All news: 5 January 2026

The 7 Summits Club guide Sergey Larin reports from Tanzania:
Hello everyone! Our new Kilimanjaro team has adopted the name "From 5th to 12th E." The group has arrived in Tanzania and, with 12 members, has begun its ascent along the Machame route. The average age of the participants is 36, which, in my opinion, is ideal for high-altitude climbing. I will report average weight and height later. Today, as you may recall, we will trek to Machame Camp at 3,000 meters.

January 4th. Today, the first Ecuadorian group assembled in Quito! Those who arrived early had a chance to stroll through Quito's historic center. All participants completed their gear check today. Tomorrow, we'll head to the equator to conduct some interesting experiments, then take the cable car as high as possible (4,000+ meters) to see Quito from above and acclimatize.

 Now, the participants' main priority is to get enough sleep and adjust to local time, which is a whopping 8 hours behind Moscow.

 Lyudmila Korobeshko, the guide oof the 7 Summits Club from Ecuador, is on the line.

Greetings from the slopes of Aconcagua! Today was an easy day for us. We spent the night at Camp Nido de Condores, at an altitude of 5,500 meters. The night was windless and not too cold, although the water in the kettle froze. We had breakfast and began our descent to our base camp, where lunch and a hot shower awaited us. This concluded our high-altitude acclimatization cycle. Now we're resting and preparing to ascend to the high camps for our subsequent assault on Aconcagua. Our group guides are Dmitry Semenov and Georgy Bushuev.

We continue our notes from Aconcagua. Today, we started our day in Mendoza at the hotel. We leisurely packed our remaining gear, had a delicious meal, and headed out towards the mountain after lunch. We reached Puento del Inca in three hours. There, we divided our gear into two parts: one part would go directly to Base Camp by mule, and the other would go to our next, first camp, Confluencia. Tomorrow, we enter Aconcagua National Park and head to Camp I. With you were the 7 Summits Club guides Sergey Avtomonov and Leuan Atabiev.

Chile News. Today, our group received a beautiful name: "MZMZM." This morning, we set out from Copiapo heading for Laguna Santa Rosa. We stopped at beautiful spots along the way. Upon arrival, we checked into our cabins, had dinner, went to a lookout point, and admired the flamingos. That concludes our day. Stay tuned for more news tomorrow. Our group guides are Alexander Abramov, Andrey Berezin, and Alexey Lonchinsky.