All news: 15 August 2025

President of the 7 Summits Club company Alexander Abramov:

An incredible event in the History of Mountaineering has happened. For the first time in the History of mankind!  The 7 Summits Club project "Hungry Elbrus" ended with an amazing result. 14 participants and 3 guides spent 5 days of fasting in the Elbrus region and all 17 "hungry climbers" successfully ascended to the summit of the highest mountain in Europe - Elbrus. And they ascended at a very good pace.

This event can claim a World Record. All participants noted that both acclimatization and the ascent itself were easier than with a usual "well-fed" ascent. This is probably a new era in Mountaineering.

During the experiment, all participants drank only water and tea with honey or jam. But several participants drank only water. The process was observed by Doctor Myasnikov, who at 72 years old also climbed Elbrus hungry.

All the members lost at least 3.5 kg in 5 days. Alexander Abramov and Artem Gurshteyn lost the most. 7 kilograms each. The reason for this was that Artem drank only clean water.

And Abramov, probably because he led the expedition and spent nervous energy.

Participant Pavel Persidsky climbed on the 8th day of fasting, since before the project he had not eaten for 3 days.

Before the assault, I was very worried about the result. Suddenly someone would lose consciousness, but everyone was very cheerful and all 100% of the project participants climbed to the top of Elbrus hungry!!!

During the expedition, four cameramen and a director filmed its progress. Expect the release of the film "Hungry Elbrus" in about 2 months!

The 7 Summits Club guide Alexander Avtomonov reports from the Elbrus region:

 Hello to everyone from the Elbrus region! Yesterday, the 7 Summits Club group "Mountain Ladies" took advantage of the clear sky and successfully climbed the highest point in Russia, Mount Elbrus. We were very lucky with the weather, although there was, of course, wind in the area of the summit.