All news: 19 October 2025

The "Himalayan Snow Leopards" team continued their trek up Lobuche today. We departed from Rivendale Lodge and left the forest zone. Now we were surrounded by more snow-capped peaks, and the wind was blowing straight from the glaciers. We walked all day along the river, admiring Ama Dablam. We saw our destination, Lobuche East, for the first time. By lunchtime, we reached our lodge stop in Dingboche. We had lunch and rested at the lodge. Tomorrow we'll be heading to the last lodge on our route; higher up, there's only the base camp with tents. This was 7 Summits Club guide Sergey Avtomonov.

The 7 Summits Club Super Guide Olya Rumyantseva sends a message from Nepal:

Greetings from Nepal from the Anahata team! Today, our group began its trek to Everest.

Early in the morning, we took two flights to Lukla. Along the way, we admired the stunning views of terraced green mountain slopes and snow-capped mountains. Later, they even showed us Everest, though it's still very far away.

 Upon arriving in Lukla, we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast, did some light exercise, went through document checks at the checkpoint, and set out. The day was very sunny, and even a little hot.

It was everyone's first time in Nepal. So, everything was new to them, everything was a delight and a surprise. From the suspension bridges, to the yaks, to the mantra stones.

Three hours later, we reached our overnight stay—a very comfortable guesthouse with delicious food. We had lunch and then went to the monastery. We arrived just in time for the service. We looked around, listened, and, as darkness fell (it gets dark here very early in the fall), returned to the guesthouse. It's simply impossible to call this place a lodge—it has cozy rooms with white linens, hot showers, heated beds, and delicious food, different from the traditional dal bata and momo we'd have later.

The 7 Summits Club Super Guide Boris Egorov sends a message from Nepal:

 Greetings from Nepal! Today, our team of "experienced yaks" reached the village of Diboche. We walked all day under clear skies and with a magnificent panorama of all the peaks. We're feeling great, and we can't wait to reach Ama Dablam Base Camp tomorrow and take a breather.

The 7 Summits Club super guide Artem Rostovtsev reports from Papua:

 Greetings, Seven Summits, from the expedition team on New Guinea! This morning at 6:30 AM, we stood at the summit of Carstensz Pyramid. Slowly, without fuss, without stretching, we reached the summit quite quickly. The descent back was slow, as the good weather kept us from descending. Now, in the pouring rain, we're running between tents through streams and swamps. We're really hoping for a helicopter ride down tomorrow morning.