All news: February 2020

Group of the 7 Summits Club successfully completed the climbing program on Kilimanjaro. Everyone went down, everything is in order. See the final portion of the climbing photos.

Entry in the diary of Artyom Rostovtsev, the group’s guide: For a week I went to work on the slopes of the mountain, it was cold and snowy at the top, a little tired. Tomorrow I will rest in the hot Kilimanjaro marathon.

Alex Abramov, Prezident of the 7 Summits Club:  So, the season at Aconcagua 2019-2020 ended. The Russian camp of the 7 Summits Club proved to be the best in action. The season was great. We had 7 groups. Of the 63 members, 58 reached the top. 6 guides and 2 Sherpas worked with groups. We worked out the technology of providing sleeping bags in the Colera camp at 6000m.

Two Sherpas worked on the mountain with 5 groups. We set up big tents in the Base Camp Plaza de Mulas. All participants lived one at single tents. We enjoyed life, drank wine, danced. And at the same time, we successfully climbed to the summit. Everyone returned alive and healthy, and happy. Everyone returned home as real heroes.

Artem Rostovtsev, the group guide:  Hi, 7 Summits, from the climbers of Kilimanjaro! Today the weather was atypical. We even suspected a blizzard of it. 12 of 13 members of our team climbed in difficult conditions on the highest point of Kilimanjaro - Uhuru peak. We started climbing by the whole team, but, unfortunately, not everyone reached the mountain. Feeling weak, one woman decided to turn around at an altitude of 5550 meters. Now we have already started the descent from the assault camp, all with our own feet. Fatigue of course, but the joy of a fulfilled dream gives strength.

Sunny greetings for everyone!

Artyom Rostovtsev, super-guide of the 7 Summits Club o from Tanzania: Hello, 7 Summits! Kilimanjaro in touch. It turns out that our group has no name. Today we will definitely come up with it. Otherwise, everything goes according to plan.

Today our path ran through lunch on the Lava Tower, we had to get 850 meters. And then a picturesque descent led us to the camp of Baranco. Everyone feels well. From tomorrow, we go only up.

The group of the Russian camp of the 7 Summits Club “All is Possible” climbed Mount Aconcagua on February 21, 2020. 15 expedition members reached the highest peak of South America. President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov was one of the team's guides. He sent these photos...

Natalya Kartashova, head of Crimean programs of the 7 Summits Club:

Greetings from sunny Crimea! Our guest Katya Gagarinskaya heroically climbed to the summit of Ilyas-kaya! Via Ferrata is a great way to get to know the heights and enjoy the beauty of the Southern coast of Crimea!

The Group of the 7 Summits Club "All is Possible" climbed to the top of Mount Aconcagua yesterday, February 21!!!  It was very difficult for many group members. Some of them were able to reach the assault camp only in the dark, but all were satisfied! 15 of the 16 team members reached the top.  This is a very good result.  Today we are resting in the Plaza de Mulas camp, spend a festive evening and recovering from the ascent.

 Group guides: Alex Abramov, Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Tanzania: Warm greetings from the slopes of Kilimanjaro!

Today, our large and fun group starts climbing Kilimanjaro on the Machame route. It's hot down the valley, which we're not used.  We hope that it will be cooler on the route, which is better for us. So we'll go up.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina: We are going to climb Mount Aconcagua! According to the plan, the assault falls on February 21. On the 23rd, we all hope to be in Mendoza and celebrate the Men's day holiday.

Sergey Avtomonov, super-guide of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina: the team of the Russian camp of the 7 Summits Club on Aconcagua  named “All is Possible”  is resting before the decisive dash to the assault camp! We celebrated the day of rest in the Plaza de Mulas with real Russian borscht prepared by the team members.  The group has prepared their equipment for tomorrow start of climbing. We hope for good weather on the night of the ascent attempt.  All members of the group have passed medical check and are ready to storm the summit of Aconcagua.

Sergey Avtomonov, super-guide of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina: Here is a team of guides of the Russian camp of the 7 Summits Club on Aconcagua - Alex Abramov, Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov. Today we spent a night at the Nido de Condores camp.  At night, a snow storm began, many were afraid to fly away with tents. But nothing happened. In the morning we decided to go down to the base camp of the Plaza de Mulas to rest there before the assault and wait for the good weather. On arrival at the camp, we learned that some of the tents were torn or even flown away, we were lucky! We hope that soon everything will normalize, and we will go on an assault.

The Big February group of the Russian camp of the 7 Summits Club on Aconcagua continues acclimatization rotation before climbing the summit.   The group went up to the Nido de Condores camp.  Tomorrow, the acclimatization cycle should be completed. The actual summit attempt is scheduled for February 21-22.

The group of the 7 Summits Club “Omichi” safely went down and is now in the hotel, enjoying the benefits of civilization. We congratulate all participants on their first climbing ascent in their life!

 We also congratulate Ekaterina Karamova on her birthday! She celebrated it on the day of the assault on Kilimanjaro!

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina: Today the Big group of the Russian camp of the 7 Summits Club "Everything is possible" had a rest after yesterday’s crossing in the Plaza de Mulas camp. To improve our addiction to altitude, we walked to the Condores Hotel. And also traditionally we visited the highest art gallery.

7 Summits, hello! This is Dmitry Ermakov and the Omichi group. Today, at about 11 a.m., two  our members, two Mikhailas and a guide stood on the main summit of Kilimanjaro Uhuru peak. The rest of the members reached the summit of Stella Point. Now we are all going down together. All is well.

Guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin:

The Big February group of the Russian camp of the 7 Summits Club on Aconcagua today went to the Confluencia camp. We will spend two days there. There will be no communication at this time. The next news will be from the Plaza de Mulas camp.

A message from the slopes of Kilimanjaro from the guide of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Ermakov:  "We are in the Mandara Hut. Everything is fine. The weather is wonderful. All members feel good”.

  Mandara Hut is the first camp on the way to the summit of Kilimanjaro. The Mandara Shelter is located on the upper border of the forest, at an altitude of about 2700m, as a rule, already above the clouds. It offers magnificent views of sunsets and sunrises.

Andrey Berezin, the 7 Summit Club guide:

The Big February group of the Russian camp of the 7 Summits Club on Aconcagua gathered in Mendoza. We got permits and went to Aconcagua National Park.

Seven Summits, hello! This is Dmitry Ermakov from Africa. Today, our new group named Omichi arrived at Kilimanjaro region, in Moshi, at the hotel. Everyone feels great, all things have not been lost. The weather is wonderful too.

Members of the group  today went to the local market, got acquainted with the local flavor. We rented all the necessary things. So we are ready to climb. Tomorrow we are moving up to the Marangu route. Everything is fine with us and a best regards to everyone!

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:  Aloha, friends! The group went through the acclimatization rotation successfully. Today is our day of rest and a medical check, which we also successfully passed.  We are allowed to climb Aconcagua.

The wind blows strong, tears tents even in the base camp. The connection was lost due to the wind, but now everything seems to be fixed ... We are waiting for the weather, we hope for good luck!