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  Andrey Berezin, the 7 Summits Club guide: news from Elbrus. Today, our group "Black Jack ", all members - 19 persons, reached the Western summit of Mount Elbrus.  We hasten to share this news with you. The weather today was perfect. At the top: no cloud in the sky, no wind, stunning views of the Caucasus mountains.  That's all for today.

Boris Egorov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

 This is the final episode of our Brazilian series! We climbed to the top of Mount Elbrus! The weather was perfect today. The mountain let us did it and our Brazilian friends were happy to tears. Today we already enjoy a shower and in general the benefits of civilization. The End.

Guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergei Avtomonov:  Hi!  And have a Brazilian mood!  We started the program with a new group from Brazil. Today we climbed to the top station of the cable car Cheget to a height of 3100. Then we took the necessary equipment at the rent office and are going to move to the refuge National Park.

The first of the four parts of the film "The Man who always wanted more" is available on YouTube channel RD Studio.   Vasily Shakhnovsky climbs Mount Kazbek together with friends and guides of the 7 Summits Club:

The premiere of the second part will be held on Sunday, August 11 at 16-00. This time the expedition set out to conquer Mount Manaslu, one of the most beautiful and dangerous mountains of Nepal.

 The group "Black Jack" (guides  Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorogunov), the largest group this season, today  went to the Pastukhov Rocks. Members and guides climbed at a good pace.  On the way back it began to snow, but they  were already returning.

The Brazilian group led by the guide Boris Egorov is also preparing to storm the summit of Elbrus, completing the acclimatization rotation.

Aloha, friends and family! Here is a group of the 7 Summits Club, going to Khan Tengri under the leadership of Vladimir Kotlyar. We're OK! Today we held ice classes, remembered the technique of movement on the ice in crampons and with ice axes, worked out the movement on glaciers and work with jumars on fixed ropes. Tomorrow we go to the big mountains for acclimatization. There will be no Internet, so only satellite communication.

On January 12, an unusual event occurred at the South Pole. A group of 13 men came here on bicycles.  It was a team of the 7 Summits Club: 11 members plus guides Alexander Abramov and Artem Rostovtsev. For the first time the group on two-wheeled bicycles reached the South Pole. And here's a little more than six months later, Alexander Abramov received medals for the world record reaching the South Pole by bicycle.

Andrey Berezin, the group guide:

Just the second day of August, and already the summit!  Today the group "Drinking monkey's" climbed to the highest point of Europe – Mount Elbrus (5642). August night was clear, but cold, so we warmed up only above the Saddle. And there is already near the summit, which we made certainly.  Congratulations to all of our group!

 Sergey Larin, guide of the 7 Summits Club in Tanzania:

  Kilimanjaro, day 5. 1.08. Camp Karanga - camp Barafu 4600m. Easiest 3 hours. At 14:00 we had lunch and went to rest. Dinner-Breakfast at 23:00. At midnight, start to the summit.

 Day 6. 2.08. The start of the ascent was exactly at 0:00. The weather has improved: the stars, the wind is weak, cold.  In the period from 7:30 to 8:30 all members of the group reached the top. Now we have all gone down to the Camp Barafu and prepare to go down to the camp Millennium 3800m...

Continued testing Elbrus group "Drinking monkey's ". Today, according to the acclimatization program, we had rotation to the Pastukhov rocks. Still yesterday Elbrus we met hot sun and clear day, also calm. At night, the weather changed dramatically. All night there was a thunderstorm. In the morning the storm ended, but the wind continued, in some places the gusts were up to 40 km/h. But the wind is not a hindrance to acclimatization. We climbed the Pastukhov rocks at a good pace, the wind at times only cheered us on the way to the goal of the day. Tomorrow on the program we will have arest. We will prepare for the ascent in the night from Friday to Saturday.

Sergey Larin, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Kilimanjaro-2, day 3, July 30. Transfer from Shira camp to Baranko camp 3900m via Lava tower 4600m. We left at 8:20. Weather's bad. Strong wind, clouds. A week ago at 4000m we went in thermal underwear, now it was not hot in down jackets. The Lava tower had a nice lunch in the tent. We came to Baranko at 17:00. 4,600.  

 Before we climbed  Batian, our whole team climbed Peak of Lennana . It is the third highest peak in the Kenya massif, with a height of 4985. Didn't even climbed, and almost ran over three hours, with a vertical drop of nearly 800 meters. It was easy and very beautiful.

Hello dears! This is a guide Boris Egorov from Kenya. We made it - the peak of Batian 5199м, yay! But it was not easy at all! Because of the rainy season, we were watered every day in the camp at 4200, and it was snowing on the mountain. And we made a difficult decision to start two hours after sunrise, so that the route had time to dry out a little. We left the camp at 7 am, started climbing at 8 am, and at 6:30 PM, at sunset stood on top! All the way there was fog, we were caught by rain and hail, a full set of summer African weather, but nothing stopped us! We went down in the darkness and pulled the last rope just after sunrise the next day. In total, we went from camp to camp for 25.5 hours. Day without sleep, only high-quality climbing and intense descent. Batian is a serious mountain, but we were ready and coped!

Alexander Dorojukov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello! Today the group "Summit of Apollos" climbed Western summit of Elbrus. And half of the group climbed two peaks. That is, they climbed Eastern Summit of Elbrus. The weather in the morning was not too good, a strong gusty wind blew, sometimes just blown off our feet. But later the weather allowed us to climb two peaks. Everyone is happy, happy and cheerful. We go down to the hotel.   Guide Alexander Dorojukov.

25 members of our great expedition successfully climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro via the Umbwe route.  It was July 25th, and now the team has come down and is preparing to return home. We offer a large selection of photos sent by our guides Alexander Abramov, Sergey Larin and Anastasia Kuznetsova.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Aloha, friends! A team of climbers to the Peak of Lenin named "Zaalaysky literary-musical club, named after Lenin" completed their expedition! The 25th of July, we successfully summited, descended safely, alive and healthy! The mountain continues to please with great weather and views! We leave the base camp and return to our native land! Goodbye majestic Peak, goodbye mighty glaciers, goodbye transparent frosty sky and burning mountain sun!

Andrey Berezin, Guide of the 7 Summits Club:

 The tale of how bad weather turned into good weather! Tonight a group "Snowcat = beltebil" was launched on the ascent. The forecast, after a week of thunderstorms and snowfalls, promised clarification. But the clarification was accompanied by a strong wind up to 50 km/h. The Forecast was justified.  There was a strong  wind, and grits ice, and frost. But these weather difficulties only strengthened us in achieving the goal. Summary: the summit!

Sergey Larin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

 Kilimanjaro. Day 7. 26 .07. Now you can congratulate us!  25 PAX were on the summit!  The EKSMO AST group descended to the exit of the Kilimanjaro National Park. We came down from the Millennium camp in 4 to 5 hours. Wait for more information and photos!

Bad weather reigns on Elbrus. For two weeks there is no good weather in the area.  The sun appears only for a short time. Acclimatization rotation of our groups takes place in difficult conditions. Real test. It has to end sometime!

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello 7 Summits! We reached the summit of Lenin Peak! But it is early to congratulate us, for now we are on descent from the summit to camp 3.