All news: 21 September 2025

Alexander Abramov's report: Teams 1 and 2 have reached Camp 1. Altitude: 5,600 meters. We ascended from Base Camp in four hours. Getting ready for dinner. Everything is great. Guides: Alexander Abramov and Andrey Berezin. 

The 7 Summits Club guide Alexey Lonchinsky reports from Kenya:

 Good morning! Our group completed a cultural program in Nairobi the day before. We visited the Giraffe Park and fed the Rothschild giraffes, which have been preserved at the center for almost 100 years. Then we moved on to the colonial museum of Danish writer Karen Blixen. It was a very cool, cozy house with period furnishings. We were horrified and then amazed by the severed elephant foot, which was used as a coffee table. We had lunch nearby, in an estate converted into a restaurant. Everything was great; we instantly adjusted to the city's 1,700-meter altitude! The cuisine in Kenya is excellent...

Pavel, Alexandra, and 7 Summits Club guide Alexey.

Best regards!

The team is preparing to climb Manaslu. We've split into two teams. The first (7 people) is led by Alexander Abramov and is scheduled to summit on September 24th. The second (6 people) is led by Andrey Berezin and is scheduled to summit on September 25th.

The weather is favorable, with a good weather window promised. There will definitely be traffic jams along the route, as these are likely the only five days when the summit will be possible. The weather will worsen after September 26th-27th.

We won't be taking Starlink with us to avoid distractions from the climb. Expect results on September 24th-25th.

September 20th. Hooray! The summit! The entire 7 Summits Club "Huli na Giluwe" team summited the highest volcano in Australia and Oceania, Giluwe, at 4,368 meters! We left base camp at 5 a.m. It was cloudy at first, but by dawn the clouds had cleared, opening up views of the summit.

The climb took four hours, and by 9 a.m. local time, the entire team stood on the summit!

Guides: Svetlana Kotlyar and Georgy Bushuev.