All news: 11 June 2025

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

  Greetings from the slopes of Elbrus! Today our super team "Group D" made a high-altitude acclimatization rotation to the top of Pastukhov Rocks (4700 m). The weather and the condition of the group are excellent, tomorrow is a day of rest and preparation for the assault on the summit of Elbrus.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olya Rumyantseva reports from Tibet:

 Greetings to everyone from Tibet from the enlightened team! Today we had a very spectacular and scenic day. We woke up early in the morning and went to the airport, meeting the sunrise on the way and watching the first rays of the sun color Kailash.

The short one-and-a-half-hour flight to Lhasa was memorable for the views of the Himalayan range. It was especially nice to see Everest.

Today was a very important day for Buddhists in Tibet - the day of Buddha's enlightenment. Therefore, in Lhasa, around the Jokhang Temple, there were an incredible number of people doing kora and prostrations.

That's how much we saw! Tomorrow we have a day of rest before flying home, but we will probably come up with something interesting for this day.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov sends greetings from the Elbrus region:

The "Brigada" group sends greetings from the Elbrus region! Today we walked and strolled along the slopes of Elbrus. We climbed up to Pastukhov Rocks, the height is about 4700m. Everything went great, the only thing is that it was very hot. The acclimatization cycle is over, now we are waiting for the weather forecast - and into battle! For now, a rest day is planned for tomorrow.

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News from Papua New Guinea. Today the "Descendants of Miklouho-Maclay" team in full force climbed to the top of the Giluwe volcano 4368m. We agreed with the weather, so the clouds passed us by, and we admired the views to our heart's content. We descended calmly, and the rain covered us only on the last, forested section of the descent to the road. At sunset, we tidied ourselves up in the lodge and exchanged impressions. Tomorrow is another final excursion day. And in the evening we celebrate: we hold an award ceremony for climbers of the highest volcano in Australia and Oceania.

Guide Boris Egorov.

6/9- Today our old friend Garrett Madison from Madison Mountaineering stopped by our office to say Hello and Welcome the 7 Summits Club to Alaska.

Garrett Madison summited Everest for the 15th time just a few weeks ago and now he left for the Denali Expedition. 

6/8- Sad news from Denali.

Denali took its first victim this season. Alex Chiu from Brooklyn, New York died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley on June 2. Alex Chiu with 2 other partners were ascending Mount McKiney’s West Buttress climbing route on to the Peters Glacier on June 2, which is roughly 12,000 feet above sea level. Chiu was not wearing a rope during the adventure when he fell, and National Park Service officials said the two other mountaineers witnessed Chiu fall and they lowered themselves over the edge of the mountain as far as they could but couldn’t see or hear Chiu fall. The body was recovered on June 4 by helicopter.