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Alex Abramov from Chile: Today, our Anti-Quarantine team, all 19 people, made an ascent on Mount San Francisco, 6018 meters. The weather has prepared a surprise for us: a blizzard and a thunderstorm with lightning. Bad weather caught us right on the top, and we lay on the snow for 30 minutes. There was a very strong static tension here. Sticks, backpacks, iron - all of these we threw away and prayed. Emotions were over the edge. And we left, too, in a blizzard. Then everything calmed down, the sun came out and beautiful scenery opened up.

Alex Abramov from Chile: The team of the 7 Summits Club “Anti-Quarantine” in Chile continues the program of climbing Ojos del Salado. Today there was a fantastic day. In the morning, we left our camp at Laguna Santa Rosa and drove towards the Ojos Base Camp. On the way, we stopped at the waterfall and reached the Atacama Camp 5100m. And then we also climbed to the height of Elbrus+ - 5700m. It was excellent acclimatization. On the way back, we stopped at Laguna Verde and celebrated the Epiphany with a massive swim in the hot springs. It was really a Fantastic day!

Alex Abramov from Chile: Today our friendly team "Anti-quarantine" spends the first night on Laguna Santa Rosa. We are 20 people and we have a lot of fun! Awesome views. Today we climbed to the top of Mount "Seven Brothers", 4815m. There was a strong wind. On the descent, they found that one of the 5 cars had a broken wheel. Replaced. Lena cooks excellent food with seafood. We saw foxes, flamingos, alpacas and giant hares.

Tomorrow is the feast of Epiphany. We'll go swimming in the hot springs on Laguna Verde. In parallel, we go to acclimatize climbing Mulas Muertas! Everyone feels great!

Alex Abramov from Chile: On January 16, we met at the airport and celebrated my birthday in the evening! In particular, we raised a toast for the ascent on K2. Today, January 17, our friendly team moved to Laguna Santa Rosa. There we plan to carry out our quarantine in Chile. We will walk in the surrounding hills.

The Atacama is very beautiful. Today we were met by wind and rain. On said that was the first rain for in 500 years.

Alex Abramov from Mexico: So, the ascent on the Peak Orizaba took place. 8 members of the EKSMO team reached the top in bad weather. The hard climb lasted 15 hours. At the end of the day it began to snow, and we were caught in the rain below. But we did it! The whole team is already resting in the city of Puebla. We invite everyone to join us at Orizaba in February.

Alexander Abramov from Mexico: Today is a significant day for the EKSMO team. We reached the mountains. Today we made an ascent on the peak of Sierra Negra. The whole team in a single rush climbed to the top of 4600 m. This is a good acclimatization. All day Orizaba was covered with clouds. And so, in the evening, the summit was opened. Tomorrow the team goes to spend the night in the Base camp at an altitude of 4100 m.

Alex Abramov from Mexico: Today, a new team of climbers on Orizaba arrived in Mexico City. This is the EKSMO team.There was a delay at the airport with passports, but then everyone cheerfully went on a tour of the old city. Even ate the famous tacos. Everyone is happy that they were able to escape from coronavirus Moscow. True, to coronavirus Mexico City. There are plenty of police everywhere. Restaurants are closed. But we are not discouraged. Everyone liked the night Mexico City and Lyuba Ivanova's excursion.

Tomorrow there will be a trip around the city, through the paintings of moralist artists. And move to Puebla. On the way, we will visit the largest pyramid in Mexico.

The group of the 7 Summits Club led by Alexander Abramov climbed the highest peak in Mexico, the highest volcano in North America, Mount Orizaba (5700 meters). The climbers reached the summit at 9-30 local time, which is 18-30 Moscow time. The team: Julia Yatsuta, Julia Urozhaeva, Ivan Bejanov, Nastya Lazebnik and Vitaly Sorochenkov. The climbers successfully overcame the strong wind and frost. Our Congratulations!

Alex Abramov from Mexico: It's 15: 00 local time. Our team of 6 people again goes to storm Orizaba. The wind is weakening. Our group: Alex Abramov, Julia Yatsuta, Julia Urozhaeva, Ivan Bejanov, Nastya Lazebnikh, Vitaly Sorochenkov. The wind should ease by nightfall. This is our plan. We took  for each member a local guide. A total of 4 local guides and me - Abramov. Plus 6 porters. And we are going to spend a night in camp 4700, then, according to the plan, at 3:30 in the morning, we will start to climb. We must go to Orizaba and descend quickly. The team should already arrive at the airport and fly home at 1 a.m. next day. We have a very ambitious plan!

Alex Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, guide of the group from Mexico:

Today, the team of the 7 Summits Club ("friends of Fyodor Konyukhov") reached a height of 5100m in a hurricane wind. The wind had a speed of 75 km per hour. All night the wind tore the tents at 4600. And in the base camp, all the tents just flew through the air, broke half of them. Dust clogged everywhere. Tomorrow, the team plans a second assault attempt. Wish us luck!

Alex Abramov from Mexico:  The team leaves for the Assault Camp 4700. We gave some of the things to the porters. We will decide on the weather. So far, we are predicting gale-force winds of up to 70 km per hour. This is too much for Orizaba. But the mood of the team is cheerful. Tomorrow morning we plan to climb to the top of Orizaba all  together.

We wish all mountain lovers a Happy New Year on behalf of the 7 Summits Club! And personally from Alexander Abramov and Fyodor Konyukhov!

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club from Mexico:

We came and settled in our Super Base Camp at an altitude of 4200m. We were greeted with great food. In our camp there are beautiful tents with a height of 2 meters, each of them has a living room and 2 bedrooms. There is no wind now. We hope that the bad forecast will not be justified, and we will reach the top on December 31.

After lunch, we walked to the height of 4400m. All the team members are fine. Tomorrow we go to the high-altitude camp 4700m and at night to storm the summit…

This is Alexander Abramov from Mexico. The team of friends of Fyodor Konyukhov continues the program of climbing  Mount Orizaba. Today we climbed the first peak of our program - Sierra Negra (4600m). We got up at 5 am, in a hotel in the city of Puebla. And by 8 am we arrived in the town of Zopan, which is located at the foot of Orizaba. Here we had breakfast and went on an acclimatization ascent. The ascent and descent on Sierra Negra took 7 hours along with the road. At the top, we installed an icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The climb wasn't easy for everyone. In the evening, part of the team has a headache.

Tomorrow we will move to the Base Camp near Orizaba at an altitude of 4200 meters. There Sasha Dorojunov and Luba Pershina already set for us tents.

Alex Abramov from Mexico: 

26.12.2020. News of the group following the program "Orizaba Peak - Mexico". In the morning we had a run in the Park "Grasshopper". The whole city seems to be running. Then the excursion tour took place in the iconic places of Mexico Сity. We're all hungry, but the restaurants are only open for takeaways. We had to buy tacos and sit right on the sidewalk. For dessert, we found the house of the famous artist Frida Kahlo. Tomorrow we move to the city of Puebla.

27.12.2020. Today we moved from Mexico-City, to a great town called Puebla. On the way, we watched churches and ate grasshoppers. The city is boiling. It's easier here than in Mexico-City. Restaurants are open in the evening. Everything has become easier in the organization.

Alexander Abramov from Mexico: The team of friends of Fyodor Konyukhov arrived in Mexico! Guides of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov and Alexander Dorojukov met the members at the airport. Today we walked around the capital, the city of Mexico and were able to go to the Old Sity on the Constitution square. There are 100 tents of protesting Indians on it – this is the local "Maidan". After Christmas, almost everything in the city is closed, but on the street they sell tacos - the national Mexican food.

The international team of climbers under the general leadership of the President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov continues to prepare for expeditions on K2 in the summer of 2021 and in the winter of 2021-2022. At this time, the teams train separately in their own mountains.

The national team of Kazakhstan from December 6 to 20 held training camps in the Tuyuk-su area.

Mountaineers of Kyrgyzstan continue to make difficult climbs in their native mountains, in Ala-Archa.

The Russian team under the leadership of its captain Alexander Yakovenko is in the Caucasus. Our climbers, according to the plan, go to the traverse of the Elbrus massif in the direction from West to East. It is planned to spend several nights (5 or 6) in "combat" conditions, including in the area of the summit.

Today, the 7 Summits Club opens the new year's season. The President of the Club Alexander Abramov and guide Alexander Dorojukov fly to Mexico to organize an expedition on Mount Orizaba for a large group of friends of Fyodor Konyukhov. Mexico is open and we invite everyone to our programs, all year round. For the new year period (until January 12), the 7 Summits Club will send to Mexico three groups. Follow our news!

The 7 Summits Club invites you to join our expedition to the Himalayas, which will aim to climb Mount Everest and Lhotse. Most of the participants will be those who, due to the regime of restrictions, could not fulfill their dream in 2020. The team is experienced and well-trained. Members continue training. You can still join the group.

You will have great partners!

It was a super day in Yalta. Today the temperature here is +18. I had a great climb with Leonid Kozlov in Simeiz. And before that, in the morning there was a morning exercise, which ended with a swim in the sea!!!!

Great day. Welcome to the Crimea!!! The Mountain school of the 7 Summits Club is waiting for you!

An international team of mountaineers under the general leadership of the President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov began preparing for expeditions on K2 in the summer of 2021 and winter of 2021-2022. During this time, teams train separately in their own mountains. The national team of Kyrgyzstan held training camps in their native mountains, in the Ala-Archi region in the period November-December. In 14 days in November and 11 days in December, the team members completed a total of 7 routes.

 The national team of Kazakhstan trains now, on December 6-20,  in the Tuyuk-su area (Tien-Shan).

The Russian national team leaves for the Caucasus on December 18. They set a goal to pass the traverse of Elbrus in winter from West to East. From the pass to the valley Hatutu Riccati 5-6 winter overnight stays in the Alpine zone.

Photos from the training camp of the Kyrgyz team: