All news: 6 April 2023

Vitaly Lazo and Anton Pugovkin with a small shooting and escort team are scheduled to fly to Lukla tomorrow. And from there start your march to the foot of the highest peak in the World. This year they will work in cooperation with the expeditions of the 7 Summits Club and the 8000 Club, using our vast experience in organizing and conducting ascents of Mount Everest.  So we will be doubly worried and rooting for these outstanding athletes, wishing them the successful execution of their plans.

 One, two, three: GO! Death Zone Freeride team is pleased to announce the start of the next step of the project: an ascent and following skiing from Everest. Death Zone Freeride is the project of two Snow Leopards, Vitaly Lazo and Anton Pugovkin. On April 4, the team flew to Kathmandu to begin their way to the highest mountain in the world.

⠀During the ascent, a documentary film “Oxygen 2. Everest” will be filmed (with the support of Central Partnership, Red Media and Gazprom-Media Holding).

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Super-guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov reports from Nepal:

The group "In search of papaya" is in touch. Yesterday we had no communication, so the news for two days. Yesterday we traversed from Shrekharka to Yak Kharka.  This is almost a kilometer of difference, but the height has not changed much. A beautiful warm day with a light breeze and beautiful views. We tried not to strain ourselves too much and recover from the tedious ascent to Lake Tilicho. We got there quickly, we were in the camp by lunch.  Rested and slept well. Today we moved to the upper camp of Torong Pedi.  We reached it in 3 hours, slowly. The altitude is already felt, although it is much easier to walk after the lake than if we had immediately climbed here. Today, according to the plan, an early dinner and at 5 am exit to the Torong pass. I hope the weather will be good and we will easily cross over to the other side.

The season of climbing the highest volcano in Australia and Oceania  Giluwe  will begin very soon! This is an integral and most exotic part of the Seven Volcanoes program.  As usual, the 7 Summits Club tries to improve the service on its regular routes from year to year.  This year we are setting up our full-fledged base camp on Giluwe with large comfortable tents.  The first group of 6 participants starts on April 9.  And on May 1, our unique climbing program will begin immediately on the Giluve volcano and Wilhelm Peak — the highest mountain in the country! There are 10 participants in the team.  Boris Egorov, the super-guide of the 7 Summits Club, will work with both groups.

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The 8000 Club has started its work. Among the first steps is a sports expedition on Mount Everest under the leadership of Viktor Volodin. The team is small, but quite capable. We wish the participants and the guide good weather, good luck!

Team members of the 8000 Club expedition on Everest

Dmitry Kurlykov. Samara.
Experience: Elbrus, Mera Peak, Kazbek, Huayna Potosi, Ararat, Tolima, Lenin, Manaslu

Svetlana Kotlyar - Vladimir region.
Director of directions in the 7 Summits Club. Mountaineer, traveler.
I visited Elbrus, Kazbek, Lenin Peak, Aconcagua, Giluva, Lhotse. I do not close the projects "7 peaks" and "7 volcanoes", but I go to iconic and beautiful peaks for me. Everest is a huge dream that has been living with me for 8 years.

Andrey Muravyev from Buryatia.
Entrepreneur, traveler. Visited about 50 countries. I'm on the Everest team. I am following the program of 7 summits - 7 continents. I completed 5 out of 7, Irian Jaya and Everest remained. There are also plans to reach the South and North Poles and close the Explorers Grand Slam program.

Victor Volodin is a guide.
One of the most famous climbers in Russia. Two-time summiter of Everest, summiter of K2 on the Western Face, on the "Russian eight-thousandth" Lhotse Middle, an experienced trainer and instructor.

Elena Kurlykova is also in the team, she will accompany her husband to the Base Camp.