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Alex Abramov: Today guides of the 7 Summits Club Alex Abramov and Anastasia Kuznetsova and project participant Natalia Matusowa, arrived in the city of Alma-Ata ... We do not even know how much we have friends in Almaty ... they are much more than we expected . .... I have been not here about 30 years. Everything had changed, but the mountains remain the same. ..

First, we went to the ski resort Chimbulak with our friend Maksut Zhumayev. This place became about the level of good European resort.

Then we need to say a big thank to Yaroslav Sabyrbaev who met us, showed the city, fed dinner ...

In the evening, we were the center of attention at the pre-premiere of the film Everest. We were together with the leading climbers of the country. Among them, our friends on the expedition in 2007 Maksut Zhumayev and Vasily Pivtsov.

Tomorrow a group of corporate clients arrives from Moscow and we will begin our work in the mountains.

ROMAN REUTOV: It’s not a secret that this spring, we have organized an expedition to mount Everest from the North side, in conjunction with «7 Summits Club», «RD Studio», «RedFox» and «Yandex». The expedition was stopped in the middle, due to an earthquake magnitude of 8 – We were lucky that nobody from our Expedition was hurt. We were forced to evacuate. Despite this, we managed to create a panorama of a 19km route on the way from Base Camp (5100m) to Advanced Base Camp (6500m).
For the First Time everybody can pass this scenic mountainous route without exposing themselves to any danger.
Panoramas are published in advance of the film "Everest" coming out in cinemas on 24 September 2015.

A special page dedicated to panoramas is located at – http://yandex.ru/promo/everest.

Panoramas themselves you can easily find using this link – http://maps.yandex.ru/-/CVgTfJ3G.

Special blog link - http://blog.yandex.ru/post/98038/

... In the terrible weather we have been able to climb to the top of Mount Kazbek! It looks like we're the only group who today went to the top.

The last hundred meters, we literally crawled on all fours. But did it! All my people are excited and, most importantly, alive!
Now, the whole group has already come down in Stepantsminda (Kazbegi) in our favorite hotel Rooms. And tomorrow – we are moving in the Elbrus region, and continuation of the banquet - climbing Elbrus. Follow the news on the website and FB!

Hello! There is Alex Abramov, from the meteostation, on Mount Kazbek. Today we have a very significant day. On the third day after the ascent to the meteostation, we finally decided to climb to the top. The fact that the weather was terrible, the wind blowing 40-60 kmph ....

We really enjoyed today's climb, because partly was made "on four bones." About 60-70 people came to the assault, but only our team and maybe 3 people have climbed to the top. The rest people turned of the road . But it proves once again that they are reasonable people and we are foolish. Our team is very happy, everyone is happy, that we were able in very bad conditions make such a cool climbing. Best regards from the team! Tomorrow we will go down and I could send pictures. I'll send a bunch of cool photos. But it will be all tomorrow. Bye!

We received short message from Iran. The second part of the tour for the group of the 7 Summit Club (after Mount Ararat) on Demavend ended successfully. All members climbed to the top. We will wait for details and pictures ..

Congratulations!

We congratulate our friends and comrades in climbing, the 7 Summits Club members! Khan-Tengri – it is the mountain, a dream of all climbers. A worthy goal, a difficult route. Michail and Vadim - real men, heroes!

To credited ascent of Mount Abu Ibn Sina and get a certificate, you need to provide photos with a bust of Vladimir Lenin, which is on top of this mountain. This picture has been successfully done by a team of the Seven Summits Club on July 27 at 14:00 local time. At the top were: Valera, Dima, Maxim and I, Sergei. High altitude has made with our team very tough selection. Lena was waiting in the camp at 4400. Liana took a wise decision not to continue climbing in the camp of 6100, due to the worsening of bronchitis. Michail decided to stop climbing after a strong cold wind and snow hurt his eyes.

12-hour climb from Camp 6100 to the summit has required a lot of energy. And the return was very tense. But now everything is behind us, the entire team is at the base camp, at 3660, on the grass. All is well. Summiters are happy. Not summiters are happy that managed to maintain health. Best regards! Sergei Larin.

Hello, Seven Summits!

News from Pamir. Our group spent three nights in the camp on 5300. We waited for weather. Now there was a probability of a weather window and we move to the camp on 6100, at top of Razdelnaya Peak. Everything is normal …. At us everything is normal. All members feel well. Only one - Lena remained in camp on 4400. It is necessary to pay her tribute. Her speed movement is a little bit more slowly than ours. And she offered the interests, for the sake of interests of group.

I will contact where it will possible.

Sergey Larin

Sergei Larin:

Hi, Seven Summits! Take the information from the expedition to the peak of Avicenna. Quickly flew two days of rest in the base camp at an altitude of 3600. And now we are advancing upward, already for climbing  assault. The weather is constantly changing, the weather is unstable, so we had to wait a  “window”  in the upper camps.

The 7 Summits Club guide Sergey Larin reports: .... Now we have 6:53 a.m.. We go down from the camp on Razdelnaya Peak, from an altitude of 6100 meters. There we held a successful acclimatization overnight. Our whole team feels good. The only thing - Elena has not participated in the outing, she is now in the camp at 4400. She is still normal, having no signs of altitude sickness. Just her body needs more time to acclimatize.

Up 6000 meters, the weather turned bad, now there was a strong wind - even blew off some tents. But we are in good health and went down, to rest. After a rest, we'll have to make way to the summit. Today we will try to go down as low as possible. Best regards!

Pictures by Andrey Almazov

Dmitry Tomilin after climbing Elbrus went on an expedition to Lenin Peak, led by Sergei Larin. In the group - six members, who all met in the city of Osh. July 13th they had their first acclimatization. Everything OK. Notes read in Russian.

Hi, Seven Summits! It Sergei Larin says. Today, the expedition to the peak of Abu Ibn Sina, or Lenin Peak began. Six members of the 7 Summits Club arrived at the base camp Achik-Tash, which is located at an altitude of 3600 meters. All are doing well, all is well. The only thing - in Kyrgyzstan is expected to heat waves. In the coming days we will have acclimatization and 2-3 nights stay at the base camp Achik-Tash. By!

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.

As many already know, because of the earthquake in Nepal, Everest this season has been closed. Our expedition had to abandon the climb and the film crew to interrupt the work on the film. Mountaineers have belief in this respect: Everest rarely let climb for the first time ...

But we are pleased to inform you that, despite all the difficulties, we will return to Everest next spring. And in the autumn of 2016, our film about the conquest of the highest mountain in the world will be screening on Channel! Russian TV…
And while see the trailer from already made footage.

This is Olga Rumiantseva from the 7 summits Club expedition to Ararat. Today our whole big group, all 14 people, climbed to the top of Mount Ararat. It was very difficult, considering that the program was very short, without acclimatization. But still, all were able to reach the top. Good weather contributed to our success. Now we descend to Dogubayazit and tomorrow will fly to Moscow. See you!

Today, June 10, a large group of climbers (14 people) went on an expedition to Ararat. They will climb the biblical mount under the leadership of two guides from the 7 summits Club - Olga Rumyantseva and Vladimir Shataev (Russian mountaineering legend - he's 77 years).

In plans of the group to reach the summit of Ararat as quickly as possible (ideally in 3 days) and then to study the traces of Noah's Ark on the slopes of mount Ararat. As we know, Vladimir Shataev collected unique materials on this topic.

In the morning in Delhi – a day already in a festive Moscow! So we have a double celebration. Our team came back, all intact and healthy. All  have unscheduled free time, it is - great! And the Chinese government has extended permits for Everest over the next three years. Long live the Sino-Russian friendship! It is rest to hope that Everest replaced an anger at the mercy to any innocent climbers.

Delhi: all free

Moscow!

Hello! This is Alex Abramov from Everest expedition. Our expedition is over. Today we flew from Lhasa to Kathmandu. Rumors that Kathmandu destroyed - completely exaggerated. Virtually nothing is noticeable, the city looks like a unbroken. Only a few old buildings collapsed. Everything else - completely unhurt. No external damage in town, roads or buildings. We are now at the hotel Yak and Yeti , everything is fine here. The only thing that the decorative stone, which was on the edge of the pool, got down to the pool. Everything else - completely intact. Today, some people from our team have already flies home, the second part flies tomorrow, the third part - the day after tomorrow ....

During the farewell party on May 2th suddenly heavy snow threw, the wind blew but we are in tent an had great drunk and overdance. It was great! And in the morning we saw a snow-covered sunny camp – as a nature has made us a gift for our departure:

The team of the "7 Summits Club", Valdis Pelsh with his videoteam, and the organizers and members of the remaining 13 expeditions from the Tibetan side were in a difficult situation: CTMA (Sino-Tibetan mountaineering association) closed Everest and all the other mountains of Tibet for the whole spring season 2015.

In the past it was in 2008, during the Olympic Games in Beijing - but that was the planned closure; China urgently closes the mountain for the first time. So we are all faced with unexpected insurmountable difficulty. Well, nothing special, we packed up and went home.

According to recent reports, the number of victims of the earthquake in Nepal has exceeded seven thousand men; our Nepalese partners believe that the government underestimates the numbers three times, therefore, it is about twenty thousand dead - an enormous figure. Tremors continue, in these conditions it is possible to say the same words as Alex Abramov: "You want to the mountain or you want stay alive?".

Today in the base camp of Club of 7 Summits Club there was a significant event. We called its “farewell party”. We were tired to live in uncertainty, and today, at last, people relaxed. And at last, the sufficient attention was paid to girls.

As hit of evening, oxygen cocktail “for free”.