All news: 26 April 2025

April 26, Dhaulagiri. Namaste to everyone from Nepal from the Dhaulagiri Lovers Club group! Today we had a Puja. It was conducted by our old friend, Lama Pasang, who has worked with us on expeditions more than once. We blessed our most important pieces of equipment and received a blessing from the lama. And after the Puja, according to tradition, Nims began dancing.

Apart from the seven of us, there is only one international team in the camp near Dhaulagiri. Also 7 people. We got to know them better at the Puja. The son of the famous Pakistani climber Ali Sadpara, Sajit, is here. Three strong climbers - Czech Klara, Iranian Aram and a German climber who is going without Sherpas and without O2. And a few more climbers, whom we know from last year on Dhaulagiri.

Unfortunately, snowfall is forecasted for the near future. But nevertheless, we are planning an acclimatization rotation for the day after tomorrow, April 28. All the participants are doing well. They are already eager to get into the fight - they have gained strength during the two-day rest.

And this morning we also saw off Natasha Smirnova. Her trek program is over. And she flew to Kathmandu, where she was reunited with her daughter Nina, who has just returned from trekking to Everest (now she dreams of Elbrus and Kilimanjaro).  Head of the Dhaulagiri expedition Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Hello to everyone from Nepal from a new group called "To Meru Peak"!

Yesterday, our team in full force (14 people) gathered in Kathmandu. We walked around Thamel, the tourist area of the city, bought the missing equipment. In the evening, over a welcome dinner, we held a briefing, decided on plans for the coming days.

Today we moved to Lukla, from where our journey towards the summit of Mera Peak will begin! Today we are resting, getting used to the new altitude (2800), and tomorrow we start off in the mountains!

Guides Alexander Dorojukov and Sveta Kotlyar.

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

Today there was the Puja festival. Blessings of our expedition. The leading monk from the Tyangboche Monastery was there. The expedition is blessed. Now we can go higher than the Base Camp. Lena Abramova was sent to Kathmandu for treatment today. She developed eye problems at altitude. This is the first time since 2016 that she has worked as a manager of the Base Camp.