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Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, head of the Everest expedition, reports from Nepal:

Today, the team of the 7 Summits Club "Everest-24" under the leadership of Alexander Abramov flew to Lukla. We flew by helicopters over the beautiful mountains of the Himalayas. We moved from Lukla amicably and cheerfully walking to Phacking. We settled in the best local loggia.

In the evening there was a lecture on medicine, which was conducted by our doctor Andrey Selivanov. Also today, a team of 6 people has been formed who will participate in the Everchess competitions. This is a record-breaking international chess tournament on Everest, the final will be held on May 8. In the meantime, we are practicing.

Victor Volodin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

Good afternoon, greetings from Nepal! Today, the group "Let's Go!" started from the village of Phakding and, passing through a narrow gorge with suspension bridges, reached the capital of the Sherpas, Namche Bazaar. The weather is good, the mood is fighting.

The guide of the 8000 Club, Viktor Volodin, reports from Nepal:

News from April 13 from the Everest climbing group of the 8000 Club team. All participants arrived in Kathmandu. Today we had an excursion and educational day, we visited interesting places of the city. Then we checked the equipment and are already preparing for tomorrow's flight to Lukla.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, head of the Everest expedition, reports from Nepal:

Today we met the entire Everest climbing team. We checked the equipment. And in the evening we had a great party together with the Mera Peak team. In total, 40 participants of the expeditions of the 7 Summits Club gathered together.

Namaste from Nepal! Our Nepali spring season is starting! The group "Himalayan fox cubs" goes to the Mera Peak. Today we are all gathered in Kathmandu, at the Yak and yeti Hotel. The welcome dinner was held together with a group of Everest climbers. It was cool. We're going to Lukla tomorrow. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, head of the Everest expedition, reports from Nepal:

Kathmandu is a place of meeting of friends. Today I met an old friend of the American guide Vern Tejas. We agreed to go to Denali together. Then we met the guide Andrey Erokhin with the Mera Peak group. And my friend, Dr. Myasnikov, is going with him.

Today, guides walk around the city and remember the places of their youth. And tomorrow the first group of Everest climbers arrives.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, head of the Everest expedition, reports from Nepal:

The team of guides of the Everest expeditions has arrived in Kathmandu. Today there was a significant event. We have received permits for Everest climb.

Now we are waiting for the participants of the Everest expeditions. The first of them arrive on April 12th.

 Message from RD Studio: The date of premiere of the film "The High-Altitude Gene 2. The Mountain of all Mountains" has been set. 

The premiere will take place on June 5 – in the birthday of Valdis Pelsh (head of RD Studio). It was on this day in 2017 that the premiere of the first part of "The High-Altitude Gene, or how to get to Mount Everest" took place. We decided not to break the tradition.

 The film tells about the successes and failures of the members of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club during the assault on the K2 peak in 2023. The film about the ascent of Mount Everest "The High-Altitude Gene", released in 2017, was shown on Russia's main television channel and collected more than 5 million views on the Internet.

Alla Mishina from Moscow and Sergey Seliverstov from Bishkek flew to Nepal today. This deuce goes on a new route for the 7 Summits Club to the southernmost corner of Nepal - Kanchenjunga.

 Meanwhile, two leaders of the Everest expeditions, Alexander Abramov and Viktor Volodin, as well as Dr. Andrey Selivanov, are meaningfully spending a transfer day in Istanbul.  They are also on their way to Nepal.

At 11 pm Moscow time, our friends from the Transglobal Car Expedition arrived at the North Pole. This is a significant milestone in their incredible journey. There are still many challenges, worries, and problems ahead, but we can take a moment to celebrate! We congratulate our friends and are proud to call them our friends. Good luck on your way, and may fortune smile upon you!

A few days remain before the start of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club on Dhaulagiri - 8167m, the seventh highest peak in the World. The expedition participants are some of the most experienced Russian high-altitude climbers.

⠀Leader: Lyudmila Korobeshko - Director of the 7 Summits Club, implemented the Seven Summits project three times, visited the poles twice, climbed Mount Everest three times, as well as Cho-Oyu, Manaslu, Makalu and K2. She completed the Seven Volcanoes project and became the first Russian woman to complete the 7+7 project (7 Summits + 7 volcanoes).

⠀Irina Zisman. She completed the Seven Summits project, climbing Mount Everest, Manaslu, Cho-Oyu, and Ama-Dablam.

⠀Vladimir Belkovich. Completed the Seven Summits project, summiter of Mount Everest, K2, Lhotse, Makalu, Manaslu, Lenin Peak, Ama-Dablam.

 Igor Smirnov. He has 6 Summits from 7 of the Seven Summits project, summiter of Mount Everest, Manaslu, Cho-Oyu, Shisha-Pangma, Makalu, Ama-Dablam.

 Vasily Kernitsky. Climber of Mount Everest, Manaslu, Cho-Oyu, Korzhenevskaya peak, Communism peak, Lenin peak.

 Yuri Lukyanov. 6 Summits out of 7 of the Seven Summits project, Snow Leopard, summiter of Manaslu and Makalu.

There are only a few days left before the start of our Everest 2024 expeditions. Sherpa teams are busy preparing the route, setting up the base camp. And future climbers are going on a long journey, completing work and family affairs. Now we have the opportunity to present the participants of the ascent of Mount Everest under the program "VIP Ascent of Mount Everest (8848 m) with a man of legend - Alexander Abramov.

Andrey Golov. An IT entrepreneur. "I'm going to the top for the third time to put an end to this story. Last time I reached 8,300, but Abramov gave me a medal, I'm going to repay my debts!"

Mountain experience: Elbrus, Kazbek, trekking in Nepal, all the main volcanoes of Ecuador, Lenin Peak, touching Everest.

Elizaveta Berezina. Lawyer. "I'm going to Mount Everest because I believe in my strength. This year everything has coincided - there is an opportunity, time and desire." Mountain experience: 2nd grade in mountaineering, Elbrus, Aconcagua, Lenin Peak

Galymzhan Kuspanov. Businessman. "The goal is to see our beautiful Planet with your own eyes from the highest peak of the world, feel the Greatness of the Creator and give praise to the Almighty! To do an important, meaningful and unforgettable thing in your life. This will be the fourth peak, if God wills, and there are three more ahead." Mountain experience: Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua.

Andrey Nybauer. "I want to complete the 7 PEAKS project"

Mountain experience: Elbrus, Kazbek, Cala Pathar, Island Peak, San Francisco, Ojos Del Salado, Aconcagua only up to 6000m, Kilimanjaro

Alexey Aksenov. Mountain experience: Vinson Massif, Lenin Peak, Ararat, Aconcagua

Herman Koshelev. Businessman. "I'm going to Mount Everest to make sure that the impossible is possible!" Mountain experience: Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Island Peak

Nikolai Shipilov.

Andrey Fedorov. Director of the Zemberi Real Estate Agency. "Because it's scary." Mountain experience: Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Island Peak, Aconcagua.

Dmitry Moskalev.  President of the Federation of Mountaineering and Rock Climbing of the city of Moscow. Mountain experience: Everest climber, Shisha Pangma, K2. Completed the 7 Summits project.

The guide team:

Alexander Abramov is a guide, the head of the expedition, a twelve–time climber of Mount Everest.

Elena Abramova - Base Camp Manager

Andrey Selivanov is a doctor.

Ilya Gladkikh is a videographer.

The group, which will work under the program of the Club 8000 project with the head Viktor Volodin, will work in parallel with the team of Alexander Abramov.

Viktor Volodin – guide, head of the expedition, climbed all the Pamir seven thousand meters, pioneered the northern wall of Mount Everest; pioneered the Lhotse Srednaya; pioneered the Western Wall on K2, was twice on the summit of Mount Everest, Manaslu.

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Denis Grachev. Organization and security. "Expectations are to climb to the Top and go down to the bar"

Mountain experience: Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, Denali, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Pichincha, Ilinica Norte, Chimborazo, Vinson, Kosciusko.

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Konstantin Simon. Director of the company for the construction of fiber-optic communication lines. "I am waiting for a new experience and unforgettable impressions from climbing"

Mountain experience: 1st class in mountaineering, Lenin Peak, Khan Tengri, Peak of Communism.

Leonid Korablev. I am engaged in construction. "I want to go there, climb to the top and descend safely"

Mountain experience: Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Aconcagua.

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Sergey Mikhalev. A pensioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,

Mountain experience: 1st class in classical mountaineering, Korzhenevskaya, Communism to Dushanbe, Lenin, Elbrus in January.

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Adrian Ahritculesei - Romania.

Mining experience: completed the project of 7 Volcanoes, ascended Aconcagua.

Today, on March 31, the Double group of the 7 Summits Club with a guide Viktor Volodin climbed the summit of Mount Elbrus 5642m - the highest point in Europe!

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Viktor Volodin reports from the Elbrus region:

Yesterday, the "Double" group of the 7 Summits Club rode a cable car to Garabashi station. We settled in the refuge and after lunch moved towards Refuge of Eleven for the acclimatization. The weather was good, and the participants feel great.

Today, the Double group went on an acclimatization rotation to the Pastukhov Rocks early in the morning. The weather stopped delighting us in the middle of the day, the wind rose, the sun went out, but this did not prevent it from carrying out our plans. Everything is going according to plan, we feel good.

 On March 28, the staff and friends of the 7 Summits Club and the 8000 Club summed up the results of the last season at the Winter 2024 After Party. We talked about our achievements over the past six months in Antarctica and South America. Those who closed the "Seven Psummits" and "Seven Volcanoes" programs over the past year were awarded.

And then we met the onset of a new season of climbing and trekking. Our climbing teams on Everest (two groups), Dhaulagiri, Lhotse and Kanchenjunga were solemnly conducted! Thanks to everyone who came and shared this little holiday with us!

Artyom Rostovtsev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Iran:

 Hello to the 7 Summits Club! A ski-touring expedition to Asia's highest volcano, Mount Demavend, has ended. The weather has repelled our attempt at climbing, but we will be back. The team is already going home today. Yesterday we spent time on tours of Tehran, mostly wandering around the Grand Bazaar. And in the evening, at a gala dinner, we celebrated our successes and gained invaluable experience.

Victor Volodin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:

Greetings to all from the Elbrus region!  The "Double" group arrived in Terskol late last night, had dinner, settled in. This morning, we checked the participants' equipment according to the list and went out to acclimatize to the Devichy Kosy waterfall. So everything is according to plan, the weather is fine, we feel good.

Artem Rostovtsev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Iran:

 Greetings from Iran from the ski-tour team of on Demavend! Today was the most important day of our trip - we went out early in the morning to storm the summit. The weather forecast showed some kind of small window with a decrease in wind strength. So it was, but only for an hour. And then the storm started. They retreated at about an altitude of 5150m. There is a reserve day tomorrow, but perhaps not - the wind is 95km/h in the forecast. But none of the participants were upset, it was interesting and there is a reason to return.

Artem Rostovtsev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Iran:

 Hello 7 Summits Club! The skitur Damavand expedition continues. We spent the second day in the vicinity of the Tochal ski resort. We caught good weather again in the afternoon, walked the species ring through the nearest ridge. And after dark, we checked our readiness for a night out on the Demavend - we went to the top of the Mount Tochal. Caught wind gusts up to 60km/h. As a result, we are ready to start climbing Damavand.

The Transglobal Car Expedition continues despite the fact that one of its leaders, Alexander Abramov, had to leave it for a while due to the lawlessness of the Canadian authorities.  On March 21, the team covered 63 kilometers across the ice of the Arctic Ocean and got 55 kilometers closer to the pole. Now there are less than 700 km to the North Pole! The expedition set up camp at 83 degrees 47” north latitude. Fuel supplies are expected to be received from the air here.

 In general, the pace of progress has been stable over the past 10 days, thanks to the ice reconnaissance service. Only a couple of days were hampered by the lack of visibility and ice hummocks. One day there was a need to stop for a small repair. In general, cars do not fail.

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