All news: 21 January 2026

As part of their final acclimatization rotation, the 7 Summits Club group climbed to the Tejos refuge by car. After hiking further up the slope, the participants and guides spent the night at 6,000 meters and descended to the Laguna Verde camp.

Yesterday, the 7 Summits Club team, led by guides Artem Rostovtsev and Alexander Dorozhukov, successfully climbed Mount Sidley, Antarctica's highest volcano. The ascent and descent were challenging for our group, with wind and poor visibility hindering progress. It was a serious battle against the forces of nature! This makes the victory all the more honorable, and the emotions of the winners all the more powerful. We congratulate the climbers, the new members of the Seven Volcanoes Club! We wish them a speedy and trouble-free descent and return home! We look forward to seeing everyone at the awards ceremony and on new adventures!

 The list of new members of the Seven Volcanoes Club*:

Elena Stepanenko

Sergei Fedkin

Dmitry Pilshikov

Alexander Obukhov

Alexander Dorozhukov

Ekaterina Ryazanova

Petr Vakhterov

Olga Mokhova

* In order of reaching the summit of Mount Sidley

The overall statistics are roughly as follows: 76 people completed the Seven Volcanoes program, including 36 Russians, one Russian from Kazakhstan, and two Russians from Germany. Well, that's half! We're proud!

January 20th. Hooray! It's happened! Early this morning, our "EG-Masters" team stood at the summit of the world's highest active volcano, Cotopaxi! The most agile participants reached the summit while it was still dark. The slower climbers were lucky enough to see stunning views and a beautiful sunrise. Valery Tebiev was the fastest, reaching the summit in just over three hours!

By lunchtime, our entire group moved closer to the jungle – to the town of Baños at an altitude of 1,800 meters. Here we rested for two nights before the decisive assault on Chimborazo. At dinner, we held an awards ceremony for the ascent of Cotopaxi.

Super Andinists Lyudmila Korobeshko and Alexander Spirin.

The 7 Summits Club guide Artem Rostovtsev sends a message from Antarctica:

 Huge greetings from the far south of Antarctica from the "Pipkohody" group! Yesterday was a challenging day. We climbed a mountain, to the summit of Mount Sidley, the highest volcano in Antarctica. The morning was clear and windless. The forecast was encouraging, but it was a bit off: the clear sky turned out to be cloudy, and the light wind was quite strong. For 10 of the 13 hours spent reaching the summit, the cloud cover was so thick that the slope beneath our feet was unreadable, and at times we ran into walls of ice blocks. Safe and sound, thanks to our instruments, we returned safely to the summit camp.

And we have new participants who have completed the "Seven Volcanoes" program. Congratulations!

Greetings from sunny Argentina, or more precisely, from the slopes of Aconcagua! Today, our "Malbecs" group, after an eight-hour trek, ascended to our Plaza de Mulas Base Camp (4,300 m), where, as always, we were warmly welcomed and given a delicious meal. Tomorrow we'll spend the entire day in our comfortable camp, with only a short sightseeing walk around the base camp. Our group guides are Georgy Bushuev and Dmitry Semenov.