A group of the 7 Summits Club arrived in Chile to climb the Ojos del Salado volcano. Sergey Bogomolov is with us
Director of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko reports from Chile:
Salute to all from Chile! Today, a large group led by Alexander Abramov and supported by Alexander Dorojukov and Nikita Slotin finally arrived in Atacama and gathered at the festive table. Alex Abramov solemnly announced the official start of the expedition. Then the legendary Russian climber Sergey Bogomolov took the floor. He climbed 13 out of 14 eight-thousand meters and in the summer of 2023 he plans to climb K2 as part of the team of the 7 Summits Club, which he left to complete the project of 14 eight-thousand meters.
Sergey told many interesting stories from his rich mountaineering life - about joint ascents with Anatoly Bukreev, about Bashkirov's tragic death on Lhotse, about several of his attempts on K2 from different sides. Everyone listened with their mouths open. As a result, we decided that we would help Sergey Bogomolov to publish a book about his ascents.
Today we devoted the day to protein saturation - we ate live scallops with fried octopus. And tomorrow - departure to Atacama. Everyone is looking forward to it!