All news: 7 May 2025

"Abramov's Favorite Group" is on the line. We continue our acclimatization before climbing Island Peak. Today we climbed to the village of Lobuche. This is the last stop before Everest Base Camp, tomorrow we will be there. On the way we visited the memorial to the fallen climbers. We honored their memory. For additional acclimatization we went to the height of Kazbek, after lunch at the lodge. The height of 4900 is already felt and everyone is starting to walk a little slower, but still everyone is cheerful and ready to go further and higher tomorrow. With you was super guide Sergey Avtomonov.

Dmitry Semenov, guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:

 Greetings from the slopes of Elbrus, from the 7 Summits Club team "Chamber No. 7"! Today, as part of the acclimatization plan, our team made an acclimatization ascent to Pastukhov Rocks (4700m). The weather today pleased us with the sun and excellent views. Tomorrow is a rest day and then an assault day.

The 8000 Club team, led by Lyudmila Korobeshko, successfully climbed to Camp 1 (5800m) on the slopes of Dhaulagiri. As planned. The Sherpa group that is supposed to finish the route is in Camp 2 (6200 m) together with the international team of climbers. Tomorrow, according to the plan, four Nepalese led by Makalu Lakpa will climb to Camp 3 and go to finish the route at night. So far, the rope has only been fixed to 8000 meters. The summit for the international group is scheduled for May 9. For ours - for May 10. The main thing is that the weather does not interfere with the implementation of these plans.

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

 The Everest-25 team (Alexander Abramov's group) today reached an altitude of 7,000 meters, towards Camp 3 (7,100 m). At first it was incredibly hot, and then it started snowing. And we have this kind of weather every day. Tomorrow we descend to the Base Camp. And then the day after tomorrow we fly to Namche Bazaar to rest. The 8000 Club group led by Viktor Volodin successfully descended to the base camp today.

Today was a very long and eventful day. At midnight we left Lobuche under the brightly shining stars and sparkling snow-white peaks. We reached Gorak Shep, drank tea, and set out to climb Kala Pathar. The mountain is technically simple, but we still had to make an effort. We walked slowly, met the pink dawn over the top of Everest.

We gathered at the top, took a group photo, and slowly went down.

We drank tea and rested a little in Gorak Shep and set out for Everest Base Camp. We were incredibly lucky with the weather today. The entire panorama of the Himalayan peaks was open to us in all its glory!

At the base camp, we were greeted with champagne and a delicious lunch. All participants coped with today's challenges with dignity. Now we are resting, and we hope for clear weather tomorrow.

Guides Andrey Berezin and Kristina Putintseva.