All news: April 2025

Greetings from the slopes of Elbrus, from the "OdnaKo" group! Today, May 1, we have a rest day before the most important day of our program, the day of the ascent. We spent the day correctly, established communications, improved the steps to the dining room, had a good rest and are ready for new challenges. The group's guides are Dmitry Semenov and Evgeny Fedyunin.

Namaste from the 7 Summits Club group "Tuda - Suda"! Today we had a very long and eventful day. We got up before dawn to fly from Kathmandu to Lukla. At the airport, we had to wait a long time for our flight, since the whole sky was covered with clouds, and it was raining heavily. Five people flew to Lukla, walked around, and went to Phakding. While we were enjoying the pine forest, the rest of the participants flew straight to Phakding.

We all gathered around a large table and discussed plans for tomorrow over a delicious dinner.

Super guides Andrey Berezina and Kristina Putintseva.

May 1st to Dhaulagiri. Happy holiday to everyone and namaste from Nepal from the "Dhaulagiri Lovers Club" group! Today we returned to the Base Camp after two high-altitude overnight stays. Unfortunately, one of the participants - Yura Lukyanov - was forced to end the expedition due to health reasons. Now he is in the hospital in Kathmandu, recovering.

On the first day we reached Camp 1 (5700m) in 10 hours, gaining more than 1000 m vertically. It was a tough climb - many steep ropes on rocks and ice, cracks...The next day we moved to Camp 2 (6200m). This climb was much easier - only 500 m of difference and easy snow terrain.

This morning we celebrated May 1st with a friendly line in Camp 2 and cheerfully ran down. True, we almost got lost in the fog, which began just when we were approaching the icefall. But everything worked out, we found the way. Everyone went down to the camp alive and well.

Now we are resting.

We are planning an assault exit no earlier than May 4-5. Now the ropes are fixed to Camp 3. But tomorrow the first attempt to storm the summit by the team of Sherpas fixing the route and two members of the international team (a Pakistani and a Taiwanese are spending the night today in Camp 3 without oxygen) is possible.

Head of the expedition to Dhaulagiri Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Greetings from Papua New Guinea! Today, on the first day of the program of the largest group of the season on Giluwe-Wilhelm, almost all the participants arrived in Mount Hagen and settled in the best hotel in the town "Highlander". Almost, because one participant was unlucky, his flight from Port Moresby was cancelled at the last moment, we hope that tomorrow, in the first half of the day, he will join us. The hotel is, in fact, very convenient and comfortable and is reliably protected by a high fence and security from the "raids" of the locals.

After a short rest, those who wanted to went to the local shopping center, some to buy a snack, some SIM cards, some fruit. Under the supervision of our partners, you feel quite confident and completely safe. After lunch, the participants' equipment was checked, and in the evening there was a traditional briefing and dinner, which lasted for three hours. The ascent to Giluwe, in itself, is not difficult, but nevertheless, there are many nuances. For example, almost the entire way you have to go in rubber boots because of the marshy areas and high humidity. Tomorrow we are moving in the direction of Giluwe, we will spend the night higher up in Magic Lodge. The name of the group is in development, we will definitely announce it tomorrow. Guides Olga Rumyantseva and Valery Myasoedov.

Hello to everyone from Nepal from the group "V Meru Peak"! Today our May Day demonstration of 14 participants and 2 guides set out from our beloved village of Kote towards the village of Tagnak!

The weather, frankly speaking, is not at all May! We were already walking in a drizzling rain in the morning, and a couple of hours later it started snowing. On the way, we stopped at a small Buddhist monastery and prayed for better weather.

We arrived in the village of Tagnak (4300) by lunchtime. While we were checking into the lodge and eating, a miracle happened - the weather suddenly cleared up and we saw the Himalayas in all their glory! Someone up there in the heavenly office heard us after all!

Now we are resting, warming ourselves by the stove and enjoying the views. And tomorrow we are going higher.

Guides: Alexander Dorozhukov and Sveta Kotlyar.

Hello to everyone from the Club 8000 group as part of the Everest-25 expedition! Yesterday was a difficult day for Viktor Volodin's group. We spent the night in Camp-2 at an altitude of 6500 from April 29 to 30. At night the thermometer dropped to -15. The weather is changeable and this was good, since it was not so hot on the descent. The day turned out to be difficult - we had to descend from the second camp straight to the base camp. One participant was not feeling well, the altitude was making itself felt, and he had to be evacuated to the hospital in Lukla by helicopter. Now his condition has improved, but he will need to lie down for a couple of days. There is still time to return to the ranks. The whole group safely descended to the base camp, where, as always, there is delicious food, drink and a warm bed. Abramov's group spent the night in the second camp and today they will also have to make a difficult journey to the base camp. 

Expedition guides Alexander Abramov and Viktor Volodin.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Avtomonov reports from the Elbrus region:

The 7 Summits Club group "Adventurers" made an acclimatization climb to Pastukhov Rocks today. Everything is according to plan, tomorrow we are preparing to storm Elbrus.

Today, another wonderful team "Tuda - Suda" gathered in Nepal. We checked into the historic hotel "Yak and Yeti". We checked our equipment, walked along the shopping streets, bought what was missing. We discussed plans for tomorrow over a delicious dinner.

We have a short night ahead of us, because at five in the morning we leave for the airport to fly from the busy and densely populated Kathmandu to the stone Lukla. And from there we will walk to the Everest Base Camp. So, tomorrow we will delight you with breathtaking views of mountain landscapes.

The guides Andrey Berezina and Kristina Putintseva.

Physical education greetings from the slopes of Elbrus, from the "OdnaKo" group! Today, as part of acclimatization, we went to the top of Pastukhov Rocks (4700 m). We climbed at a good pace and in excellent weather. Today, we saw an amazing panorama of the Main Caucasian Range, we saw many beautiful and majestic peaks. Tomorrow we have a day of rest and final preparation for our ascent.

Group guides Dmitry Semenov and Evgeny Fedyunin.

The President of the 7 Summits Club, the leader of the Everest expedition, Alexander Abramov, reports from Nepal:

Today, Alexander Abramov's team climbed to Camp 2 on the slopes of Everest. Altitude – 6500 m. Everyone feels great. Tomorrow we will descend to Base Camp and rest for four days. The weather is good today.

Greetings from distant, hot equatorial Papua New Guinea! We are also cutting into the stormy flow of news from other regions of the world. We ask you to love and favor, the largest group of the season on Giluwe Volcano and Wilhelm Peak! The guides arrived in Mount Hagen yesterday and today checked the equipment, bought food, discussed the program with the local team and some nuances, the most important one, so that they do not forget to prepare "mumu" for the second day. And what it is, you will find out from the news of the second day, we can reassure you that Gerasim has nothing to do with it. The weather, as usual at this time of year, is rainy, after all, it is the equator and the altitude is 1500 m in Mount Hagen. Glimpses of sunshine also happen, we hope we will be lucky. We are impatiently awaiting our landing party, tomorrow is the first day of the program, almost everyone is flying in on one morning flight. Guides Olya Rumyantseva and Valery Myasoedov.

According to reports from Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Hello to everyone from Nepal from the "Dhaulagiri Lovers Club"! On April 29, the weather improved a little, and we went on the first acclimatization rotation. at 5.20 from the camp. One of our participants felt unwell and with the help of the Sherpas returned to the base camp. The rest continued their journey and reached Camp 1 in 10.5 hours.

On April 30, the group successfully ascended from Camp 1 to Camp 2. All the participants who ascended feel well. The weather is also good. We spend the night here today - at an altitude of 6200. Tomorrow we descend to Base Camp.

** The leader of the Lakpa Makalu Sherpa team reports that he hopes to reach the summit by May 1 and fix the ropes on most of the route.

The list of the route preparers: Taraman Tamang, Pem Dorchi Sherpa, Phurba Kusang Sherpa, Pasang Nurbu Sherpa, Pemba Chhumbi Sherpa, leader of Lakpa (Makalu) Sherpa.

Physical greetings from the slopes of Elbrus from the "OdnaKo" group! Today we climbed to our shelter, located at an altitude of 3800 m. Super-trailers have already been prepared for us, that is, they were dug out from under the thickness of winter snow. After accommodation, snow training was conducted in the area of Refuge of 11 (4070 m). We worked on moving along a snowy slope and along fixed ropes. The weather and the condition of the group are excellent.

Guides of the group Dmitry Semenov and Evgeny Fedyunin.

Big greetings to everyone from the Everest 25 team! The calendar shows April 29. Abramov's group left at dawn for acclimatization in the first camp at 6100 and was there at two o'clock. Volodin's group (Club 8000) slept well after yesterday's climb from base camp to the first camp and at 9 am set out for the second camp at 6400. Yesterday and today in the morning, and all night long, the weather was not favorable. About 30 cm of snow fell during the night. After leaving, a couple of hours later, the weather settled down and it became hot as a frying pan. By lunchtime, all the participants were there, settled in spacious tents. Delicious lunch, and the Internet here is only at the "7 Summits Club", at such an altitude. The participants feel good.

Guides Alexander Abramov and Viktor Volodin.

Hello to everyone from Nepal from the "V Meru Peak" team! It snowed all night yesterday. So much snow that you could play snowballs and make snowmen. In the morning the weather cleared up, and at 9 o'clock, after breakfast, we began the descent to 3600 to the village of Kote. After the pass, we went down to the rhododendron forest. The descent was beautiful, although slippery. Just imagine: bright scarlet flowers, dusted with snow!

We stopped for lunch on the way at the lodge and made it before the rain. The second part of the route passed through the forest, we walked under the clouds! Amazing nature, almost complete absence of people on the route, a completely different, atypical Nepal!

As a result, we went down to the river through the forest and checked into a very cozy lodge, where we will spend two days for better acclimatization. How nice it is to go down into the warmth! Everyone is cheerful and happy!

We will soon have dinner and plan to spend a warm evening singing with a guitar.

Guides: Alexander Dorojukov and Sveta Kotlyar.

Greetings from Elbrus region! Today our supergroup "OdnaKo" opened the season on Elbrus with an acclimatization hike along the slopes of Mount Cheget, to the cafe "Ai" (2700 m). The weather was different, we saw snow-covered slopes, got caught in a snowfall, and after lunch we saw Elbrus and a clear, blue sky. Tomorrow we climb to our assault camp at an altitude of 3800 m. Group guides Dmitry Semenov and Evgeny Fedyunin.

Alexander Abramov, the leader of the 7 Summits Club expedition on Everest, reports from Nepal:

Today was a great day. Everything around was covered in snow. But the dinner was great. Trout, very tasty soup and Russian salad. Valery Babanov came for lunch.

Today the first team (8000 Club) led by Viktor Volodin, 6 participants and 6 Sherpas, climbed to Camp 1. At an altitude of 6,000 meters. Tonight, Abramov's team, 8 participants and 8 Sherpas, will also leave for Camp 1. And then to Camp 2. At 6,500 m. Acclimatization is in full swing.

April 28 Dhaulagiri. Namaste from Nepal to everyone from the group "Dhaulagiri Lovers Club"!

Today we had a day of waiting for the weather to improve at Dhaulagiri Base Camp. It was snowing, the wind was howling, and at times the noise of avalanches was audible. By evening the sky cleared up and the stars appeared. So tomorrow early in the morning we are planning a two-night rotation for acclimatization. Tomorrow - to C1 (5700), the day after tomorrow we will move to C2 (6200) and on May 1 - we will return to the base. Everyone is cheerful and healthy.

Head of the Dhaulagiri expedition Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Mera Peak. April 27/28. Greetings to everyone from Nepal from the "V Meru Peak" team! We are doing great! The connection is unstable, though, so we are sending news for the last two days at once.

Yesterday morning we left Lukla and headed towards the village of Chutang. It is amazing, but the nature here is very different from what we see on the track to EBC, although we simply went to another gorge.

Of course, the conditions on the route are also very different - there are much fewer people here and the lodges are much simpler. But there is a special atmosphere here! We reached Chutang in 3 hours, gaining 700 m in altitude.

It was snowing and raining almost all night. At 7.45 we left the lodge. Today's trek was quite long - 6-7 hours. At first we admired the forest of blooming rhododendron trees, covered with moss and dusted with snow, and then as we gained altitude, the weather began to deteriorate sharply and visibility disappeared completely.

Nevertheless, we overcame the Zatrva La pass (4600), and driven by the wind and snow, we descended to our lodge in the village of Tuli-Kharka (4250), where we are already having lunch and warming ourselves by the stove!  A great working day!

Guides: Alexander Dorojukov and Sveta Kotlyar.

April 27. Dhaulagiri. Namaste from Nepal to everyone from the "Dhaulagiri Lovers Club" group!

 Today we spent the whole day preparing for tomorrow's planned exit for the first rotation. We packed our things for 3 days, selected food, checked the gear. It started snowing at lunchtime. About 10-15 centimeters fell. After 17:00 the sun came out, avalanches began to descend. Then it started snowing again, then fog descended.

 A small consultation was held over dinner. Its result was the decision to postpone the exit for one more day. According to the forecast, tomorrow will also snow all day. On the one hand, it's sad, I really want to get moving already. But safety comes first. So tomorrow we'll be back at the base camp.

 P.S. - we did our morning exercises. As usual. We even did some push-ups. And in the evening, traditional spa treatments awaited us.

Head of the Dhaulagiri expedition Lyudmila Korobeshko.