All news: 7 August 2025

 A warm greeting from our team "Akuna Matata" from the hottest continent! Every day we are getting closer to our goal - the summit of Kilimanjaro.

Today we had a very long and eventful day. In the morning, we did exercises, had breakfast, and went out on the trail. Having passed through lava collapses, we reached Lawa Tower - this is a real lava tower, at the foot of which they prepared a delicious lunch for us. We stayed a little for acclimatization at an altitude of 4600 m, and slowly went on, descending down. A real green oasis awaited us ahead: endemic plants of unusual shapes, of various sizes, which surprised and delighted us very much.

Exactly for dinner, we went down to the Barranco camp, while the famous wall itself Barranco was covered by clouds for us today...

Tomorrow we have a very interesting day ahead, but for now, we need to restore our strength with a sound sleep.

 Your guide Kristina Putintseva from the slopes of Kilimanjaro.

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

 Greetings to everyone from the Elbrus region from the Climbuli team! Today was our first truly high-altitude trip. We climbed to an altitude of 4100 meters, where the famous Refuge of 11 was once located. And now there is a wonderful slope for snow training.

All team members got acquainted with the equipment. They learned to put on safety systems and crampons and walk in them.

We were sliding down steep wet-snow slopes, learning to hack in the snow without hacking at themselves and those around them. They deftly walked up and down, digging their crampons' sharp teeth into the snow-ice slopes.

After the lesson, we stopped by our National Park куагпу, where we were very hospitably greeted. We only wanted to have a cup of tea, but our hospitable cooks did not let the guests go without a plate of borscht. At the куагпу, we met other groups of the 7 Summits Club, who were planning to storm Elbrus tonight. We wished them good luck. And we ourselves went down to the hotel to rest after a whole day of entertainment at altitude.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov reports from Turkey:

Hello everyone! Our "Group of healthy travelers" climbed the summit of Ararat today! Hooray! It was very difficult for the group members, we walked for more than 6 hours up, then a little faster and easier down. Now we are already resting in the hotel of the city of Dogubayazit.

On August 4, the group of the Club 8000 "CIS Fregat" under the guidance of the guide Alexey Lonchinsky climbed the summit of the Communism Peak (7495 m) in full force. Our congratulations!

Finally, our team found the right noun for its name. On Mount Ararat, horses are used to transport goods, and of course, everyone gives way to them. And so, one very large group, which saw our confident move, decided to give way to us. And at that moment their guide shouted: "let the horses go"!

So, after that, our team called itself "Unprecedented pacers". On 08/07/2025, our group in full force climbed to the top of Mount Ararat, 5165 meters high. We walked so fast that we caught the first rays of sunrise already at the top. Congratulations to all the members of the group on overcoming themselves and the difficult slopes of the mountain, I wish them new peaks!

Group guide: Leuan Atabiev.

At the gala evening in the city of Van, the President The 7 Summits Club Alex Abramov awarded the members of the "Supergirls" team with medals and congratulated them on their 100% (100% of participants) ascent to the summit of Ararat. The girls are happy with the result and the overall awesome trip. 16 beautiful girls, almost all of whom have no mountaineering experience, overcame all the difficulties and reached the summit. Bravo!

The 7 Summits Club guide Artem Rostovtsev reports from Georgia:

 The "Zero Calories" team sends greetings from distant but hospitable Georgia! They feed well here. We spent the last few days walking in the fresh air on the slopes of steep mountains. We walked carefully along the paths, did not jump on wet stones, crossed mountain rivers in the narrowest places, and did not try to get under falling stones. So there was no need to worry. And if we had to go out onto the glacier, then only in crampons. An ice axe, rope and various aluminum trinkets are also with us, so we moved safely on the glaciers covered with snow.

Everything would be fine, but we had to make an unbearably long walk to the snowy peak of Kazbek. And we did it! Our company covered the round trip in 15 hours. We chose the best weather for the walk to the summit, so that it wouldn't blow, wouldn't be covered with fog, and wouldn't be covered with snow.

Now all that's left is to calmly and safely descend from the Meteorological Station shelter, which we'll do in an hour.