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Hello! This is Lyudmila Korobeshko from the expedition on Carstensz. Now I am at the base camp of the Pyramid Carstensz at 4200. Here I have arrived with one Indonesian friend early yesterday morning, specifically to prepare everything for the arrival of the group. We set up tents, set up a camp. Then we put the public tent, and even made a small cleaning area. Anyway, all is well. Yesterday, however, all day pouring rain, but we did expect this...

So the expedition to  Carstensz seria-2 starts. We arrived at 8 people in Bali. Under the guidance of Lyudmila Korobeshko and Alexander Abramov. And then we met our group-1, which yesterday returned to Bali from Carstensz, under the leadership of Artem Rostovtsev. We are resting and remembering what happened. Group members were not allowed to hike through the jungle, as the military said that in the jungle is unsafe. And so they flew in a helicopter. And rightly so. As somebody said, in the area of Carstensz yesterday there were shot a car with police from machine guns. Tonight we will fly to Timika. In the lair of the Papuans

Lyudmila Korobeshko from Papua: Today Oct 30, I arrived at Timika on the island of Papua New Guinea after a short preparatory phase on Bali.

All day I with local guides bought food (a supplement to previously purchased delicacies in Bali), carefully weighed and packaged equipment. Tomorrow the helicopter promised to take 350 kilos. Alex Abramov insisted that we have brought an oak table and chairs. "There's got to be at the highest level!"

In the evening we visited the migration service. I was photographed on a red background and I have a subscription that I'm on the good will go to the lair of the Papuans. And I agree not to come closer than 5 km to secret American mine and not to ask for help in any case.

I go to bed, tomorrow at 4.45 departure to the airport. I and a cook will fly 2 days earlier, we will make a camp.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of 7 summits Club: a group named  "Navy Seals Kotlyar"  is closer to the goal! We came in Khare, the place on the 4900. Here are  last  loggias in the valley. We went perfectly! I'm proud. I'm thinking to spend here not one day of rest, but two. But I'll decide tomorrow on the well-being of the group as a whole and forecast...

Maxim, guide of 7 summits Club: Well, that ended our stay in the mountains. Contrary to popular belief that the autumn is not good season and it is a little late for climbing, we had a great four days! We have training on the rocks and the ice, made a trial ascent, worked out the basic techniques of climbing. And only at the end the weather held us up. We not only managed to put a beautiful point, climbing the Breithorn.

However, no one's upset, because now there is a great reason to come back here again...

Guide 7 summits Club on the trek "Around Manaslu" Andrey Berezin:

Hello! We successfully completed the trek around Manaslu, we are now in Besisahar. The first half of the day we rode in pickup trucks on a mountain road. We have successfully completed the pass Lark La, 5100m altitude, then went down to Bintang. Where we went down to Dharapani, the distance traveled yesterday was 20 kilometers. And this morning we go to Kathmandu...

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of  the 7 Summits Club:

Here is Papua. Yesterday morning we failed to fly from the mountain. We walked around the area, doing local studies. Nearby, somehow called Yellow, valley, a gold-copper open pit, and of course the mountains. We shamans weather that we will take us today. We were taken by the second attempt and pulled. Hello, civilization!

The message of 27 October. Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of  the 7 Summits Club:

The group "Navy Seals of Kotlyar" successfully passed the pass Zatra La!

We went down to the village of Gotha!

Today is the birthday of Oleg! And we made a cake, but congratulations on the sweet was inscribed with ketchup!

Artem Rostovtsev, a guide of  the 7 Summits Club: Hi, 7 summits! This is Artem Rostovtsev from Papua. We are in the base camp under Carstensz. Now exactly 2:20 local time, remember this time! Today the day began in Timika. In the morning we had a breakfast at the hotel, then arrived at the airport. We waited for our departure of the helicopter, waited for a long time... then flew. According to the forecast we knew that today is the last day of good weather ... and we decided to climb to the top immediately ...

Not to stand in the night, not get wet in the rain. The result: at 2:20 we reached the summit and descended. And now we celebrate our success. Everyone is feeling great. The Chinese delegation, which is here, came... congratulated us ....

There was no helicopter today, but tomorrow we hope to fly in Timika. Bye! Artem Rostovtsev

Maxim, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Sunny weather continues to pamper us.

Today we climbed to the summit of Aiguille de Toule 3500. As planned, then we  had a little practice on the glacier and solidified in the previous days knowledge by great climbing.

The 7 Summits Club started the development and production of medals for ascents on each of “the 7 summits”. Today there was the first presentation of the medal for climbing Kilimanjaro. And practicing the ceremony of awarding the medals. Medals are awarded in a festive atmosphere by dressing on the neck of each participant. Medals are only given to the summit climbers. Its will be  not sold and not given. To every coin is issued a certificate signed by the guide. At presentation of the medal women made curtsey and kiss a guide. Men stand a thank-you on one knee. These rules must be explained by the guides prior to delivery. The certificate must be completed and signed by the guide.

Artem Rostovtsev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Rainy greetings from Papua! We are again in Timika. In short, we flew to Sugapa, and then are unable to overcome obstacles in the form of representatives of the tribe of Moni on the way to the jungle. Some time groups of tourists weren't there, and, perhaps, some time, still will not. We spent the night in a police station  and in the morning were evacuated at the first opportunity. We'll go the other routes planned tomorrow to fly to the base camp under a Pyramid Carstenz by helicopter.

Negotiations, massive entry of Papuans in the police station, talks, again talks...

A guide of the 7 Summits Club on the trek "Around Manaslu" Andrey Berezin: And in the meantime, our group successfully gains altitude and acclimatization. The output was 3800 at 4300m...

On the route  two members of the expedition on Everest 1982 met: Nicholay Cherny and Sergey Bershov...

Join us to watch a short film about the mountains and wonderful nature! This is the story of the Northern island of Japan - Hokkaido, where wildlife is close neighbors with comfort and convenience for travelers.

Volcanoes, fumaroles, hot springs, flower fields, fruit picking, museums, acquaintance with the samurai, shows and even participating in a main role of local performance - all in a video clip from one of the most active participants of programs  of the 7 Summits Club - Smirnov family.

The author of the videos –15-year-old Nina Smirnova, editing- Smirnova Natalia.

Pleasant watching!

Due to weather conditions and accumulated in two non-flying days  tourists, today we again failed to fly to Lukla on the plane. So we decided to fly in a helicopter)))

Maxim Foygel, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Cold and drizzly weather in the capital of mountaineering Chamonix has not inspired us to venture into the rocks. We quickly switched to Italy:)

Oh, how wonderful is autumn Aosta! A complete contrast of France.

On the rocks near the village of Arvier we worked out a basic mountaineering technic - descent and ascent on a rope, tied knots and refreshed knowledge on working with different types of equipment.

The forecast for tomorrow is good, we go on the glacier Mer de Glas for training in ice.

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of  the 7 Summits Club: Hi, 7 summits! A group of Papua-Carstensz gathered in Timika. Today I met the team at the airport, they checked in, slept off. All you need to navigate to mountain attended. We checked with the immigration service, the first step to getting a residence permit. Then we got under a tropical shower, and has revised our approach to protection from the rain. We bought another waterproof layer. Now in this matter we are quite.

Tomorrow finally we leave this bastion of civilization and go to the Papuan jungle. In the morning we depart for the array, which dominated by Pyramid Carstensz, and will slowly stomping around 5-6 days and we'll be under the mountain.

October 20, Friday, the 7 Summits Club celebrated its 10th anniversary in the restaurant "Korchma Taras Bulba", at our friend Yuri Beloyvan. The evening passed very quickly and we can't believe we had so much to hear and see. Thank you friends who came to congratulate us! Thanks to those who sent greetings to other types of communication! Thanks to the staff of the restaurant!

Among other things, highlight the following presentations:

1. Opening remarks of Yuri Beloyvan (owner of Korchma Taras Bulba) with a story about his Seven summits and friendship with our Club.

2. The performance of Natalia Smirnova (our permanent participant in the most difficult and interesting, including "pioneering" expeditions) with the story of the campaign under Manaslu.

3. Video clip of our guide Vladimir Kotlyar about climbing Manaslu.

4. Congratulations from our partners and friends from around the world..

5. The performance of our guide and high-altitude doctor all Everest expeditions Sergey Larin with a story about our new project - 14 eight-thousanders. Next summer we organize an expedition to Gasherbrum-II

6. The story of Lyudmila Korobeshko with the announcement of our fall HELICOPTER expedition to the Karstensz.

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And pictures:

The group of Vladimir Kotlyar on the Mera Peak gathered in Kathmandu. The group is waiting in readiness at the airport when it will open registration to Lukla.

Guide the 7 Summits Club on the track "Around Manaslu" Andrey Berezin: All night and all morning it rained. Wet trail, snow on the mountains. Tomorrow we will continue our journey to the pass Larkya La.

And today we decided not to go into the clouds to the base camp Manaslu.