All news: 16 August 2021

Alexander Abramov from Turkey: Greetings from Ararat! Today there  was a busy day. We left the hotel early in the morning to meet Ararat. On the way, we took our time and swam in Lake Van. In Dogubayazit, we changed the transport and went to the starting point. The trail is heavily eroded by the rains and now the route starts a little lower than before, right from the village. We gained a vertical kilometer during the day and came to the Base Camp at an altitude of 3200 m. In the evening, a cultural program was presented in the form of Kurdish folk songs and dancesю  And, of course, preparations were underway for tomorrow. Tomorrow is the day of acclimatization.

Two groups of the 7 Summits Club with guides Andrey Berezin and Alexander Avtomonov have started their acclimatization rotation programs before Elbrus today. In the break between the rains, they climbed the slopes of Mount Cheget. Two other groups with guides Sergey Onufrienko and Alexander Dorojukov have already climbed the slopes of Elbrus and conducted training there in conditions of fog and complete lack of visibility. The cyclone dominates the entire Caucasus region. It should be over soon.

Hello to all from Iran! Today our group started climbing to the peak of Tochal (3960m). We went to the Elburs mountain range, 900 km long, where both Tochal and Demavend are located. In 3.5 hours we reached the Shirpalla Refuge at an altitude of 2800 meters. The route passed along a picturesque path, the upper part of which is the Via Ferrata.

We were comfortably accommodated in the shelter and walked a little up. Tomorrow we will have a hard day - about 5-6 hours to the top of Tochal, then 5-6 hours down to Tehran.

In the evening, we watched a film about Russia at the refuge and went to bed early.

Guide group "Kakasy in Tehran" Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Greetings from Ecuador from the group of the 7 Summits Club!  We made it - tThere is the summit  of the Cotopaxi volcano! Although it was very difficult! But it was worth it! And it's not for nothing that Cotopaxi is called the most beautiful volcano in Ecuador! See for yourself!

Anastasia Kuznetsova, guide and manager of the 7 Summits Club from Turkey: Greetings from hot Turkey! Our numerous team of friends of Fyodor Konyukhov is finally assembled. Everyone has safely gathered in Van, and even no one has lost their luggage on the way, what we also wish you. The equipment is checked, the crampons are sharpened, the backpacks are collected. A welcome dinner, also known as an info briefing, was held in an atmospheric authentic restaurant. The whole team is impatient and looking forward to the upcoming adventures! Tomorrow we are going to the mountain! How will it open to us this time?!