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Lyudmila Korobeshko, guide and Director of The 7 Summits Club:

Hi, best regards from Elbrus region! Today we held a solemn ceremony of awarding climbers on Elbrus by diplomas and medals. By the way, this is the first of this kind of medals that our Club gave climbers.

 In total, we have awarded 25 persons:

Alexander Abramov, leader of the Everest expedition of the 7 Summits Club:

A message from 5th of May. Today our second group has climbed to ABC camp at 6400m. The first group today climbed to the North Col 7000m. And the third group sleeps in Middle Camp at an altitude of 5800 m. Now very strong wind dominated on Everest slopes.  We want to complete the second acclimatization rotation before promised storms on May 8-10.

We also celebrated the birthday of Kamil Suсhanski, our member from Poland. He is 41 years old....

Lyudmila Korobeshko from Elbrus region: Neymar himself, the captain of the Brazilian national football team, and the whole team signed this shirt. Our friend Pepe came to Elbrus today with a Brazilian film crew to shoot a film about climbing Elbrus specifically for the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Russia. In support of national football team.  Sergey Avtomonov will work with the group as a guide. Brazilians have a lot of different equipment and drones. They promise to glorify the 7 Summit Club all over Brazil;)

I did it!  I climbed Lobuche East! Wow… such a mountain!  The average steepness of the snow slope is about 35-45 degrees, and sometimes reaches 50.

The way up took 4 hours 45 min., descent to the camp 2 hours. And return to the village Lobuche seemed never-ending and never succumbed to any dimension...

 On the eve of the ascent, still kneeling in the snow, I earnestly beg the gods of good weather... And gods, stubbornly wanting still to hear anything about the scorching sun and the clear sky, suddenly turned towards me, revealing a truly magnificent, breathtaking views!!!

 I express my gratitude to the local gods, as well as to the 7 Summits Club  for prompt organization of my individual climbing)))

Olga Rumyantseva, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Mexico:

Today, our group climbed on Orizaba. Everyone who wanted to and went on the ascent, stood on top of the highest volcano in North America. Before that there were days of acclimatization. On the eve of the ascent it was raining. It lasted till ten o'clock. But by twelve, when we were about to go out, we were finally shown the stars. Having overcome the stone obstacles and endless steep snow climb, our group reached the top!

Groups of our gudes Sergei Semykin and Dmitri Semenov caught on top a good view. And the group of Andrei Berezin, reached the summit later, was in a fog. But in General, the weather in Elbrus is very good: rather warm, the wind is weak.  The summit was reached by 25 clients and 5 guides.

Alexander Abramov, head of the Everest expedition of the 7 Summits Club:

Our 3 groups are resting in the Base Camp. The party for May 1, full massage, a wonderful meal from our Chilean chef. Shower and bar.

Tomorrow we again go up to the North Col. 7000 m, where we plan an overnight. All 3 groups must have time to make this acclimatization hike before May 8. After May 8, a storm wind...

Lyudmila Korobeshko from the area of Elbrus:

Hello everyone! Three of our group on Elbrus has successfully completed acclimatization. Today is a rest day. And in the night (early morning tomorrow) we all go to storm the summit. This is about 30 people with participants and guides! Wish us luck! By the way, the youngest our climber Sasha Rumyantseva, daughter of our guide Olga Rumyantseva, will climb with us. It looks like mom and daughter are going to storm the same day two different peaks. Mom – Orizaba  in Mexico,  and the daughter -  Mount Elbrus in Russia.

Having gone down to the base camp after the first acclimatization exit, the team of the  7 Summit Club solemnly celebrated the day of labor and spring, as well as the world day of solidarity of workers.

Watch live stream from Alex Abramov:

And a few photos:

Yesterday we came to ABC. At an altitude of 6400m. The snow fell. We slept the first night with oxygen. Magically. Today we went to the altitude of 6550m under the beginning of the ropes on the North Col. Snow, cold, but without wind. Tomorrow we go down, to the bath and massage. By the way tomorrow, May 1, we are organizing a Party in our super comfortable camp. We invite all the expeditions that will be in the Base Camp.

Olga Rumyantseva, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Mexico:

 Our team finally got together yesterday in Mexico city. All day members arrived from different corners of the planet. This morning we leave for La Malinche to climb the volcano of the same name. In the meantime, we get acquainted with the local cuisine and visual agitation. All it was a bit unexpected for Mexico…

Alexei Lonchinsky, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Nepal:

Hello! Our group today climbed the summit of Lobuche East. All who came to storm, successfully climbed to the top. The weather was calm, cloudy. Not cold.  We went out at 2-30 and at the top we were  at 7: 30. At 8:00 we began the descent and at the tents we were at 9:30. We drank tea here and went down to the loggia of the same name. Now we are resting…

Andrei Berezin, a leading guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus:

Today, a group called the Magnificent Seven visited AI cafe, a famous place on Cheget. Reak spring weather pleased us. We saw such famous peaks as Donguzorun and Nakra, and of course, Mount Elbrus.

Dmitry Semenov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus:

Today our group made the first acclimatization rotation on slopes of Cheget, to cafe AI.  We well walked, I and members are happy with the day.

Sergei Semykin, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello, from Sunny Elbrus region! The first day of acclimatization is over. The path to the waterfall of Maiden Braids was very picturesque. Excellent weather and mood accompanied us!  What we wish all! Sergei Semykin's Group.

Mountain school in the Crimea begins of classes on the cliffs of Simeiz.  Our participants Natalia and Maria train under the guidance of great guides Natalia and Alexei.

Tomorrow we will consolidate skills in practice - we will storm the climbing route "Surprise". And the weather here is wonderful, plus this incredible "breeze" with the smell of flowering Wisteria...

 Alexander Abramov, head of the Everest expedition:

Our teams take turns climbing to the advanced base camp at 64000m. We breathe oxygen the first night.

 Weather is good. It snows every afternoon. There are already 3 groups of Sergey Kovalev, Volodya Kotlyar, Alexander Abramov and Andrey Mariev. The fourth group will be here tomorrow. It's snowing, it's cold, but we have a great dining room tent with heaters. Now it comfortably accommodates 24 people.

Anna and Alexey Shpak from Nepal:

Today we started from Lobuche Village and went to Kala Patthar. We came down from the top to the base camp of Mount Everest. And then we went back to Lobuche almost  for dinner time. We had a long day: work up 20 horizontal km above Lobuche.

Alexander Abramov, head of the expedition on Everest:

  Today in the Base Camp of Mount Everest there was a Puja, a ceremony of consecration of the camp. All participants got dirty by local flour tsampa and was very pleased.

The first group today went to the Middle camp at 5800m for overnight. And tomorrow they plan to go up to the camp ABC 6400m and spend 2 nights there. 

Tomorrow and the second group goes up, and the day after tomorrow-the – third group. Each group has 10 members with guides.

Alexander Abramov held another "live" from the base camp.

Watch it on Facebook (in Russian):

From the diary of Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of 7 Summits Club:

... yesterday, along with the opening of the bar, two massage tents were opened. Abramov hired masseuses from Tibet and now there is a turn for their service. Massage on 5200, whom going to tell, not believe.

In the evening there was a traditional hike to the bar, for coffee and mulled wine, and evening cinema show…

Natalia and Igor Smirnovs from Nepal:

Yesterday, April 26, we successfully climbed Dump peak 6015. Here it is also called Tapa Peak. We would not call this  mountain a trekking peak. It was rather hard  with the use of crampons, ropes and harnesses. At some point, we regretted not taking the ice axes. There were even sections of rock climbing at an altitude of 5600-5800. However, we are usually lucky with the route-the rain, the ice, the snow on the waist.

Today in the morning we went down to the village of Marfa at an altitude of 2700.

In General, it was a great trekking with picturesque views of Dhaulagiri and a worthy end of the route-climbing to the Dampus peak!

Alexander Abramov, head of the expedition on Everest: 

News from the Everest base camp 2018 from our luxury camp.

The day was warm. Later it's snowing. Fantastic food. All in shock. Elena led a Yoga class this morning.

Tomorrow a group of Kotlyar and Kovalev goes to the camp ABC.

The next day I will go with Dima (Ermakov) and 8 people are following in their footsteps. The day after tomorrow - Andrei Mariev, Sergei Larin and 8 more people.

We slept all with oxygen for the first night. Everyone slept great.

Today we opened two massage rooms with the masseuse, the inhabitants of Tibet. Today was the opening of the bar. And going to Rongbuk. All members and guides are happy and proud that we have the best camp on Everest for all 60 years of development of Everest.

The second group arrived in the base camp in full. At the same time Alexander Abramov conducted a direct report on his Facebook page…

Weather was cloudy, at night it snowed, which successfully melted during the day. Now the entire expedition is in the base camp. It has 24 members (22 – Russian, 1 – Polish and Lhakpa Sherpa), 10 guides,  35 high-altitude Sherpas, 3 – movie crew.