All news: 19 August 2025

The 7 Summits Club group of the SUPER GIRLS project climbed the slopes of Elbrus today by cable car. From the upper station, the participants and guides walked to the outskirts of the famous Refuge of the Eleven. Here, on the still snowy slope, snow and ice classes were held. The techniques of movement and belaying, self-arrest with an ice axe were practiced. Mandatory skills for climbing Elbrus. Group guides Alexander Abramov and Natalia Marinkevich.

August 19. Greetings to everyone from the Elbrus region from the new group "Starпёрс&kids"! Yesterday, our group arrived under the majestic Elbrus. And today we have already run to the cafe "Ai" and Lake Donguzorun, got equipment for rent and outlined plans for tomorrow. By the way, the morning of our group began with a traditional Far Eastern breakfast with red caviar and white fish, which our participant from Khabarovsk Nikolay brought.

Our group is notable for the fact that almost half of the members are teenagers aged 14-17, who run like meteors, leaving behind the honored experienced old guys. But we'll see how everything goes.

Tomorrow we'll climb to Refuge of 11, where we'll conduct snow and ice training.

Group guide Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Our group on Ararat decided on its name, we are called "To Ararat with Ararat". Today we went radially from the base camp to the assault camp. The whole group safely reached the height of 4200. It was warm and comfortable. We walked slowly and slowly reached the camp. We sat there for half an hour, then went down to the base camp. Now we are resting, getting ready to go to the assault camp tomorrow. From where we go to the summit at night. With you was the guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov.

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

Greetings to everyone from the Northern Elbrus region from the "Three from the Lartsa" group! Our team made an acclimatization rotation to our assault camp today. We went down to the base through the "stone mushrooms". We were lucky with the weather today.

The 7 Summits Club guide Evgeny Fedyunin reports from the Elbrus region:

08/19. Greetings to everyone! The 7 Summits Club group "El'Barso" today had an acclimatization climb to the area of the Refuge of the Eleven, at an altitude of 4100 meters. There we held the so-called "snow-ice" training sessions, where we worked on the technique of  climbing and belay (self-arrest) on snowy terrain. There we met another group of the 7 Summits Club "Super Girls" led by Alexander Abramov. We went down to the hotel and after a delicious lunch held classes on the technique of movement on fixed ropes and belay systems.

Hello everyone from the southern slopes of Elbrus! The Brazilian team "Grade 6" successfully completed acclimatization yesterday, reaching the Pastukhov Rocks. August Elbrus is harsh and beautiful in its own way. The team received many pleasant emotions and successfully descended to the village for a day of rest. Today, August 19, our team climbed to our base camp (refuge). And then, following a meeting of guides, it was decided not to postpone the assault. We decided to take advantage of the weather window, which fortunately falls on tonight. At 3 am, our exciting journey to the summit begins with guests from sunny Brazil!

The guides of the 7 Summits Club Olga Rumyantseva and Leuan Atabiev.

The 7 Summits Club guide Viktor Volodin sends from Georgia:

 Warm greetings from sunny Georgia! Today the group "Well-fed Kazbek" left the lodge "Altihut" (3014 m) and, slowly, in good weather, reached the Meteorological Station, also known as the refuge "Betlemi Hut", at an altitude of 3650 meters. We settled in, rested, ate, enjoyed the views. The participants and the guide are feeling great.