All news: August 2019

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Elbrus region:

Summit! Group "Sashas & Grizzly" today climbed to the Western peak of Elbrus.  Weather today as never in this season was comfortable for climbing. And at 7.30 all the band members were at the highest point. Andrey Berezin.

The Guide, Andrey Berezin:

Group "Sasha & Grizzly" today climbed to  the refuge "National Park" and continues acclimatization at an altitude of 4000 meters.  We have successfully completed the snow-ice training, went for this slightly above Priut 11. Tomorrow according to the plan we go to Pastukhov Rocks.

The premiere of the fourth series of the film "The Man who always wanted more" was held today on YouTube channel RD Studio.   This is the story of climbing Mount Everest  by Vasily Shakhnovsky as part of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club under the leadership of Alexander Abramov.

 RD Studio: Hundreds of hours of grueling training, thousands of meters of climbing up, 3 very difficult peaks behind, and all this in order to make your name in the book of stories of climbing the highest mountain in the World. Vasily Shakhnovsky was 60 years old. And he's going to Everest!

Three groups came in from the South and one from the North. The weather was unstable, fog, wind. Sometimes it was very cold. However, all members in our groups and guides Andrey Berezin, Alexander Dorojukov, Sergei Avtomonov and Karina Mezova (North) reached the summit.  Summer ends on Elbrus the weather is colder, though it is still intensely melts.

The 7 Summits Club is a growing and creative company. We are always open to new ideas and always ready to open new projects. Today we are announcing our project of climbing all 14 eight-thousanders. Our groups will try to deploy the club's flags on all the highest mountains of the world. In the near future we plan expeditions to Manaslu, Everest from the South and North, Lhotse, Makalu, in the summer of 2020 to Gasherbrum-2 and even K2.

Plans of climbing the eight-thousanders by expeditions the 7 summits Club. 2019 -2020

September 2019

 Manaslu (8156), Nepal. The tour-leaders Sergei Larin and Lyudmila Korobeshko.

April – May 2020

Lhotse (8516m) + Everest (8848m) from the South - leader Vladimir Kotlyar.

Makalu (8462m, Nepal) – leader Artem Rostovtsev.

Everest (8848m, Tibet) from the North - leader Alexander Abramov.

July 2020

Gasherbrum II (8035m, Pakistan)

K2 (8611m, Pakistan)

September 2020

Cho-Oyu – leader Sergey Larin.

Our expeditions are served by our well-trained team of Sherpas, proven high-altitude guides and well-trained in the provision of camping services. With the ideal organization of expeditions, members have a great chance to achieve success, to reach the summit. Climb all 14 eight-thousand - no longer a fantastic dream, but it can be quite a real goal.

Last Sunday RD Studio unveiled the third series of the miniseries "The Man who always wanted more."  The film was shot during the expedition of the 7 Summits Club on the highest volcano in the world Ojos del Salado.

After watching this film, You will certainly want to see this incredible beauty and to test yourself at the exotic heights of the Andes.  The nearest opportunity is to join the expedition of the 7 Summits Club under the leadership of Alexander Abramov. It will be in January 2020. Hurry to sign up!  Place are limited! There will only be one group!

Up-to-date information from the main news agencies: the Nepalese authorities are considering options for tightening requirements for climbers on Everest. Including the planned threefold increase in the cost of permits. But until that happens we offer the best price in the area.   44900 dollars, that is, about two times lower than usual! This expedition to Everest from the South will take place in the spring of 2020. The expedition will be led by Vladimir Kotlyar, who has twice climbed to the summit and has extensive experience as a guide in expeditions.

The route is a legend, it is very different from the ascent from the North. Starting from the approaches by the Khumbu valley, then following through the legendary icefall (for several years without accidents, you only need to carefully choosing  a route), through the South Col, South Summit and Hillary Step. By the way, at the top there is a chance to meet the climbers of the 7 Summits Club, which will climb from the North.

And as an added plus, we offer a bonus (free) climb to thesummit of Lhotse, the fourth highest peak in the world. Additional payment for the permit will not be necessary.  Recently, such double ascents in one exit above the Khumbu icefall have become not uncommon. So go ahead!

News from Max Shakirov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club. Today the group called "2+7" reached the top of Mount Ararat (5137m). All members but one who reached a height of 4800m. Congratulations!

 Guide the 7 Summits Club Maxim Shakirov: Our team is called"2+7". On August 16, we saw our goal - Mount Ararat. The walk from 2200 meters to the first camp (3 250m) took us exactly 5 hours.

The health of the members was normal…

 The name of the team was confirmed today, August 17: Two members did not come out today for acclimatization due to poor health. The remaining 7 people climbed to a height of 3900 meters and returned to 1 camp at 3200.

On the way we met a group from Serbia, with which the famous fighter-boxer Fedor Emelyanenko goes to Ararat. A barefoot colorful character in the photo – that is a priest from Serbia.

Fedor is second from the right

August 16. Beautiful morning, beautiful weather. Today, three groups of the 7 Summits Club reached the top of Mount Elbrus.  The group called "Entente" was the largest, 17 members and guides (the main guide – Andrey Berezin).

A group of Dutch climbers climbed under with guide Boris Egorov. Our guests danced at the top!

A group guided by Alexander Dorojukov removed during the climb amazing video:

Guide of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Ermakov:

Today at 6: 30 in the morning, the whole group stood on the top of Ararat. The weather is wonderful, everything is fine. Now we have already gone down to camp 4100. Here we rest a little and go lower. Today we want to go down to the city and spend the night in a hotel. In general, all is well, all members are healthy and feel well.

Guide the 7 Summits Club Sergei Avtomonov from Elbrus:   Viva Brazil!!!!  Guide the 7 Summits Club Sergei Avtomonov climbed the highest point of Europe with a group from Brazil.  The summit of Mount Elbrus was reached  by all  team members that came to the ascent! Everyone was happy and now resting after the climb! We remained pleasant things: rewarding and the road home…

Last week our friends from RD Studio pleased us with the first two series of the film "The Man who always wanted more".  The main character – Vasily Shakhnovsky, who as part of the expeditions of the 7 Summits Club  climbed Everest and performed the program "Seven Summits". Part 1 – MT. Kazbek. Part 2 – Manaslu. Complete our video news new film by Eugene Lesnitsky. This time about adventures in mountains of the USA.

In the mountains, meanwhile, our programs continue on a broad front. Elbrus is breaking all records of popularity,  after successful  climbs  last week, to new a week from 7 Summits Club came three groups. Sergei Larin with a group of fathers and sons climbed Kilimanjaro, and Vladimir Kotlyar with his group made acclimatization rotation on the slopes of Khan Tengri.

Good luck in the mountains!

Greetings from Elbrus!  Three large groups of 7 Summits Club began acclimatization rotation in the area of Elbrus.  The first outing was to the slopes of Mount Cheget. There the groups met and greeted each other. Tomorrow they all go to the slopes of Elbrus to continue acclimatization.

RD Studio presented yesterday the second part of the documentary from 4 parts "The Man who always wanted more".

 This is the story of a man who on the eve of his 60th birthday decided to climb Everest. But before climbing the highest mountain of the planet, he will climb three peaks in different parts of the world: Kazbek, Manaslu and Ohos del Salado. 

1 hero.

4 mountains.

4 films.

Film 2. "A man who has always wanted more. Manaslu"

Vasily Shakhnovsky was able to climb Kazbek. There will be a jump to 3 kilometers up. Mount Manaslu - the eight-thousand meter peaks of Nepal, one of the 14 eight-thousanders of the world. Unusually beautiful and avalanche dangerous.  The way to the top is blocked by numerous cracks and snow cornices. But the main danger is height. Never before Vasily was not above 8000.

Part 1. Kazbek

Other films RD Studio

7 Summits, hello! This is a guide Dmitry Ermakov from the slopes of Ararat. Today we started from our hotel and saw Mount Ararat for the first time! We reached the end of the road and walked towards our first camp. The road was pleasant and not tense. Warm and good!  After 4 hours peaceful road we reached camp 3350 м. Here even we were met by watermelons and grapes. Not a hike, but pure joy! And dinner is waiting ahead! Tomorrow we go higher!

In May, a group of the 7 Summits Club  held a mountaineering trip in the mountainous areas of the United States. Under the guidance of Alexander Lastochkin and Boris Egorov, the participants completed all training and climbing plans, and even more.  They learned a new special technique of rock climbing through the cracks, visited two mountain areas in Utah and Wyoming. As a result, the team climbed three towers: Fisher Tower, Castleton Tower and Devils Tower. 

Member of the trip Eugene Lesnitsky prepared a film about the adventures on the rocks of the United States in his traditional style:

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club :  Aloha, friends! Our team returned from acclimatization rotation. We climbed to the height of 6050.  We spent  nights at altitudes of 4200, 5200 and 5800.  Members of the team tried using jumars at high altitude, it's a different feeling. All worked well! Now we will have a well-deserved rest and waiting for the weather window to storm the summit.

Sergey Larin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Kilimanjaro-3.  All members of the group "Fathers and Sons" reached the top of Kilimanjaro. It happened on August 10 at 9:30.

  Andrey Berezin, the 7 Summits Club guide: news from Elbrus. Today, our group "Black Jack ", all members - 19 persons, reached the Western summit of Mount Elbrus.  We hasten to share this news with you. The weather today was perfect. At the top: no cloud in the sky, no wind, stunning views of the Caucasus mountains.  That's all for today.