All news: 26 August 2025

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

Greetings from the "Elektrolites" super team! Today we began our high-altitude acclimatization on the slopes of Elbrus. We climbed to the area of the Refuge of Eleven (4070 m), where we held snow and ice training. The weather was gloomy and cool, the snow was damp, but the participants coped with their task.

Galymzhan Kuspanov from Iran: Tonight at 4:30 we were preparing to start the climb. We had breakfast and set off, and reached the summit at a good pace in 6 hours. The route is completely trekking. Along the way we saw an ice waterfall that never thaws, as well as sulfur emissions that look like steam from a giant boiling kettle. Hydrogen sulfide actively comes to the surface, it even burns your throat. Everyone puts on buffs over their mouth and nose, and tries to run past this place as quickly as possible.

The smell is about the same as a burnt match. But seeing a living volcano is very romantic.

We went down to the Base Camp in 2.5 hours, mostly on scree, flashlights were very useful, they protected us from small stones. The weather was windless and excellent all day!

The sixth volcano out of seven brings the dream of completing the entire "seven volcanoes" project closer.

Super-guide of the 7 Summits Club Evgeny Fedyunin reports from Elbrus:

08/26. Hello everyone! The 7 Summits Club group "Brave Sansculottes" held snow and ice classes today, during their acclimatization hike at an altitude of 4100 m in the area of the Refuge of the Eleven. We went down to the hotel, had lunch and held classes on fixed ropes and safety systems. Everyone is tired, but happy…

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

Sometimes they say that the path is more important than the summit. But today, both the path and the summit were equally significant, real, and strong. Our group is on the top of Kilimanjaro. In full force! A long way up. A night climb in the dark, when you can only see the light of a flashlight in front of you.

A cold wind, height, rare air. Silence, in which you can only hear your own breathing and steps. We walked slowly, stubbornly, each in his own rhythm, but all together.

And here is the summit. The first rays of the sun, tears in the eyes, hugs and a feeling that cannot be described in words. This is a victory. Pure. Real.

We, the guides of the 7 Summits Club, are proud of each of you. Thank you for your trust, for your strength, for being a team until the very end.

Guides Sergey Larin, Alexander Spirin.