All news: October 2011

Hi all! This is Dmitry Ermakov from the expedition to Mera Peak. Today, almost all the members of our expedition has reached the summit of Mera Peak! Unfortunately, one of our participants couldn't reach the summit and stoped his ascent 200m before the top. All participants feel fine. Today we start the descent and then go back to Kathmandu. Everything is fine. Dmitry Ermakov.

The participants of the expedition:

    Dmitry Ermakov - guide, expedition leader 

1.    Apal'kov Alexander
2.    Dmitry Barabanov
3.    Sergey Dmitriev
4.    Alexander Dubinkin
5.    Kirill Ants
6.    Andrey Podolyan
7.    Vitaly Simonovic   
8.    Alexander Sobolenko 
9.    Mikhail Filippov
   

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The southern slopes of Mount Elbrus will be open to all visitors, probably from 1th December. Counter-terrorist operation is not canceled and may be even remain. However,  no special restrictions on the visit will be exist. Cable cars, damaged by terrorists, are fully restored. Hotels are preparing to meet skiers. In the spring we are waiting for ski tourists, then the race in Elbrus. We hope that next summer will be in normal.

Elbrus area qualifies as a backup venue for ski competitions of the Olympic Games in 2014. Authority promise a beginning  large-scale construction works in nearest future.

Fresh pictures from the Elbrus Regin (from risk.ru)

Mount Cheget - an extreme skiers paradize

Majestic Donguz-Orun

Meanwhile, Olympic Organizing Committee announced plans for the torch relay....

Author: Stefan Korshak.

Relay runners will for the first time carry the Olympic flame to the North Pole, Russian organizers of the 2014 Winter Games said on Tuesday.

 Dmitry Chernyshenko. Archive picture: Yuri Kochetkov

"The most ambitous relay race" ever attempted with an Olympic flame will also take the fire into space and across a 5,000 metre mountain, Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of Russia's Olympic committee, told the news agency Itar-Tass.

A trip for the flame into space, possibly involving the International Space Station (ISS), will be a major challenge, as will be taking the fire to the summit of the 5,642-metre-high Mount Elbrus, Russia's tallest mountain and the highest peak in Europe, Chernyshenko said.

The Olympic flame is scheduled to arrive in Moscow from Athens in October 2013 and then to travel in relays just under 9,000 kilometres to the Pacific port Vladivostok.

In the remaining 123 days until the Olympic Games, running from February 7 to 23, the flame and its carriers will follow a route of more than 40,000km through all 83 major cities in Russia's regions, Chernyshenko said.

More than 30,000 volunteers will participate in the flame relay, he said.

The 22nd Winter Olympic games are scheduled to be held from February 7 to 23, 2014, in the Black Sea port city Sochi and in the adjacent Caucasian mountain resort Krasnaya Polyana.

Independent, Ski visit into Krasnaya Polana

Nid d’Aigle should re-open only in spring 2013. Following this summers closure of the last segment up to the Nid d’Aigle on the Tramway du Mont Blanc, it has now been announced that this stretch of the line will be remain closed until spring 2013.

Important safety work needs to be carried out to protect the track whilst new tracks are to be laid. With this in mind, the final leg of the tram track will not be open to the public.

Mountaineers planning to climb Mont Blanc will be able to carry on to Mont Lachat, between Bellevue and Nid d’Aigle. The Tete Rousse should still be accessible on foot via the Chemin des Rognes and Les Ruines, allowing alpinists a safer route around the danger zone.

Hi all! This is Dmitry Ermakov from Lukla. After a long delay due to weather conditions and congestion of air traffic, today we arrived in Lukla.  But, nevertheless, at 17 o'clock we were at the right place. Today we decided to stay in Lukla, as tomorrow will be a very big move and we decided to enjoy another day comfort, good coffee, delicious pastries and the internet. Today we decided to stay in Lukla, because tomorrow we have easy day. We decided to enjoy another day of comfort, good coffee, delicious pastries and the Internet. Tomorrow we're moving in the Putang  village and the day after tomorrow we leave on our first pass. All members feel very good, weather is wonderful.  Bye everyone!

The participants of the expedition:

    Dmitry Ermakov - guide, expedition leader 

1.    Apal'kov Alexander
2.    Dmitry Barabanov
3.    Sergey Dmitriev
4.    Alexander Dubinkin
5.    Kirill Ants
6.    Andrey Podolyan
7.    Vitaly Simonovic   
8.    Alexander Sobolenko 
9.    Mikhail Filippov

Hi, 7 Summits! This is Dmitry Ermakov from Kathmandu. Today we have met the remaining members of our trekking, checked in to the hotel, after that everybody had a great tour around Kathmandu, and visited the main attractions. Andrey Padolyan and Dmitry Barabanov went bungee jumping, they all turned out well and got a lot of emotions.
Now we are in the famous restaurant Rum Doodle celebrating beginning of the expedition. Tomorrow, early in the morning, we all take off at Lukla and begin tracking part of the expedition. Everybody feel   very well. Buy everyone!

The participants of the expedition:

    Dmitry Ermakov - guide, expedition leader

1.    Apal'kov Alexander
2.    Dmitry Barabanov
3.    Sergey Dmitriev
4.    Alexander Dubinkin
5.    Kirill Ants
6.    Andrey Podolyan
7.    Vitaly Simonovic   
8.    Alexander Sobolenko 
9.    Mikhail Filippov

Today, October 21, starts new program of the 7 Summits Club in Nepal - ascent to Mera Peak! Previously, all our groups sought closer to the Everest - at Kalapatar or Island Peak. In this program the expedition will go in the opposite direction to the summit of Makalu, climbing in quite wild places. So many nights  our group will spend in tents.

The head of the expedition Dmitry Ermakov flies in Nepal today. Dmitry will have to finish the last preparations for the arrival of the group and host a banquet in the legendary Rum Doodle  which honored our club, which included a large number of climbers to the Everest.

The participants of the expedition:

1.    Dmitry Ermakov - guide, expedition leader
2.    Apal'kov Alexander
3.    Dmitry Barabanov
4.    Sergey Dmitriev
5.    Alexander Dubinkin
6.    Kirill Ants
7.    Andrey Podolyan
8.    Vitaly Simonovic   
9.    Alexander Sobolenko 
10.    Mikhail Filippov

As many people all over the world the members of 7 Summits Club were shocked at receiving the tragic news on Steve Jobs death.

To honor the memory of this outstanding person we decided to organize an expedition to Nepal in spring 2012. Our team will climb one of the nameless peaks in the Himalaya and will name it after Steve Jobs. As well known he was a buddist hence the choice of the region.

We invite everybody to take part in this expedition. You will have a chance to get to the summit where no one has been before and thus honor the memory of Steve Jobs.

The tentative dates of the expedition

Join us!