All news: 2017

Training on the climbing wall. Today, all participants in the next lesson climbing has outdone themselves. Someone has mastered a new route, someone reached for his next hook, and someone has learned to walk freely "from the hip" on a vertical wall. Thanks to our coach Alexander Lastochkin!

I have long dreamed of going off trek around Dhaulagiri - this is one of the cult mountains, objectively, and for me personally. It has a long and complex history of first ascent, in fact, it is the last conquered eight-thousandth (not including artificially "closed" Shisha Pangma). Many interesting stories are connected with Dhaulagiri, its huge walls are elevated to an incredible relative height, more than Everest, not without reason it was considered for about half a century the highest peak of the world.

 I really wanted to see Dhaulagiri a few years ago, from Muktinath, when I finished the way around Annapurna. But the bad weather did not give a chance to see anything behind the low, swirling clouds. And then I decided that this is a sign. And I have to go to Dhaulagiri.

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of 7 summits Club: Hello Everyone!

Expedition to Laos finished our first walk through the jungle province of Luang Namtha. This morning we leave this province and move closer to the center of the country, and as promised, in a more tourist area, near the town of Nong Khiaw.  Mountains will be a little higher, the river wider, and more diverse local peoples.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of 7 summits Club:

Hi, friends! Don't know, did my calls by a satellite phone reach you, so I duplicated the information. Yesterday we, all together, all members and guides, climbed to the summit of Island peak!

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of 7 summits Club: Hello Everyone!

This is Laos. Today we continued local walks in the jungle. Unfortunately, the observation platforms was delayed by morning fog, but it was enough another things to look. We visited a village of  local tribes, rubber plantations and even took a dip in the river.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club: Good morning! This is a message from Kotlyar and his team of “sportsmen self-racers”. At 8 am we all together climbed to the top of Kalapatar! Hurrah!!! We are already moving on...

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Our group reached the first of the three points of our program. There is The Base camp Everest !!! 5300!

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Group "12 with no chairs" came to Tengboche. There is a stage of Everest trail race. After thinking a bit, we decided to take part in the competition…

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

A group of "Athletes moonshiners" has reached Pheriche. Height: 4200. All participants are still good as a trained special forces soldiers. I have smoked with views of Ama Dablam, the last mountain of Valery Rozov. I know him, unfortunately, very short time, but that bright person could not leave a mark either, with whom he met.

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

This morning the group named  "12 with no chairs"  climbed to the top of the Mount Kalapathar. Thus we have fulfilled all the planned program of trek to the Base camp of Everest. Weather, surprisingly, after a few cold days, were warm. Share Sunny greetings to all!  And we begin a descent to civilization.

We think of Valery, remember and mourn! We had the good fortune to work and be friends with this star person. Valery Rozov was a constant participant of our expeditions, he tried to be at all our meetings, often just visited our Club. And we appreciated that and believed that with him nothing will happen, believed in his prudence, his method, his star...

Alexander Abramov: Valery has done so much in your life.... a huge number of ascents and expeditions. I'm trying to remember everything. And more  and more I remember. A huge number of achievements, incredible projects. It must be that a critical mass has accumulated.

Alexander Abramov: it's a reminder: the mountain is not a game. Be careful. Take care of yourself and take care of your friands and members of expeditiions. How Valera was careful! How he all verified 10 times... Please check all 11 times!

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club: We are reporting from Sunny Nepal. Group "12 with no chairs" reached the Everest base camp, explored this place, we liked it. Tomorrow we'll go see the Everest from the top of Kalapatar. To be continued....

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

A group of "Athletes moonshiners" spent an acclimatization day in Namche. We had Breakfast at the "Everest view" hotel with views of snow-capped peaks. Then we went to the village Khumjung, visited the monastery with the Yeti scalp and the Hillary school.

 Our friends from Brazil successfully summited the highest peak in Africa Kilimanjaro (5 895 m). They are in a good mood, continue their journey through Africa. On their return home, we are waiting for more photos and impressions! And now there is only such nice photo from the top. Congratulations!

Lyudmila Korobeshko and Alex Abramov from Papua.

You already know that our entire group at full strength climbed to the top of Carstensz. But the adventure is not over.

Taking off from Carstensz, the group split up. The male part went to the meeting with the scary Komodo dragons. And the female part under the leadership of President Alex flew into the heart of the island to look at the scary on the outside but good inside of the Papuans.

Now we compete who have cooler adventures.

We (women's team) have participated in hostilities, witnessed the brutal murder of a pig (which women of the Dani tribe carefully nurtured breast), ate meat from the pit and went through a huge cave with bats before the start of the underground river. A group of men, meanwhile, backs of dragons and bathed in ice sources.

The total score is 1:1

Maxim Shakirov, guide of 7 summits Club:

The group called "Incognito" has successfully completed the blitz expedition in Morocco!)

3 of the 4 participants reached the highest point of the country, the Atlas mountains and North Africa - Toubkal (4 167 m).

The fourth member turned from a height of 3 600 meters.

Our blitz the day of the ascent:

4:20 - exit from shelter;

After an hour our group split: Andrey, Oxana and Victoria with a local guide, Mohammed go to the top, I'm Marina and continue climbing, but slowly...

7:20 in the morning, with 400 meters of altitude during 3 hours climing, we turn down, knowing that today, for the Marina (which is actually the first time in the mountains) it is a  top.

At 9:30 I go out from the shelter towards the summit, towards the brave three, worrying that they may need my help on the descent...

At 10:40, I meet the main group at 3 600 metres, the same height, where we turned with Marina...

My help is not needed - the team, though tired, but happy, are going down!)

The heroine of the day unquestionably was Victoria, which for the first time in the mountains ( Andrei and Oksana before that ascension was only the Olympus)!!!

Maxim Shakirov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Hello from the Toubkal!)

Blitz managed on 75%!

Three out of four members of the expedition with a local guide Mohammed was on the Top today, November 5th!

I twice went to 3 600 😂😂😂

Details and pictures from the top I hope will be tomorrow...

Personal observation: in winter, Toubkal is much nicer to go;-)

Andrey Berezin, guide of 7 summits Club:

Group "12 with no chairs" was released on route to Everest base camp. Early this morning we flew from Kathmandu to Lukla two groups (helicopter and plane). There we waited the arrival of our luggage. Then went to Phakding, where we planned to overnight. In the afternoon we took a walk to the monastery that is located near Phakding.

November 4th, National Unity Day, the team of  the 7 Summits Club climbed the highest peak of the continent Australia mountain Pyramid Carstensz. Guides: Alexander Abramov and Lyudmila Korobeshko. Participants: Tatiana Jalovchak, Alexey Balakin, Igor Pokhvalin, Oleg Savchenko, Vadim Frolov...

In our plans there are  an ethnographic tour to Wamena and holiday evening in Bali...

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Greetings from Nepal! There is a  guide of 7 Summits in Nepal, Andrey Berezin. Today, the trek to Everest base camp began. All of our large group, consisting of 12 members, is in Kathmandu. Here is sill a summer -  warm, 25 degrees. Tomorrow – we have a flight to Lukla and the beginning of the trek. Wait for further news from Lukla.