All news: 17 April 2025

April 17. Dhaulagiri expedition news. Namaste to everyone from Nepal from a group called the "Dhaulagiri Lovers Club"! Yesterday we received a permit for Dhaulagiri and for the trek with the ascent. We sent some of our things straight to the Base Camp and mentally prepared ourselves for the trek, which we had come up with for better acclimatization before the main mountain. We also decided to climb the six-thousander Dhampus Peak along the way.

This morning we flew to Pokhara early. We arrived in Pokhara in the hottest part of the day and immediately went to the roof to cool off in our wonderful pool overlooking Phewa Lake. In the evening we walked along the lake and bought a strategic reserve for tomorrow. In the morning we head to the apple capital of Nepal - the village of Marfa at an altitude of 2600 meters, located between Annapurna and Dhaulagiri.

Head of the expedition - Lyudmila Korobeshko.

The team of trekkers and the team of Everest climbers are finally in the mountains! Early in the morning, 29 people (climbers, trekkers, guides, a doctor, a film crew), we left our favorite hotel "Yak&Yeti" and went to the airport, from where we flew to Lukla by helicopter. For some team members, this was the first experience of such a flight, everyone has a lot of emotions!

After breakfast, we received permits and went on the trek. Today's walking was short, in 4 hours we reached Phakding and checked into a very cozy lodge! Spring Nepal is beautiful! Rhododendrons have already started to bloom, nature pleases with greenery and we managed to complete the entire route before the rain.

Guides: Alex Abramov, Victor Volodin and Sveta Kotlyar.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from Nepal:

Namaste to everyone from Nepal! Our group reached the destination, today we moved from Lobuche to Gorak Shep, had lunch there and then successfully went to the Everest Base Camp. We touched the Khumbu glacier, saw how our expedition to Everest would live and returned back to the lodge. Everyone is a little covered by the altitude, but overall everything is great.

Artem Rostovtsev sent photos and videos from our base camp on the Khumbu Glacier. As usual, the most comfortable conditions possible have been created here for the climbers of our expeditions who will storm Everest. Everything is ready to receive the groups that today began a gradual (for the purpose of acclimatization) ascent along the valley.

The group's guide Andrey Berezin reports from Nepal:

Namaste from Nepal! Our group flew from Kathmandu to Pokhara yesterday. From here we will set off tomorrow on a trek to the Annapurna base camp. In the afternoon we visited the Phewa lakes. We took a ride on a foot-powered boat. We looked at the embankment.