexander Dorozhukov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: a group named "No fear"  is beginning to acclimate by the exit on the mountain Cheget. The weather is gorgeous, hope it'll last.

Andrey Berezin, head guide of the 7 Summits Club in the Region of  Elbrus:  the "Snow white and the seven dwarfs" group  went up to the refuge and started to acclimatization. We made the entrance to shelters at 4100. There we had a snow training in self-arrest with an ice pick...

Andrey Berezin, head guide of the 7 Summits Club in the Elbrus region: team "Snow white and the seven dwarfs" made acclimatization on the slopes of Cheget.  In the Elbrus region there is Indian summer and we are enjoying the wonderful weather...

Andrey Berezin, head guide of the 7 Summits Club Elbrus:  the Second autumn ascent on Elbrus happened! The group "Sudden North" is now on the East summit of Elbrus. The whole team reached the summit. Today nature gave us relatively warm September day. And it was  almost calm – 35 km / h wind...

Yesterday, the the 7 summits Club welcomed a guest. Artist, Vice-President of the Union of Russian Abstractionist, Anastasia Dobrovolskaya brought her picture painted on the edge of the crater of the highest volcano of Africa – Kilimanjaro.

 Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro - it was the first climbing experience Anastasia. And there, in Africa, the idea of a large project called "Seven paintings in seven highest peaks in the world". Anastasia plans to climb all Seven summits and to do what did no one in the world. That is, to bring down the finished new painting.

We wish Nastya good luck in the project! Diary of her travels in Tanzania and the history of painting on top of Kilimanjaro, has recently been published on our website. On further expeditions and plans we will also keep you up to date...

Andrey Berezin, head guide of 7 summits Club in the Elbrus region: the "North Sudden" beginning of the acclimation program in the Northern Elbrus region. We are now on the Mushrooms. At the moment it is the only place where there is a connection. Therefore, all participants are engaged in dialogue at a distance. But I managed to trap under a flag of 7 summits Club...

Andrey Berezin, head guide of the 7 Summits Club Elbrus: so, despite all the disasters in the mountains of Elbrus, a few days of bad weather (and today was also the first half of the day the storm), a group of Pioneers climbed to the Western summit of Elbrus! While at the top the weather was beautiful. Congratulate the boys with the first  autumn climb this year!

 As you all probably know, the road to Terskol destroyed in several places the consequences of debris flow in gorge Adyl-su. Most likely, climbing from Terskol this year will be gone and our guides will be moved to the North side of Elbrus

Photo report about how I climbed Kilimanjaro and at an altitude of over 5700 meters, painted the world's first high-altitude painting...

Anastasia Dobrovolskaya – artist, Vice President of the Union of Russian Abstractionist...

We are at the top. This is 1st summit (Gillmans Point) - 5685 meters. We stay... we drank tea, ate chocolate and biscuits. We must go further. Close to 2-th summit, all stopped and no one could go far. We began to breathe artificial oxygen from the tank. The tour guide said that when we get to 3rd  summit, he will allow not more than 10 minutes to be there.

I have joined the brain. To write a painting I  need 30-40 minutes, and in the current situation and all 45. I decided to sit right here on the rocks, please oil on canvas and palette knife. With me remains husband and 2 porters. The rest of the group goes on... I begin to paint. My Head's not straight, the colors - in the pile, Kilimanjaro is not given.

After 20 minutes, the image of the mountain appears. The guides help keep the folder and the canvas serves paint and sincerely amazed at how the canvas it appeared - Kilimanjaro))))

It took 40 minutes and all my power, which I need to remain for the descent…