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The 7 Summits Club Guide Boris Egorov sends from Peru:

Greetings from Peru! Today we spent the whole day walking. We walked 12 km, climbed to a pass at a height of 5200 m. There we held a ceremony of gratitude to the mountains, offered coca leaves to the spirits. The trek is very beautiful! Snowy peaks and herds of alpacas in the pastures below them. Now we are resting and tomorrow we leave for the final day of trekking.

 The 7 Summits Club Guide Boris Egorov reports from Peru:

 Greetings from Peru! Today our "Intipalka" team started the day by visiting a brand new wonder of the world. We admired the Rainbow Mountains, having climbed on quad bikes to the top of Mount Vinicunca 5036m. In 2010, the glacier that hid this beauty disappeared and now it is the second most popular place here after Machu Picchu.

And then we warmed up a bit on foot. And reached our first camp, located at an altitude of 4600 meters. This is how our trekking around Mount Ausangate began.

Herds of alpacas, lakes and glaciers around!

The 7 Summits Club Guide Boris Egorov sends from Peru:

 Greetings from Peru! The day before, our team split into two parts. Half spent the night in the star lodge - it's lower, but with hot baths. And I, with two participants, met the sunset in capsules at the very top of the sky lodge. Having woken up in the morning at a dizzying height, and in incredible comfort, we had a delicious breakfast and quickly went down the ziplines. Having reunited, our "Intipalka" team continued to explore the history of ancient civilizations. We visited several ancient cities, admired the terraces and marveled at the industriousness of the Incas. Now we are already on the train on the way to the famous pearl, the abandoned city of Machu Picchu.

The 7 Summits Club Super Guide Boris Egorov reports from Peru:

 Hello from Peru! Today we have an incredible adventure, we spend the night in a unique vertical hotel, lost somewhere on the canyon wall, 350 meters above the ground. To get here, we climbed for more than an hour along a via ferrata. The wind whistles around us and the starry sky above us. This is an incredible place where you can feel a little bit like climbers on vertical walls!

The Guide of the 7 Summits Club Boris Egorov reports from Peru:

 Greetings from Peru! Today the whole team finally gathered in the capital of the Inca Empire, the city of Cusco. And our mystical adventure began. Yesterday, half of the team walked around the city, and today the whole team visited an ancient laboratory for growing plants, salt mines and a giant pyramid. We heard stories about the incredible Incas and tasted the famous Peruvian cuisine: service, alpaca steaks and other delicacies. In the meantime, we came up with a name, now we are Intipalka. Tomorrow, one of the most unusual and extreme hotels in the world awaits us!

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The 7 Summits Club  guide Boris Egorov reports from the Elbrus region:

Hello to everyone from Elbrus! The 7 Summits Club group "14 peaks" yesterday made the absolutely right decision to postpone the climb to a reserve day, that is, to today, due to weather conditions. And today everything worked out well, the weather was close to ideal and at dawn we were all standing on the top!

The 7 Summits Club guide Boris Egorov sends from the Elbrus region:

 Greetings from Elbrus! Today, we walked with our guests from the "14 peaks" group to the Pastukhov Rocks. We climbed at a good pace and descended in time, making it to the refuge before the bad weather started. Now we are carefully studying the forecast and preparing for the summit ascent.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Boris Egorov reports from the Elbrus region:

Hello everyone! Today on Elbrus the first day of acclimatization of the "14peaks" group took place. This team arrived led by Tashi Sherpa, the famous Nepalese expedition leader and a close friend of the 7 Summits Club.

We had a wonderful walk to the top of the Cheget Shoulder, endlessly admiring the views of Elbrus.

Tomorrow we move to the refuge at an altitude of 3800 and start trampling the snow of the Caucasus.

The 7 Summits Club guide Boris Egorov reports from Papua New Guinea:

In the meantime, long-awaited news from Papua New Guinea. The remaining parts of the "Descendants of Miklouho-Maclay" group climbed the highest point of the country, Peak Wilhelm! We stood at the summit with the first rays of the sun. It was very beautiful! And it had not yet struck noon, and we were already celebrating the ascent in our wonderful lodge.

News from Papua New Guinea. Today the "Descendants of Miklouho-Maclay" team in full force climbed to the top of the Giluwe volcano 4368m. We agreed with the weather, so the clouds passed us by, and we admired the views to our heart's content. We descended calmly, and the rain covered us only on the last, forested section of the descent to the road. At sunset, we tidied ourselves up in the lodge and exchanged impressions. Tomorrow is another final excursion day. And in the evening we celebrate: we hold an award ceremony for climbers of the highest volcano in Australia and Oceania.

Guide Boris Egorov.

Greetings from Papua from the group "Descendants of Miklouho-Maclay"! Today we spent the whole day in the village of Paia. We met the leader and his three wives, looked into the sacred houses with the relics and skulls of the leaders, took part in local dances. And they tried magnificent meat cooked in a traditional way in the ground with hot stones. Now we are ready to climb our volcano (Giluve). Tomorrow we go to trekking to the base camp.

Guides of the group Boris Egorov and Olga Startseva

Hello everyone from the other side of the Earth, from distant Papua New Guinea! Today, all members of the 7 Summits Club group reached the starting point of our expedition, the town of Mount Hagen. Everyone met, rested and prepared for the first adventures. And even came up with a name for the team in advance: "Descendants of Miklouho-Maclay".
Tomorrow we will climb a little higher into the mountains and visit the first village on our way.
Group guides Boris Egorov and Olga Startseva.

Greetings from Ecuador! Today we went for a walk to a very beautiful ancient lake in the crater of the Quilotoa volcano. We split into two groups: the "hurryers" walked around the lake along the edge of the crater, and the "contemplators" went down to the water. Everyone had a good walk, according to their wishes. We bought some souvenirs once again and finally adjusted all the equipment.

Tomorrow we are going to look at the snow on the slopes of Cotopaxi. We will conduct snow lessons and walk in crampons.
Guides Boris Egorov and Olga Rumyantseva.

Hello everyone from Ecuador! Today our mountain adventures finally began. Moving slowly and enjoying the fog, we climbed our first volcano, Guagua Pichincha 4784m. The relatively short trek to the top was spiced up with rock climbing elements. And the snow on the top and the peals of thunder also added to our pleasure. But the main thing is that we acclimatized well and were not very tired. We spend tonight in an old hacienda from the seventeenth century closer to our goal - the Cotopaxi volcano. Tomorrow is a quieter day, we will go for a walk to the lake in the Quilotoa crater.

Guides Boris Egorov and Olga Rumyantseva.

And yesterday, January 26, the 7 Summits Club group "Expectants" in full force climbed to the top of Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. This was, perhaps, the most massive ascent of this mountain, total about 40 climbers. And the latest in the season. And now we are already enjoying the comfort of Union Glacier. Tomorrow we will have some more rest here and plan to fly to Chile in a day.

Guides Boris Egorov and Artem Rostovtsev.

Antarctica News. After 10 days of tiring waiting in comfortable conditions on Union Glacier, the 7 Summits Club group "Waiters" finally reached Vinson Base Camp on two planes. We settled in a new place, sorted out all the gear and food supplies. It seems there is so much of it that we will be able to spend the winter here. Tomorrow we are waiting for the forecast and will decide when to leave for the Lower Camp.

Guides Boris Egorov and Artem Rostovtsev.

Greetings from Antarctica! Our whole team has been at the Union Glacier camp for seven days now. We have the most serious test for any mountaineer-traveler here - waiting. The weather has been better and worse during the week, but we still haven't waited for a window to fly into the Vinson base camp. In the meantime, we eat well, even too well, play board games, play sports as much as possible and have endless conversations. And one day, the whole our noisy crowd took a walk to the local beach. And we are waiting for our captain and the climbers on Sidley after their ascent. So far, there is no definite information about the flights. Guides Boris Egorov and Artem Rostovtsev.

Hello from Antarctica! The whole team is resting in a glamping at the Union Glacier base after climbing Vinson. We immediately relaxed here from the warmth and abundance of delicious food. But we still participate in all the activities: running, skiing, lectures and film screenings. And of course, we held a small awards ceremony!

Guides Artem Rostovtsev and Boris Egorov.

The 7 Summits Club guide Boris Egorov reports from Antarctica:

Antarctica! Yesterday the entire group climbed the summit of the white continent, Mount Vinson. Our super guide Artem Rostovtsev, as a first-class expert in these places, planned everything competently, and we quickly went up the mountain without delays and with the necessary acclimatization. We were also lucky with the weather, thank all the gods, and we had many of them, the team is international: Russians, Poles, a Kazakh and a girl from India! Now we are all resting in the base camp and waiting for the flight to Union Glacier. Perhaps we are stuck here for a few days. But we will not be bored, firstly, there is Internet here, and secondly, tomorrow we begin building an igloo!

We received a message from our guides Artem Rostovtsev and Boris Egorov directly from the summit of Vinson, from a height of 4892 meters. The 7 Summits Club team in full force climbed to the highest peak in Antarctica.

 Photos from expeditions of past years