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A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region

News of the Elbrus region from the group "Shine Sparkle".  A large friendly company began to acclimatize and prepare for the ascent on Elbrus. In the plans of the training program, we have climbed to a height of 2700 m today. Autumn abruptly came into its own.  The heavy rain and the sharply falling air temperature reminded us that the first autumn month had already arrived. Tomorrow we are going to the refuge National Park, where we will continue to acclimatize. Guides of the group Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.

 And we also celebrated Denis Dmitrov's birthday today.

The 7 Summits Club joins the congratulations!

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region.  Today, our group made an ascent on the Western peak of Elbrus. Autumn has already come into its own, which means that you can't expect good weather. The wind along the summit exceeded 50 km per hour. Therefore, the photos at the top were mostly in a safe sitting position. Also, because of the wind, it was not possible to unfurl the flags. Now the whole group is at the refuge, packing their bags and preparing to descend into civilization.  Guides Berezin &Dorojukov.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region.  As planned, today we went to the Pastukhov Rocks. A cold westerly wind blew above 4200, so we had to warm up, up to large down jackets. The route to the Rocks was completely deprived of snow, so yesterday's classes of movement in crampons were very useful. Tomorrow we rest, prepare for the ascent. Guides Berezin&Dorojukov.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region. Today we went up to the National Park refuge, where we stayed in comfortable houses. After we had tea, we went to snow and ice training sessions.  On the slopes of Elbrus, we mastered the skills of self-arrest with an ice axe and moving in crampons on ice. Tomorrow we go to the Pastukhov Rocks. Guides Berezin&Dorojukov.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

Yesterday the band members arrived at the hotel, and today we went to the slopes of Cheget, where we began to acclimatize. Our path today ran first through the forest, then the ascent took place in the area of the famous Alpine meadows.  After a short rest in the Ai cafe, we went down to the hotel, had lunch, and went to the rental point for the missing equipment.  Tomorrow we are going up to the shelter, where we will live for a few days and prepare for the ascent. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.

Three teams of the 7 Summits Club have climbed the Western Peak of Elbrus! The weather conditions were difficult, but the participants and guides went to the end and reached the top.  The guides of the 7 Summits Club were Andrey Berezin, Alexander Dorojukov and Nikita Slotin, worked with these groups.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region from the group "Literary Circle". In difficult weather conditions, having made an attempt a day earlier, our group climbed on the top of Elbrus. A strong gusty wind at the summit could not prevent us from reaching our goal, namely the highest point in Europe, the Western peak of Elbrus.

Two groups of the 7 Summits Club started their acclimatization program on the slopes of Mount Cheget today.   Guides Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.  The weather was great, it was a little hot.  Beauty, mountains, landscapes. The participants of the groups climbed first along the path in the forest, then went out into the zone of alpine meadows. They finished the climb near the Ai cafe. Tomorrow it is planned to go to the slopes of Elbrus.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region. The group "Gift of Fate" today climbed the summit of Mont Elbrus.  The weather was perfect and we had fantastic views of the surrounding area.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region from the group "Gift of Fate". Today, in preparation for the ascent, we visited the Pastukhov Rocks, where we spent some time for acclimatization and took some photos. Tomorrow we will rest and prepare for the ascent on Elbrus.

A Guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region from a new group called "The Gift of Fate". The group arrived in the Elbrus region yesterday, and began to acclimatize. Today we walked along a beautiful forest path to the Ai cafe on Cheget Mountain. It rained all night, so the whole forest was wet and damp. At the same time, when the sun came out in the morning, there was no "steam room". After going up to the Ai cafe, we ordered hychins and chebureks, which we had a snack with, acclimatizing along the way. The return journey took place along a technical road, which was laid for the maintenance of the cable car. Tomorrow we are going up to the refuge National Park, where we will continue preparing for the ascent.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region.  The group of the 7 Summits Club climbed on the Western Peak of Mount Elbrus. The forecast for the ascent did not come true in our favor, the promised wind rose only closer to lunch, when we were already packing things at the refuger. And when descending on the cable car, we got caught in the rain and in a giant queue for the cable car, because of a thunderstorm, the cable car did not work. This was the end of our non-standard adventures. We returned to the hotel, where in the evening we congratulated all the participants on their successful ascent. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Dmitry Semenov.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

Our group continues acclimatization and preparation for the ascent on Elbrus. Today, in the preparation plans, we made an ascent to the Pastukhov Rocks. Since everything is melting a lot now, the relief of the slope is changing a lot, there are streams and rivulets on the way.  But all this is only up to 4400 meters, above, to the Pastukhov rocks, the slope has hardly changed. After two hours of climbing, the weather began to deteriorate and then all the warm clothes that we took with us to the exit came in handy: down jackets, mittens, and ski masks. After spending about an hour at an altitude of 4500 meters, we took a few photos, after which we went to the refuge, where a delicious lunch was waiting for us.  Tomorrow we rest and prepare for the ascent.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Dmitry Semenov.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:
News of the Elbrus region from the group "Creative ermines". Early this morning, our group in full force climbed to the top of Elbrus. From there we had amazing views, as the weather was perfect today: calm and clear. The entire Main Caucasian Ridge, the Northern Elbrus region, as well as Georgia were visible. Such a beautiful morning today we met at the summit of Elbrus. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexey Lonchinsky.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:
News of the Elbrus region. The group "Creative Ermines", as planned yesterday, went to the Pastukhov Rocks. The weather this season does not please us with clear days. Therefore, as always, we took the necessary amount of warm clothes. So, we went to acclimatize to the Pastukhov Rocks. In 3 hours we gained more than 800 meters vertically. The wind was blowing with grits above. Ski masks, buffs and warm gloves came in handy here. Tomorrow we rest. According to the plan, we are going to climb the summit on Friday. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexey Lonchinsky.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:
News from the Elbrus region. The group "Creative stoats". Today we went up to the refuge National Park. We settled in comfortable houses, after which we went to snow and ice classes. Where the band members mastered self-arresting with an ice axe and moving in crampons on snowy slopes. Tomorrow we are going make rotation to the Pastukhov Rocks. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexey Lonchinsky.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region
News of the Elbrus region. The group "Creative Ermines" has started acclimatization and preparation for the ascent of Elbrus. Today we climbed the slope of Cheget, to the first station of the cable car. Our way passed along a picturesque forest trail, which smoothly moved from the forest zone to the alpine meadows. After spending some time in the Ai cafe, we returned to the hotel where we had lunch. After that, the participants went to rent the equipment we needed. Tomorrow we go up to the refuge National Park. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexey Lonchinsky.

Three groups of the 7 Summits Club successfully reached the Western Peak of Mount Elbrus and safely descended. Guides worked with the groups: Andrey Berezin, Alexander Dorojukov, Dmitry Semenov and Dmitry Lazarev. The weather was sunny, the wind near the top was quite strong, but it was not an insurmountable obstacle. All the participants are happy, everyone went down to the hotel on the same day.

Today the weather on Elbrus was very bad, damp, cold, no visibility. This did not prevent three groups of the 7 Summits Club from climbing the Pastukhov Rocks. Thus, they completed the acclimatization rotation. They have a day of rest ahead of them and then an assault on the summit. We hope that the weather will improve by then.

Two groups of the 7 Summits Club began acclimatization rotation from the exit to the slopes of Mount Cheget.  Tomorrow the groups will climb to the refuge National Park, where they will continue to acclimatize and prepare for the ascent. Guides: Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.