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Chile sends greetings! This is the "Stop" team. Today we had training with iron, learned to distinguish a jumar from a descender, went training, studied. Tonight we start for the summit climb, our Day X has arrived.  Guides Alexander Abramov and Alexander Dorojukov.

The director and a guide of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko sends from Mexico:

Hola! Greetings to everyone from Mexico from the "Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatli" group! Today we successfully climbed to the top of La Malinche (4440). This is also a volcano, like almost all the mountains in Mexico. A lot has changed here recently. So at the entrance, where the route begins, there is a queue and everyone is given a bracelet like "all inclusive". The paths have been widened and cleaned. The police are on duty everywhere. On weekends, a lot of people go to the mountain.

But all this did not stop us from enjoying the beautiful views of the pine forest and the surrounding mountains. We climbed to the summit in 5 hours, and descended in 2.5.

Tomorrow we are moving to the Orizaba Base Camp at an altitude of 4200.

Our motto is "venceremos!"

The 7 Summits Club Guide Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Hola! We continue to prepare for the ascent of Aconcagua. The "Los Hombres" group, in their acclimatization plans, climbed to Nido de Condores, where we spent a night at an altitude of 5,500 meters. The wind was flapping the tents all night. The radio reported that at 6,000 meters, where the Berlin camp is located, the wind was over 60 km/h. After breakfast, we decided to immediately descend to the Plaza de Mulas base camp. Tomorrow we will rest and prepare to go on the summit assault.

The director and guide of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko sends from Mexiko:

Hola! Greetings to everyone from Mexico! From the group "Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl".

Today we visited the famous Pyramids of the Moon and the Sun, which in fact turned out to be the very ancient city of Teotihuacan, which arose in the 2nd century BC. More than 250,000 people lived here then. But in the 7th century, for an unknown reason, people disappeared, and the city was abandoned.

 After the excursion, we went to a very authentic restaurant in a cave, where we tried exotic Mexican dishes - ant eggs, fried grasshoppers, meat with cacti. We figured out the difference between mescal and tequila, tried to remember the many types of cacti. Tired, we went to the hacienda under our tomorrow's mountain La Malinche. Here we went to bed early - tomorrow early in the morning to the first mountain. Our motto: "venceremos!"

Chile sends greetings! The "Stop" team is in touch. Yesterday we returned from the city of Capiapo, where we spent the night and had a good rest. Today the group had the main acclimatization rotation. We climbed to an altitude of 6300 meters. The weather is good, the people are fine, everything is going according to plan. Tomorrow is a rest day, during which we will conduct classes with iron on mountaineering techniques. And at night we go to the mountain! The forecast promises good weather.

Guides Alexander Abramov and Alexander Dorojukov.

According to our guides Artem Rostovtsev and Boris Egorov, the team successfully continues to work according to the program. Today, the group members and guides went from Low Camp halfway to High Camp. And returned back for the night. We have not yet decided on plans for the next day. Whether to rest or climb to the High Camp. Depending on the weather and how they feel.

 Photos from expeditions of previous years

The director and a guide of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko sends from Mexico:

Greetings to everyone from Mexico! From a partially arrived group. Participants were flying in all day, starting at 5 am. With some of those who successfully arrived, we took a walk around the historic center of Mexico City, drowning in garlands and New Year's decorations. We looked at the Orizaba House and the Palace of Fine Arts, walked past a skyscraper (once the tallest in Latin America), visited the largest square in Latin America, Zocalo. Late in the evening, we had dinner, which was joined by two more participants who arrived - Carolina and Yuri Lukyanov. Yuri has one volcano left before the completion of the 7 Volcanoes project. Now we are still waiting for one more participant by midnight - and we are all together. Tomorrow morning we are leaving for the famous pyramids of the Moon and the Sun!

According to our guides Artem Rostovtsev and Boris Egorov, the team has successfully started the program. Now the group has already ascended to the Low Camp. The weather is good, hot, no wind.

Photos from expeditions of past years.

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

Hola! The "Los Hombres" group continues to acclimatize and prepare for the ascent on the summit of Aconcagua. Today we climbed Plaza Canada, the reached altitude is 5050 meters. Tomorrow we have a day of rest and preparation for the ascent to Nido de Condores, where we have planned to spend a night.

The President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov reports from Chile:

Today the team "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days" climbed to the top of San Francisco, height 6016 m. As an acclimatization for Ojos del Salado. There was a crazy wind. According to the forecast, tomorrow it will be even stronger. But we have a day of rest planned.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from Chile:

Chile sends greetings! The group of climbers to Ojos del Salado from the 7 Summits Club has decided on a name – it is "Stop". Today our gang-team climbed to the top of the San Francisco volcano. The height is 6016 meters. There was a decent wind blowing, so we walked with our backpacks forward. Everything is great with us, we continue working!

The 7 Summits Club Guide Boris Egorov reports from Antarctica:

We arrived in Antarctica! We are walking in light down jackets along Union Glacier. We were given a tour of the camp, fed deliciously, and now we are waiting for the flight to the Vinson Base Camp. The weather is forecasted to get worse, so we would like to fly away soon!

The 7 Summits Club Guide Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Hola! The "Los Hombres" group today had a rest day after a long trek from Confluencia to Plaza de Mulas. After lunch, we decided to go on an excursion to an abandoned shelter. On the way, we had to cross calgasporas (aka penitentes). It turned out to be a quite difficult task. But we managed!

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Boris Egorov reports from Punta Arenas (Chile):

Hello everyone! A new season is beginning on the southernmost continent of our planet. All preparations for the flight to Antarctica have been made. Artem and I bought a lot of food and checked all the equipment for our first Vinson. Yesterday, the whole team checked in, and today early in the morning we are leaving for the airport. Our flight was scheduled for a day ahead of schedule, so we did not suffer from waiting. Everyone is cheerful and in anticipation of a new adventure!

The President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov reports from Chile:

The "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days" team had a rest day today. We went to the San Francisco Pass at 4700 m. We saw herds of guanacos. We bathed in hot springs. The day was a success. Tomorrow we climb the San Francisco summit at 6016 m. The team feels great!

The 7 Summits Club Guide Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Hola! The "Los Hombres" group made a long trek from Confluencia camp to Aconcagua base camp - Plaza de Mulas. We covered 18 km with a 1000 meter elevation gain in 7 hours. These are the dry numbers that hide the strength and endurance of our group. Tomorrow is a rest and a short walk around the area of the base camp.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from Chile:

Chile is in touch! According to the program, today we walked along the slopes of Ojos. Our captain joined us, now we have plus 50 to our speed. Today we climbed to the height of Elbrus. There was a light breeze and the sun was shining. We continue to work further.

 The President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov reports from Chile:

Today was a great day. Acclimatization. The team climbed the slopes of Ojos to the height of Elbrus - 5642 meters. We drove along beautiful and difficult roads. The wind was not strong. Tomorrow is a day of rest.

The 7 Summits Club guide Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Hola! The "Los Hombres" group, according to the acclimatization plan, made a rotation to the Plaza Francia gorge. On the way, we met a wild vicuña – an animal related to the alpaca. We climbed to 4000 meters, looked at Aconcagua from the other side. After that we returned to the Confluencia camp, where we had a medical examination after lunch. Tomorrow we go to the base camp at Plaza de Mulas.

The 7 Summits Club guide Alexander Dorojukov reports from Chile:

Chile is in touch! Today we had a magical day. We went to hot springs with cool views, rode along the river, swam in everything that came across along the way. Overall, the day was great. Tomorrow we will be walking along the slopes of Ojos del Salado.

The President of the 7 Summits Club, Alexander Abramov, reports from Chile:

 The "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days" team flew from Santiago to the city of Copiapo on the Pacific coast. Here we did some shopping for the camp, absolutely necessary things: two sofas for the dining room, a green carpet "Grass" and many different useful things. And then we went through the beautiful Atacama Desert. On the way, we stopped to look at the ancient copper mines. See the photos. And we stopped at Laguna Rosa, where there are a lot of flamingos. We are going further, to the base camp Laguna Verde at an altitude of 4300 meters. And on the way, we are filming the 6th episode of the film "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days", because Ojos del Salado is our 6th volcano in the record project. By the way, the weather is very windy so far. At the top it's 50-60 km per hour.