All news: September 2013

You are welcomed Kathmandu office, Elena Trishankova. We have just said farewell to the group of Alpari. They spend in Nepal nine unforgettable days. National Park Chitvang, trekking ... and Kathmandu, and Pokhara. It was a funny, noisy and happy company of friends. We were also in the same state. That is, we are slightly swirled. They return home flying to Moscow. With guides 7 Summits Club - Artem and Tina, they are also happy and satisfied. We hope to see everyone back here in Kathmandu. Hello everyone! Good luck!

The group of climbers of 7 Summits Club, consisting of 6 members: Oleg Dublennikov (St. Petersburg), Kondratieva Galina (St. Petersburg), Kondratieva Sophia (St. Petersburg), Sergei Tarasov (St. Petersburg), Kadochnikov Andrey (Moscow) and Maleev Alex (Moscow) - successfully climbed the Uhuru Peak by the Machame route.

2 persons from the team have returned home, and the remaining members continued to stay in Zanzibar after a safari through the national parks of Tanzania.

Hello! Alexander Abramov informed of the expedition to Carstensz Pyramid. Today, the day was again hard: rain, mud, slippery. But we went through the final part of jungle. In general, our expedition is over. The entire team gathered in Sugapa and tomorrow we fly to Timika. That is, we will be at the international airport. We'll probably spend the night at the Sheraton. The next day -Bali. Celebration ... and so on and so forth. In general, all must be soon in Moscow. Here, we just brought the whiskey! Hurry, that is finish. Bye!

Hello Club! I'm calling you from the highest point of Congo and Uganda, the third highest mountain in Africa, Margherita peak 5110 meters, approximately. Fabulous, I must say to you, is the mountain. Most interesting is that all the fun begins from the height of Mont Blanc. And before that, it was still climbing, like as of Tete Rousse to Gouter, though shorter, just an hour. Well, in general, fabulous mountain! Fortunately, we made it. True it was in the clouds and fog. Fortunately everything turned out .. We all went down to the cabin already. This is Helena Hut, 4500. Now we catch our breath, get together and before real rain started, will run to the lower shelter. There will be overnight. Bye!

Audio in Russian:

Hello! Today, roughly, at 10 am, the second team of six people summited Carstensz Pyramid. Downstairs there was rain, upstairs - snow, fog. Igor Demjanenko, Liana Chabdarova, Jamila Murtazina, Vitaly Simonovich, Elena Gorelik and Alexander Abramov. And also, two Indonesian guide. Thus, our entire team, in two days, climbed Carstensz Pyramid. Bisides, Lena Gorelik and Vitaly Simonovich, and Mikhail Turovsky (yesterday) completed the program 7 Summits with Carstensz Pyramid. We congratulate them! And now we will congratulate it during our dinner. And, tomorrow morning we start the way back, which should take four or, in the worst case, five days. Again, let's go by high plateau, swamps, jungle. I hope that all will be well. Thank you! Goodbye!

Alexander Abramov from the expedition to Carstensz Pyramid: the first part of group climbed the top of Carstensz Pyramid. The weather was not bad, some rain, snow and fog. We congratulate Mikhail Turovsky (from Piatigosk) who finished the program Seven Summits variant Carstensz. Tomorrow the second part will try to get the summit.

Mikhail Turovsky (in the center)

After returning from a white water rafting on the Trishuli, the group of Alpari repeated a tour of the capital city of Nepal. The weather was great, Everyone is happy.

Alexander Abramov of the expedition to Carstensz Pyramid. Today might be called "happy day" or "day of the sun." In the morning the sun came out, and during the day it occasionally shone for us. But sometimes, however, was a little rain.

But compared to previous days, of course, this is great progress. We have dry tents, the first time from the beginning of trek.

Now we are on the high plateau. In the morning, we have seen an array of Carstensz Pyramid. This camp five, a day from the future base camp.

Hello! Alexander Abramov sends information from Irian Jaya, aprovinceofPapua. We're going to Carstensz Pyramid. Today the whole day we walked through the swamps, climbed the steep slippery slopes, clinging to the different roots. One of porters even lost one boot in the mud. In general, it's not easy, everything is pretty hard ... Above that, Nikolai Stepanenko was sick of some unknown illness, and now we have sent him back. He went down with the accompanying and will try to fly home. Now we set up the tents right in the swamp, getting ready for bed, as well as to receive an evening meal. But, in general, we have all the good spirits. To Carstensz we should spend five more days of this path. And about five days on the way back. But we like this adventure. It is still not so bad. Goodbye!

The team of travelers from the company of Alpari goes in Nepal with the 7 Summits Club. Today our guide Tina Taova flies to Kathmandu to prepare everything for the arrival of the group. The second guide Artem Rostovtcev will off tomorrow with a large group (employees of Alpari). The most famous in the world of Russian forex company, Alpari - it is our permanent partner since 2008. And in 2012 we co-hosted a unique record project "Seven Summits in 300 days."

In the program this year - trekking through beautiful places inNepalin the region of Annapurna, rafting on the Trishuli and visit Chitvang Natinal Park with traditional elephant trekking and "hunt" for white rhinos ....

This is Dusharin Ivan, a guide of the 7 Summits Club. I am now on 4900. Today we climbed the Mera Peak. And tomorrow we will try to fly to Kathmandu and then toMoscow... In the group all is okay. Climbing today was made in bad weather, but with success. No Problem. All okay. I was Ivan Dusharin. All the best!

Hello! Alex Abramov sends information from Irian Jaya, aprovinceofPapua. We're going to Carstensz Pyramid. We rested a couple of days inBaliand today, with morning departures from Denpasar, we arrived in Timika. This is already the area of Irian Jaya. From Timika in just a few hours we flew to thevillageofSugapa. Sugapa is already known to me for the past journey, which took place in 2008. Of course, a lot has changed in 5 years ... but not too much. Tomorrow we start our trekking route.

Alex: So ended 4 days in theRepublicofPapua New Guinea. PNG - as it is known for locally. Now we're flying on a plane to the capital ofPhilippines-Manila. But there is a feeling that we are still in Papua, do not let go ...

Of course, the country looks like a "Reservation forAustralia."

All is well in Papua. And they do not need anything. It seems to me that they are happy.

Everything is very poor. They go to the ragged shoes or even barefoot. But Papuans are constantly smiling. Nice to see their friendly attitude. And not because of the money. Though of course we pay…

The hotel we had, was really good one. The best inMountHagen. With swimming pool. A dining ... It is super. Roast leg of lamb. And an array of delicacies. It is a pity that only once during the whole time…. The rest of the time we have to spend in wet tents or on sucking dirt trail.

We wanted to climb the highest volcano inAustraliaand Oceania –MountGiluwe (4368 m). This is one of the 7 Summits Project - 7 Volcanoes! Before us, there were 3-4 Russian climbers – all singles. And our team is made up of 7 climbers. It is possible to say - the first big Russian expedition. I'm kidding. You always want to stand out.

The ascent took two full days. And it turned out really challenging and difficult.Forest, sucking mud, grassland with constant ups and downs, rain - as under the shower. Wet grassy slopes and climbing on them without belay. Hard and dangerous.

But we are happy. We are happy that we did it. Happy that it's over. And a short rest - 3 days inManilaandBali. We start for another challenge, interesting and difficult climb on the Carstensz Pyramid.

Last year, I did not reach to the top of Ojos del Salado inChile, the highest volcano in the world. I should turn back 50 meters before the highest point. So in January I am going there again. I hope - with the same (Papua) command. I want to reach the summit on January 16. To complete the project 7 Volcanoes. And to celebrate my day anniversary - 50 years!

Hello! Alex Abramov is calling direct from the top of Mount Giluve, the tallest volcano in the Ausralien continent. All members of our team has reached the top. The ascent was much more difficult than we expected. Mainly due to the fact that the climb goes on wet and steep grassy slopes. It is difficult to keep safety. In general, this is not an easy walk as we thought. Now we begin to descent from the summit. I hope that we go down, nothing will happen. I wil call you when we will be down. But not soon, because the connection will not be at the bottom of the mountain. Goodbye!

Ivan Dusharin, vice-president of Russian Mountaineering Federation, went to Nepal on Meru Peak, as the guide of 7 Summits Club. Members of a new expedition - a close-knit team, whose members are preparing for serious climbing - storming the Himalayan peaks of Cho Oyu (8201 m). In preparation for the expedition to this eight-thouthander, they made two ascents of Elbrus with the 7 Summits Club this season. Now the team is going to Mera Peak, and in spring they are going to Cho Oyu.
Today, arriving in Kathmandu, the group has already been at afternoon in Lukla and began a program of acclimatization.

Ivan Dusharin: We are in Lukla, the flight went normally. We are staying in the loggia "Everest". But here we were not satisfied with the catering. So we had dinner in the lodge "Himalaya". Tomorrow we plan to go up the valley, according to the plan. No more problems. Today we walked around Lukla, bought some stuff. Bye! Ivan Dusharin.

Hello! Alex Abramov from the global expedition to Mount Fuji, Giluve and Carstensz. Today we spent the night on benches at the airport in Tokyo. Then we arrived in the morning from Tokyo to Singapore, and spent a memorable 8:00. Chic city, we really liked the city... Now we're leaving from Singapore and fly to Port Moresby. It is the capital of Papua New Guinea. There's in a 2 or 3 hours we fly to Mount Hagen. Where Olga Rumyantseva will meet us. She will tell us about her ascent will and help our team to climb. We were has increased for one member - Liana Chabdarova has joint us. Now we are seven. Tomorrow we will meet Olga and be eight. In general you will have eleven on Carstensz joining later by three more persons. But for them - later. All we have is perfect, we all have the best mood. Such a fun trip that ... no one simply does not believe his luck.

That all. Goodbye!

Hello! This is Alex Abramov from the top of Mount Fuji. We met the sunrise right near the top. Now there is a very strong wind. All six people were climbed up. This is Lena Gorelik, Vitaly Simonovic, Misha Turovsky, Vadim Nadvodnyuk, Kolya Stepanenko, Alexander Abramov ... yours truly. Very nice ... very nice view. And several layers of clouds, and the sun and the wind, and the green fields and brown lava, white clouds. In generally, a beautiful view. We are very excited. Today we have the last day in Japan. And tomorrow, we're leaving ... 're leaving inSingapore. That all, good bye!

The 7 Summits Club Club President Alex Abramov was hardly thinking, how and where he should celebrate his forthcoming 50th anniversary. It was an idea was to go alone from the South Pole to the ocean coast. There were other thoughts. But he accepted a decision, as always, non-trivial: to meet the anniversary at the top of the highest volcano of the World -Ojos del Salado! At an altitude of 6893 meters. And thus, to complete the project 7 Volcanoes. Now Alex went to a "global" expedition, which plans to climb the tallest volcano inAustralia–MountGiluve. If nothing unexpected happens, then on his return only the seventh volcanoOjos del Saladowill be to climb to finish the program.

YOU HAVE THEOPPORTUNITYTO JOIN jubilee expedition of Alexander Abramov!

Alexander Abramov invites everyone to Ojos. The program begins - January 3. Group size is limited.

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 Our group led by Alex Abramov landed in Tokyo. The weather is typical for Far East: rain. But the mood is great. We plan to climb Mount Fuji. Then fly to New Guinea for the tallest volcano - Mount Giluve. And at last - to climb the Carstensz Pyramid.

The first day in Tokyo

A group of the 7 Summits Club went back to Kathmandu from the big tour to Tibet with visit of the Kailash region. everything is OK, all people are well. The travel with a guide Lena was very exciting and interesting.