All news: 30 April 2025

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.