All news: January 2017

Sergey Larin, a guide 7 Summits Club:  Our team successfully completed the acclimatization, spending a night on the Plaza Canada 5000 m and  a night on Nido de Condores - 5500m. It should be noted that acclimatization was carried out strictly according to the program approved by the management and supervision of the 7 Summits Club. After returning to Mulas, the weather turned bad. The state of health of all the participants is good. We will wait for the weather window to climb to the summit of Aconcagua.

Olga Rumyantseva, the 7 Summits Club guide: yesterday our group (all members and guides) climbed the summit of Mount Aconcagua. A total of 10 persons has reached  the top.

The group led by Ivan Dusharin, our guides Olga Rumyantseva, Valery Myasoedov and Vladimir Kotlyar has already descended on the Plaza de Mulas. Congratulations!

Artem Rostovtsev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

We did try, but did not stand on the top. The result: three hours we made trail on  the crater, the snow was on the ears, but more often to the waist. 30 meters away from the summit rocks fixed ropes, movement speed has been zero, we "overate" working snow. I turned the team. All were satisfied, in principle.

Hi, Seven Summits! Take the information from the Aconcagua! The team called "Bad, good, evil" successfully conducted acclimatization in the camp Confluencia and at the moment, today, on January 26, makes a climb to the base camp Plaza de Mulas. The weather favors. Mood and feeling of the  team are great. I will send photos from Plaza de Mulas, there must be a connection.

Bye! Sergey Larin.

January, 25th  the first this year  technical Training Mountain School of the 7 Summits Club was held in the sports complex DDS under the guidance of coach, master of sports Alexander Lactochkin. The main direction of training - work with a rope, belay,  using fixed ropes.

Next technical training will be held on February 1, the wait for everyone! Just please, be recorded in advance. Technical training cost - 1000 rubles.

Hello! This is a guide of the 7 Summits Club Olga Rumyantseva from Argentina, Aconcagua expedition. After acclimatization and two days of rest in Plaza de Mulas, we have climbed to the Nido de Condores at 5400. And we were well, came quickly. All people fill well .... favorable condition ...

 Tomorrow we plan to go up already at six thousand, the day after tomorrow to go to the top. Because it must be a weather window. Bye!

Hello! This is Olga Rumyantseva, expedition guide on Aconcagua. We are here for the second day of successfully doing acclimatization. Yesterday we went to Canada camp and spent the night. Today we went to Nido de Condores camp. The state of health of all the participants is good. The wind is strong here, so it is difficult to speak. We settle in a huge new our tent, which was set up  by Abramov. For that we are very grateful to him! Best regards!

Elena Abramova from Chile: Yesterday the group on Ojos del Salado has risen to the top of San Francisco. Everyone feels great ...

Group of the Leaders club under the guidance of Olga Rumyantseva made the first acclimatization outing  from the camp of Plaza de Mulas ...

From Ludmila Korobeshko:

We conducted a group of leaders headed by Ivan Dusharin and Olga Rumyantseva on Aconcagua, and we run ourselves down in Mendoza, where we hope to drink wine with a new team and Vladimir Kotlyar. And then -  in Moscow.

Mission accomplished: We have set a club tent of the 7 Summits Club at Nido de Condores. 10-12 persons  can gather to drink  mate at 5,400.

Parting in BC Aconcagua. Three of us  go down to Mendoza - to wine and meat. Three go up to the wind and snow.

 Today, our team made a hard way to Plaza de Mulas. There we unexpectedly met Alexander Abramov and Luda Korobeshko. Tomorrow we will rest and prepare for climbing up to camps at 4900 and 5300 for acclimatization.

Hi, Seven Summits! It is Artem Rostovtsev from the Atacama Desert. We are already at the fourth day of the program. Yesterday we climbed the Mont Blanc, "a local Mont Blanc", the mountain with an altitude of 4800 - it is called the Seven Brothers. Now we leave the camp Laguna Rosso and go up  in Camp Verde Lagoon. All members of the expedition feel great, the weather is great. Only the wind is trying to have a little bit from place to place to rearrange.

So far everything is going according to plan. Further there will be no communicatio  and we hope to report back after the climb.

Best regards from the hottest desert in the world!

The first in this year's technical training took place on January 18 at the sports complex DDS . Classes are held under the supervision of the 7 Summits Club coach, master of sports Alexander Lastochkin.

  All climbers are well aware of the importance of good equipment, the right to use it. As well as the tactics of ascent, which also paid attention to the technical training. Based on the fact that it is necessary for our students, we build a lesson plan until the summer...

Hello! This is Olga Rumyantseva from the expedition to Aconcagua. Yesterday we came to the Confluenzia camp and today took a walk in a beautiful valley, to the very beautiful South Face of Aconcagua. Also, we are successfully (miraculously)  passed a medical examination. And we were permitted. Tomorrow we go to the Plaza de Mulas. All people have a good mood, Bye!

Hello! Here Vladimir Kotlyar and Team Brave. We returned to the inhabited land. Today we go to the best restaurants in Punta Arenas, to celebrate the successful end of the season on the "ice continent".

Artem Rostovtsev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club: 

The Ojos-2017 team on start. We have celebrated  successful arrival of all in Kopiapo,  people as well as  baggage. And  we have given a toast to Birthday of the head of Club of 7 Summits Club  Alexander Abramov. We wish him indestructible health!

And now, we begin to move forward in heart of the Atacama Desert, to the goal of our expedition.

The birthday of Alexander Abramov we began to celebrate in the camp Confluencia...

Continued on our way…

Finished in Plaza de Mulas...

Olga Rumyantseva from Argentina. Permits for the second group (Leader’s Club) obtained, we are ready for departure on route...

Olga Rumyantseva with a group on the control at the entrance to the National Park.

Olga Rumyantseva, guide of 7 summits Club: Today, all the participants of the second expedition of the 7 Summits Club on Aconcagua gathered in Mendoza. Exploration of  this remarkable region began, as expected, with meat and Malbec. Unfortunately, tomorrow we will leave this wonderful city and move to Penitentes, where we will begin our journey to Aconcagua.

 Hello! Flag of the 7 Summits Club on the highest point of South America! It was placed on the 14th of January. Unfortunately, not all parties  managed to climb to the top. But the program is not finished. Now Kristina is guided by Valery located at Nido de Condores. Their ascent is scheduled for January 17. We are for them to worry ...

Alexander Abramov: Season Vinson and the South Pole is almost  over and I want to sum up this season - Antarctica 2016 - 2017. This season, with the 7 Summits Club 3 groups of 17 people climbed Vinson Massif. Guides Abramov and Kotlyar and climbed a total of 5 times. 5 people have come to ski to the South Pole. That is, the amount we have 27 achievements!

 This season: the first Mongolian Ganga finished the program "Seven Summits". Most young Russian climber on the highest point of Antarctica: Dima Tertychnyi. And also for the first time a father and son. The first Belarusian - Vadim Frolov. First Pole Janusz Kohansky, who twice went on the Vinson Massif. Kazakhstan team reached the Pole. And, of course, It was trained a new  guide for Vinson - Vladimir Kotlyar. The first Russian woman Korobeshko Lyudmila came to the South Pole on skis for the second time. Aleksandr Abramov made his 16th ascent of Vinson Massif.

 Now Alexander Abramov and Ludmila Korobeshko rest in Mendoza. Tomorrow -  start a new adventure in  Aconcagua. Hooray!!!

Hello! There are Vladimir Kotlyar and "courageous team." What do I want to say? We are, in fact, done what we came here, then, why we are all gathered here. Today, all members of the group were managed to climb to the highest point of the ice continent - Vinson Massif. It was cool! Great! We were a little frozen, but how without it in Antarctica!

All are down, satisfied, but very tired. Now we are preparing a dinner ...

Although we completed the ascent program, but we have yet to descend down and to liquidate camps. And it is quite tiring task. But we can handle, we are all on the shoulder. So, bye! Wait for more news!