All news: April 2019

Two groups of the 7 Summits Club climbed for acclimatization rotation on the Pastukhov Rocks. They slept in different refuges and climbed in different ways and at different times.  May Elbrus showed itself in all its glory: it is a bright sun, and the wind with snow grains, and clouds, and frost. From the Rocks of Pastukhov (4600m) climbers could see the Western and Eastern peaks and the saddle between. After admiring the magnificent panorama, all people went down to rest in the camp.

Hello from Bolivia! Our group successfully mastered the altitude of 3200 meters in La Paz and today moved to the legendary lake Titicaca. On the lake we stopped to visit the family who helped Thor Heyerdahl build boats for his expeditions. When you imagine how these boats went across the ocean, you realize that this was fantastic.

Our next target was the island of the Sun.

We took a boat to the island of the Sun. Forty minutes on the beautiful Titicaca and after a traditional lunch we walked the first small but very beautiful trekking to our hotel.

A sunset we met at the observation point with a beautiful view…

Our very long day ended with a wonderful dinner.

Today there was the last day of rest in our comfortable Base camp.   And tomorrow we go to ABC camp and then to the North Col (7000 m) of Everest.

Also today it marks exactly 20 years since the wedding of Igor and Natalia Smirnov. We congratulate them!

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the group:  Hi! Group "Magnificent seven" reached the village of Tula-Khare. We passed the pass cheerfully, though there was a lot of snow. Group has a real fighting mood!

Greetings from Elbrus Region!  Today a group under the leadership of guides of Andrei Berezin and Alexander Dorozhukov climbed the slopes of Mount Cheget, visited  cafés Ay.  There they drank delicious tea and ate local pies. During the ascent, they came to the observation point, overlooking the Elbrus. It impressed many of the team members. The second group with a guide Sergey Avtomonov for acclimatization rotation climbed to a height of 3100 on the slopes of Elbrus.

Александр Абрамов, руководитель экспедиции на Эверест Клуба 7 Вершин:

Всем привет! Мы снова в базовом лагере. Вчера привыкали к высоте 6400, познакомились с командой наших шерпов и провели занятия с использованием шерпа-роуп.

Фото из АВС Эвереста 6400 м и сейчас команда отдыхает в Базовом лагере. Завтра утром 1 мая планируем выход вверх.

Пресс-релиз экспедиции

 Проект Александра Абрамова «Семь вершин за семь месяцев»

 Artem Rostovtsev, guide the 7 Summits Club:

 The team returned to the base camp. The strategy of successful ascent is the same for all: consistently rotation after rotation to get used, as far as possible, to new heights. And then rest at base camp. So the day before we got used to the height of the Advanced camp (ABC) at 6400. We also got acquainted with our team of Sherpas, and conducted training with them using fixed ropes.  And now we will observe the forecasts and may have to speed up the climb to the North Col. It is exciting!

 Our two groups started their journey in Nepal. The group led by guide Vladimir Kotlyar has already arrived in Lukla by helicopter. They're heading for the village Chutang and then to Mera peak. The second group, consisting of 18 members, gathered in Kathmandu. Members of the group will follow the route "To the base camp of Everest" under the guidance of guides Dmitry Ermakov and Denis Abramov (son of Alex Abramov).  Tomorrow, the team plans to fly to Lukla...

Alex Abramov, expedition leader of the expedition:

 Today our team rested in the Base Camp.  Official representatives of the Tibetan mountaineering federation came to us and took money for the arrangement of fixed ropes way. So far, the route is not equipped, even to the North Col. They say that avalanche danger exist.

 Life in the camp went on as usual: shower, massage, bar, visiting. The neighbors played Rugby, which was the first time here. And we were learning a new invention: “Sherpa rope”. So we called a short link between the membert and Sherpa. It was my idea to improve security. Now the responsible Sherpa will be connected to his member with a 3-meter rope.

Alex Abramov, the expedition leader from the base camp:

Yesterday our team climbed to the camp 5800 m. This is the so-called Intermediate or Middle camp. All members felt good.  It snows half a day, but this is usually in April.  We spent a night in the Middle camp and returned to the Base camp, in absolutely comfortable conditions.

Alex Abramov, the expedition leader from the base camp:

Today we climbed a little higher than the base camp and held training sessions. All members have worked well, we have mastered a new for many system climbing on fixed ropes. We checked the readiness of people and equipment.

Tomorrow early in the morning the team leaves to spend a night in camp 5800. The health of the members is excellent. The weather is bad, no visibility, periodically it snowing strong.

Alex Abramov, leader of Everest expedition  of the 7 Summits Club :

 News of my project "7 summits in 7 months". Greetings from Everest! Today we had a Puja, the consecration of the camp.  It was fun, all smeared with Jampay.  A massage salon was opened today. There was a yoga session after lunch. And at 5 PM, the bar was opened. Many guests from other expeditions come to us.  Today we sent a new caravan of cargo for the higher camps on yaks. Tomorrow we are going to acclimatize to the frozen cascades.

7 Summits, Hello! This is guide Dmitry Ermakov from Island peak. We successfully climbed Island peak. It was a very long climb up and an equally long descent. But we did!

Today our team Everest-2019 came to our super-comfortable "luxury camp". On the way we passed 10 check posts. But nothing bad happened. At the entrance of the camp we were met with champagne. We congratulated Ivan Pominov on his birthday. After a delicious lunch with borscht, there was training to work with oxygen equipment. Then birthday party continued in our bar (cabin company). Today the team sleeps in masks with artificial oxygen…

News from Crimea. Our guest from Moscow Igor climbed the route "Surprise" in the rain. This was his second hard climb  in three days - a great result! The training session is over, the main technical skills have been obtained, go to climb Matterhorn!

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summit Club from Nepal:

7 Summits, hello!  Yesterday, our group was divided. A large part together with Vladimir Kotlyar left in Namche Bazaar, I and Valentine went to Chukung. It snowed all day. Today the weather got a little better and we climbed into the high camp at Island peak.  Tomorrow we will try to climb this beautiful mountain.

Today our team had a day full of adventures and impressions.  We moved from Lhasa in Shegar, admired the scenery of Tibet.   Visiting the market was the main thing in the new place.  This is our traditional place to buy blankets and pillows for the base camp.

Greetings from Ecuador! Today at 07.30 am local time we all  together  reached the summit of Chimborazo, 6310m!!!  Hurray!! It was difficult. There is a fairly steep and long ice slope on Chimborazo. We had to go out at 00.00 (and get up at 22.30), because by lunchtime avalanches, rockfalls and very often thunderstorms, wind and blizzard. But we did it! And then we went down first to the upper camp at 5350 m, then to the hut at 4850 m, got on the bus and we are in Quito at 2900 m! Crazy day, the team - well done, thanks to the weather, all well done! We can rest at last. With you were guides Viktor Ershov and Edgar Parra.

While one part of our team is already coming to the Everest base camp, the second team yesterday arrived in Lhasa. The members sleep off after the flights, then visited the Potala -  Palace of the Dalai Lama. We bought different differences today.

Alexander Abramov, head of the Everest expedition:

 Members and guides of the 7 Summits Club  Everest expedition visited the city of Chengdu, looked at the pandas, tried Chinese cuisine…

Construction of a Luxury camp near Everest continues.  We are sure that the best camp on Everest will be built by the arrival of our team. We have developed a new kind of kitchen. It is equipped better than kitchens in restaurants of Kathmandu.  Kitchen is done in the tents form a semicircle, with hardwood floors.  There are made extractor fan, freezers, storerooms. And now we've built wooden floors in all the public tents.

 Need simply to see! Now in the Base camp from Tibet there is a constant electricity 24 hours, so all this has become possible.