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News of the Elbrus region. The Cristall group climbed the Pastukhov Rocks today.  The weather is sunny and clear.  We were walking, enjoying the beautiful views of the mountain peaks that surround us. Summer is already leaving and it is getting cold above the rock ridges.  We put on our down jackets and went to the top of the rocks. Tomorrow we have a day of rest and we will prepare for the ascent on Elbrus.  The group's guide Andrey Berezin.

The director of the representative office of the 7 Summits Club in Nepal, a multiple summiter of Mount Everest, Mingma Gelu, received certificates from the Ministry of Tourism of Nepal documenting the fact of the ascent of the climbers of the 7 Summits Club on the highest peak in the World.  Accordingly, he immediately sent it to us in electronic form and sent the originals by mail. So the climbers will receive the document twice, there will be two reasons to remember the glorious events of this spring. When they overcame doubts, fears, anxieties, ailments, fatigue, cold and the dangers of an icefall, they survived and reached the top of Mount Everest. Let's envy them!

 Those who want to receive such certificates for climbing in 2022 should already declare their intentions. The composition of the expedition is already being formed. See the program for next year. The Everest-22 expedition is already beginning. As always, it is headed by Alexander Abramov. The worldfirst in the category of leaders of expeditions to Mount Everest. He has both the largest number of expedition leadership and the largest number of personal ascents on the top among the expedition leaders.

Sergey Avtomonov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club: A group of the 7 Summits Club from the slopes of the sacred Mount Ararat! Today was a great warm day with beautiful views of the valley at the foot of Ararat. We climbed to an altitude of 3900 for acclimatization. We came as a single team without lagging and separation, everyone feels good and is ready for tomorrow's climb to the assault camp! The guides of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov, Denis Abramov and Sergey Avtomonov were with you.

Alexandr Dorojukov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:  Greetings from Elbrus!  Today in the morning we went up to our comfortable refuge National Park, settled in it. And later we started the second day of acclimatization. We conducted snow and ice classes, learned how to use an ice axe, walk on fixed ropes. Now we have come down, had lunch and are resting.

 The second group with Andrey Berezin as a guide had the same program.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Hello to everyone from Shiraz - the ancient capital of Iran in the south of the country! Yesterday we flew here from Tehran and fell in love with this city from the very first minutes. Immediately in the morning we went to the magical mosque of roses, where we enjoyed the amazing play of light through the colorful stained glass windows. Then we had breakfast in the Persian gardens of one of the palaces of Shiraz. Then we walked around the city center, visited the bazaar, tasted freshly squeezed pomegranate juice. In the evening, we visited Hafez's garden at his grave - a magical place where lovers and just romantics come to read aloud the poems of the great Sufi. The parrots pulled out prophetic verses for us. We meditated at sunset in a magical Mirror Temple and had a picnic on the side of a cozy park on the outskirts of Shiraz.

Today we are already going to Isfahan.

 Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club. This morning, at 7:00, the group climbed  the summit of Mount Ararat in severe weather conditions. The wind tried to lift me up and move me a little, and so for a whole hour in a row, while we were on the top and near it. All but one (the youngest participant) ascended.  We have already descended to the camp 3300m, in good health and mood.

Boris Egorov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:  Hello to all from Elbrus! Today, the Wet Crampons team climbed to the highest point in Europe. The night before our assault, there was a thunderstorm and snow fell, so the ascent took place in not the most favorable conditions. Our participants were quite active, so we were almost the first among the groups to reach the top today. So, we trampled down fresh snow and made a trail. But it's nice that the not very good weather forecast did not come true, and we enjoyed the sun almost the whole way. Thank you to the participants for a great fast ascent! See you in the mountains!

Sergey Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Turkey:  Hello to all from Ararat from our group! Today we went up to the first camp. The climb was difficult, but interesting.  We managed to watch a sandstorm near Dogubayazit.  And then we saw a beautiful sunset already on the way, in front of the camp. Guides of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov, Alexander Abramov and Denis Abramov work with the group.

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club:  A group called "Crystal" has started a training program for climbing Elbrus.  Today we spent the first day of acclimatization on the slopes of Cheget. We climbed to the first station of the cable car, the height is 2700, we gained 700 meters in height. To start acclimatization, we have enough.  Tomorrow we plan to climb the refuge National Park and continue preparing for the ascent there.  The second group under the leadership of Alexander Dorojukov also started acclimatization rotation today.

Greetings from the slopes of Ararat! Yesterday's plan to walk to the assault camp and back was fulfilled.  We reached the iconic point "to the peak of 1000m" and calmly returned to the camp of 3300m. On the descent, the young part of the team was interviewed by a German television correspondent who was interested in how teenagers succeed walks in the mountains. Answer: It succeed easily. Today we are going to the upper camp and at night to storm the summit.

Greetings from the slopes of Ararat from the group of Artem Rostovtsev! Yesterday we moved to the slopes of the mountain and slowly, so as not to get tired, we went to the Camp1 at 3300m. Everything went well and all the participants went perfectly. Only we got wet and froze a little under a downpour with a thunderstorm. But the rain beat the dust, and it was more comfortable to walk. Today, in the plan, we will have an acclimatization walk to the upper camp, which we are currently doing.

The group of the 7 Summits Club under the guidance of Alexander Avtomonov and Dmitry Semenov today made an ascent on the highest point of Europe, as well as Russia, on the Western peak of Mount Elbrus. The ascent was made by all team, despite the difficult weather conditions.

  Greetings to all from Iran from the Demavend from the team "Kakasy in Iran"! Today, the whole team climbed on  the top of Mount Demavend! We started from the refuge at 4 am. About 10 hours on the approach to the top, the weather turned bad. Visibility dropped to 50 meters, a strong wind blew, and a snow blizzard began. But we showed perseverance and continued to move. At 11 am, the whole team was standing on the top of the highest volcano in Asia. By lunchtime, we went down to the base camp. We are resting now. Tomorrow we will go down to Tehran.

Anastasia Kuznetsova, guide and manager of the 7 Summits Club from Turkey:

The results of Fyodorov Konyukhov's expedition on Ararat. A team of friends and relatives of Fyodor Konyukhov was assembled in the amount of 20 people. The goal is to climb the legendary biblical peak of Ararat (5165 m) and have a good time. Results: the ascent was completed by all participants, on August 19, 2021 at 9.00 the team stood on the top of Ararat with a full team. We started the assault in three groups to climb later all together, which was done. The time for sincere conversations, memories of past expeditions and discussion of new plans flies by unnoticed. It is very likely that the next goal of the team will be the highest volcano in Asia - Demavend in Iran.

Now we are returning to Van to sum up the results, reward the participants for their perfect ascent and celebrate this event.

See you on mountains! Guides Alexander Abramov, Sergey Avtomonov, Anastasia Kuznetsova.

 Since the evening there was precipitation, it was snowing above 5000 meters. Part of the way our groups had to "trail".  After dawn, the weather improved, and they walked, admiring the views of the surrounding peaks. Everything was great, all the participants and guides reached the top. The groups were led by the guides of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.

Guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Onufrienko, from the Elbrus region:

Today, on August 19, according to the weather, we decided to leave at 4 am, as there was a thunderstorm. At 5-00 we came out from the height of 5100, through the snow and fog, in the direction of the summit. Yulia and Artem soon did not want to go further, not seeing the point because of poor visibility. They turned back from the end of “the oblique shelf”, but we must pay tribute, 5300 is also not bad. I will say thank you to our guides Berezin and Semyonov for the often placed hangers!

The head of the family, Alexander, and the eldest son, Vladimir, decided to fight with nature and received a single sunny picture on the saddle as a reward. And, finally, in 10-15 the main peak was reached, however, in a fog, but what can you do! But in fact, due to the warm wind from Abkhazia, a cap was formed over the top. But still, everyone is happy, there will be something to tell at work.

Group guide Lyudmila Korobeshko: Greetings to all from Iran, from the slopes of Demavend, from the team "Kakasy in Iran"! In the morning, we had to get up very early to get to the Demavend assault camp by secret paths, since Demavend is officially closed and the police do not allow us to climb the mountain. We started the ascent on foot from 2700, although usually everyone starts from 3100.

By lunchtime, we arrived at the camp for 4200. We are staying in the old refuge, as the new refuge is closed due to a lockdown. Tomorrow will be a day of acclimatization and preparation for the assault. All participants feel great.

Alex Abramov from Turkey: Fyodor Konyukhov's team climbed Mount Ararat, all members reached the top: 20 participants and 6 guides. Many participants are in the mountains for the first time. Weather for today: strong wind and clear. The guides are Alexander Abramov, Sergey Avtomonov and Anastasia Kuznetsova.

Guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin from the Elbrus region:  The group of the 7 Summits Club  climbed the Pastukhov Rocks today.  It was sunny and clear all the way.  But on the Pastukhov Rocks, a snowdrift began and a slight frost was felt. Tomorrow we are resting and preparing for the ascent.

P.S. On the ascent we saw the flight of Nims on a paraglider (see the video)

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko:

Greetings from Iran (almost from the slopes of Demavend) from the group "Kakasy in Iran"! Today we managed to leave Tehran, make our way through several checkpoints and arrive in the town of Larijan at the very foot of Demavend.

Now we are soaking in the hot springs, resting and preparing for tomorrow's transition to the assault camp on Demavend.