All news: 11 August 2025

Hello to everyone from the "Akuna Matata" team! Today we slept very soundly. After an invigorating workout, aromatic coffee and a delicious breakfast, we sang and danced with our team of local guys. And then we hit the road again. The lower we went, the easier it became to breathe, since today we lost more than 3,000 meters of altitude.

The landscape in front of us changed every hour, and the riot of colors and flowers caused incredible delight. Returning to the hotel, we washed off the volcanic dust of sleeping Kilimanjaro and gathered for dinner. We awarded our climbers with medals and certificates so that they could be proud of their achievements!

Soon, we will fly off to different countries, and the memory of climbing the highest point of Africa will remain in our hearts ...

Your super-guide Kristina Putintseva from the slopes of Kilimanjaro.

August 11. Greetings to everyone from Elbrus region from the participants of the "Hungry Elbrus" project!

And today we already had the second day without food. We climbed to the National Park refuge at 3900, settled in, "had lunch" (that is, drank tea) and went to the former Refuge of 11, where we conducted snow and ice training at an altitude of 4100 m. For several participants, this was a new altitude (they had not climbed to 4000 before). Everyone successfully learned how to hack themselves and their comrades with ice axes and cheerfully ran down to evening tea. And Dmitry Demchuk flew off on a snowboard (which he plans to drag to Summit).

In the evening, Dr. Myasnikov measured everyone's pulse and saturation. He found the health of the entire group to be quite satisfactory.

Tomorrow we are going to the Pastukhov Rocks. They say that the third day of fasting is the hardest. We will see...

Super guides of the "Hungry Elbrus" project Alex Abramov, Denis Abramov, Lyudmila Korobeshko.

And also Dr. Myasnikov, cameraman Ilya Gladkikh and the "Zavety" film crew.

The 7 Summits Club super guide Evgeny Fedyunin reports from Elbrus:

 11.08. Hello everyone!  A new group of the 7 Summits Club with a complex but optimistic name "#Bezgornyashka" began acclimatization on the slopes of Mount Cheget. We climbed at a good pace through the forest and meadows to the famous "Ai" cafe at an altitude of 2750 m. There we drank local aromatic herbal tea and ate chebureki with blueberries.

On the way down we walked to Lake Donguz Orun Köl and returned to the hotel. After lunch, we rented the missing equipment. The group is ready to climb the slopes of Elbrus.

Take care of yourself!  See you in the mountains! Good weather and good luck to everyone!

Guide Evgeny Fedyunin.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olya Rumyantseva sends from the Elbrus region:

Greetings to everyone from the slopes of Elbrus from the most cheerful group "Climbuli"! We waited out the bad weather, used the reserve day, and Elbrus rewarded us for this with a wonderful day and "million dollar" weather during the ascent, which our entire group made today.

We climbed to the top of Elbrus at a very brisk pace, having seen an incredible sunrise and other beautiful landscapes along the way. And by lunchtime we had already descended to Terskol.

Now the whole team is resting, preparing for the evening, where the participants of today's ascent will receive well-deserved memorable awards.

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

 Greetings from the Elbrus region! Today our supergroup called "Beryozki" began preparations for climbing Mount Elbrus. As part of the acclimatization plan, we took a walk along the slopes of Mount Cheget to the famous cafe "Ai" at an altitude of 2700 m. The weather is excellent and the condition of the group is excellent! Wait for further news from us!

Guide of the 7 Summits Club Georgy Bushuev reports from the Elbrus region.

Good day to all! Update from the international group of the 7 Summits Club "Highfive". Today, August 11, the group in full force successfully climbed to the top of Elbrus. In perfect weather! Revenge was a success! Most of the group is already on their way to the airport.

There is the summit of Lenin Peak!!! On August 9 at 14:00 local time, the "Mountain Gophers" team consisting of: participants Grigory, Valery and Andrey, under the guidance of guide Ratmir Mukhametzyanov and Sherpa Nima climbed to the top of Lenin Peak! The first 4 hours after leaving the assault camp, a very strong wind blew, and not all members of our group were able to cope with it. Some of our comrades decided to interrupt the ascent and return to the camp.

The summit is not always the most important thing in such expeditions. The most important thing is life and the experience in good company. And we did it! We are all alive, healthy and full of emotions.

Now the team is heading to Osh.