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Namaste from Nepal! Our Nepali spring season is starting! The group "Himalayan fox cubs" goes to the Mera Peak. Today we are all gathered in Kathmandu, at the Yak and yeti Hotel. The welcome dinner was held together with a group of Everest climbers. It was cool. We're going to Lukla tomorrow. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  Our friendly company "Androids of Aconcagua" made an acclimatization rotation with an overnight stay at the Nido de Condores camp, at an altitude of 5500m.  The night went well, and a slight wind picked up in the morning. The beautiful views fascinated us in the evening. Today we have a day of rest and preparation for the summit assault. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Sergey Avtomonov and Valery Myasoedov.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  Yesterday, our group "Androids of Aconcagua" made an acclimatization rotation to Plaza Canada, an altitude of 5000 meters.  The weather was beautiful.  Not an acclimatization way out, but a pleasure walk.  Today we rest in the Plaza de Mulas, and tomorrow we go out to the Nido de Condores with an overnight stay. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

  Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  The Androids of Aconcagua group got closer to the summit for another day. We had a long walk from the Confluencia camp to the Plaza de Mulas camp.  The route is long, but very interesting: the terrain and colors of the surroundings were constantly changing. As a result: 19 km were completed in 8 hours. We stayed in comfortable cabins in the camp. Today we have a well-deserved rest. Tomorrow we will continue the acclimatization rotations. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  The Aconcagua Androids group continues to acclimatize and prepare for the ascent.  Today we made a rotation towards Plaza France, this is the Southern Face of Aconcagua.  We have passed the medical check and are ready to go to the Plaza de Mulas base camp.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  The “Aconcagua Androids” group continues on their way to their goal.  Today we came to the Confluencia camp, stayed here, rested.  We are preparing for a new day and adventures. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:
Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua! The Gatito Luis group, after several days of waiting for the weather window, climbed to the top of Aconcagua! The weather was perfect, there was practically no breeze. Now we are about to go to the beautiful city of Mendoza. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Sergey Avtomonov and Valery Myasoedov.

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

 Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua! News from the Gatito Luis group. Strong winds at the top of Aconcagua have made adjustments to our assault plans. Therefore, in order not to turn sour at all, one of the days of rest we decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. Part of the group with Edgar climbed the summit of Cerro Bonete, the other part of the group visited glacial icebergs, also known as calgaspores, near the camp. Today we are preparing for the ascent and tomorrow we are going to storm the summit. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Sergey Avtomonov, Valery Myasoedov and Edgar Parra.

Andrey Berezin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  Our group "Gatito Luis" conducted an acclimatization rotations with an overnight stay at Nido de Condores. The night went well. After that, we went down to the Plaza de Condores base camp. We will wait for the weather window here. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Sergey Avtomonov and Valery Myasoedov.

Andrey Berezin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  This is the Gatito Luis group. After we settled in the Plaza de Mulas camp, we rested and continued acclimatization. Today, the group made its first acclimatization rotation to Plaza Canada, an altitude of 5,000 meters. Tomorrow we rest, we are preparing to go out with an overnight stay at Nido de Condores. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua! Our friendly company "Gatito Luis" left the hospitable Confluencia camp and went to the base camp of Plaza de Mulas. This is a serious test, as the distance is quite long: 19 km. We walked the first half of the way with a strong headwind, practically not gaining altitude. The second part of the path is shorter, but steeper. The result: a 9-hour walk from one camp to another. In Mulas we have the best conditions: comfortable double cabins, a separate dining room. We had steaks for dinner. Tomorrow we rest and recuperate. The group's guides are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

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

Buenos Dias from sunny Argentina! The Gatitos Luis group reports from the Confluencia camp.  Yesterday we leisurely walked a few hours to the Plaza Confluence. This is an intermediate camp in front of the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp.  We will spend two nights here. This morning we went towards the Place France, climbed up to 4000 m. There was a strong wind at the top, gusts up to 40 km/h. We are back at the camp now.  We have a medical check in the evening, and tomorrow we go to Mulas. 

Andrey Berezin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias! Argentina is in touch. The group "Gatito Luis" gathered in Mendoza and went to the foot of Mount Aconcagua. We spent the night in glamping Orcones. We met with Alexander Abramov, who returned from the slopes of Aconcagua. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:
Buenos Dias! We haven't been in touch for several days. So, in order.
The end of December in Aconcagua is still the beginning of the season, and the weather is not stable yet, with strong winds. According to the forecast, there will be a strong wind on the planned day of the ascent, and we decided to move the assault to a spare day.

We climbed the Nido de Condores. We have a tent camp there, with a comfortable dining room. We spent the night. The wind constantly shook the tents. In the morning, closer to lunch, we went up to the camp Berlin. This is a cozy camp, where there was no one except our tents. Plus, the rock was blocking us from the west wind. We settled in tents.

By four in the morning, the wind began to subside. They went out to the summit bid. We reached the traverse in 3 hours, then there was a section with a strong wind. Fortunately, the wind is at your back, and not for long. Then the climb to the Cave began along the sypukha. We took a deep breath in the Cave, ate and moved to the top. Three more hours on rocks and snow, and here is the summit, where surprisingly it was almost calm. Memorable photos and videos, mutual congratulations. Then we descend to our camp Berlin. Dinner, overnight and descent to the Plaza de Mulas. Where we had a festive lunch and the awarding of medals to all participants. The guides of the Brain Storm group are Andrey Berezin, Sergey Avtomonov and Valery Myasoedov.

Andrey Berezin, the Guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua! The Brain Storm group spent the night at Nido de Condores, at an altitude of 5500m, as part of acclimatization. Our camp is located on a flat area closed from the wind, consists of a dining room and several tents for climbing participants.

In the morning, we climbed to an altitude of 5800m to consolidate acclimatization, after which we went down to the base camp to rest. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, the Guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

 Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua! Today we have a rest day before going to Nido de Condores (we will spend the night there). We spent the day usefully.  First, we took care of the equipment: we fitted the crampons to the shoes. Then we visited the gallery of the artist Miguel Dauro, looked at his work. In the evening, we passed the medical check necessary before going to altitude. We're going to spend the night at Nido de Condores tomorrow. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, the Guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  The band "Brain Storm" continues to explore new heights. Today we had an acclimatization rotation to Plaza Canada, the height is 5060 meters. We climbed at a good pace and spent about an hour at this altitude. After that, we went down to the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp. Tomorrow we are resting, preparing for an acclimatization trip with an overnight stay at Nido de Condores.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, the Guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias!  Today, the Brian Storm group, for better adaptation to altitude, made rotation to 4000 meters in the Plaza France gorge under the Southern Face of Aconcagua.  Tomorrow we have a long walk to the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias! Our group called "Brain Storm" went to the foot of the highest peak in South America - Aconcagua.  After we received permits and permission to visit the Horcones National Park, we drove from hot Mendoza to windy Penitentes in three hours, where we stayed in glamping. We spent the night and arrived at the Horcones National Park in the morning, registered and walked to the Confluencia camp in three hours. We will spend two days here, and then go up to the base camp of the Plaza de Mulas. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Buenos Dias from sunny Mendoza!  The climbing season of the 7 Summits Club in the Southern Hemisphere begins. Today, all the members of the first Aconcagua group gathered in Mendoza. The guides met the participants, checked the equipment, collected and shipped the cargo for the base camp. Tomorrow we will receive permits for climbing.  And we go to the foot of Aconcagua.

And also today we wished happy birthday to our climbing partner Anna.

Guides: Andrey Berezin, Sergey Avtomonov and Valery Myasoedov.