All news: 2017

October 20, Friday, the 7 Summits Club celebrated its 10th anniversary in the restaurant "Korchma Taras Bulba", at our friend Yuri Beloyvan. The evening passed very quickly and we can't believe we had so much to hear and see. Thank you friends who came to congratulate us! Thanks to those who sent greetings to other types of communication! Thanks to the staff of the restaurant!

Among other things, highlight the following presentations:

1. Opening remarks of Yuri Beloyvan (owner of Korchma Taras Bulba) with a story about his Seven summits and friendship with our Club.

2. The performance of Natalia Smirnova (our permanent participant in the most difficult and interesting, including "pioneering" expeditions) with the story of the campaign under Manaslu.

3. Video clip of our guide Vladimir Kotlyar about climbing Manaslu.

4. Congratulations from our partners and friends from around the world..

5. The performance of our guide and high-altitude doctor all Everest expeditions Sergey Larin with a story about our new project - 14 eight-thousanders. Next summer we organize an expedition to Gasherbrum-II

6. The story of Lyudmila Korobeshko with the announcement of our fall HELICOPTER expedition to the Karstensz.

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And pictures:

The group of Vladimir Kotlyar on the Mera Peak gathered in Kathmandu. The group is waiting in readiness at the airport when it will open registration to Lukla.

Guide the 7 Summits Club on the track "Around Manaslu" Andrey Berezin: All night and all morning it rained. Wet trail, snow on the mountains. Tomorrow we will continue our journey to the pass Larkya La.

And today we decided not to go into the clouds to the base camp Manaslu.

A Guide of the 7 Summits Club on the trek "Around Manaslu" Andrey Berezin:

Hello! The group is moving successfully to Manaslu. Day after tomorrow we plan to visit the base camp. Unfortunately, one member left the group due to back pain. Thanks Mingma Gela Sherpa for quickly provided transport for the evacuation!

Today we spend the night in the village of Logaon at a height of 3100 meters. The mood is fighting.

Nicholay Cherny

On the way to Logaon. We decided to dilute a group of local natives

Birthday of the 7 Summits Club – a traditional event that without a very good reason you have not miss! But this time – it will be our first big anniversary! 10 YEAR!

We invite all friends and those who want to be our friend, October 20, on Friday. Beginning at 19-30

The meeting place restaurant Korchma "Taras Bulba", address - Sadovaya-Samotechnaya 13/14

Prepare in advance, free evening for meeting friends!

On 10th October a group of the 7 summits Club climbed to the summit of Kilimanjaro. It was a trio: Mikhail Stepanov, Sergey Laptev and Yury Zozulya.

The climb was not very easy, but  guys did it! The weather helped as it could...

Congratulations! The team is now thinking where to go next.

Mikhail Stepanov: Thank you very much! Everything was perfect: the guides, the team, especially the food!!!

Natalia Kartashova, head of the mountain  school of the 7 summits Club in the Crimea: Walking group Mountain school of Crimea continues to travel! Guests pass through 15 kilometers in a day! The program included: access to the mountain Shovel, walk on the Yalta Yaila, ridge Kizil-Kaya... the Crimean woods rich in autumn colors and flavors! In the first day, the group successfully stormed the highest point of Crimea – mount Roman-Kosh height of 1545 meters!

Andrey Berezin, guide of 7 summits Club from Nepal: 15 October, a group of travelers from the 7 Summits Club has arrived in Kathmandu. The aim of the trip is trekking in Manaslu base camp. Today, October 16th, all participants early in the morning boarded on jeeps and went to the route...

Our friends from the Club 7 summits do not miss the opportunity to climb the Crimean mountains.

Members of our Club started in all kinds of programs and all reached the finish line. In fact, they coped with the task. Especially it should be noted Olga Rumyantseva and Christine Putintseva that ran the full program, having the entire four-day marathon - officially it was called a 4-day stage trail race (4-day mountain marathon) Crimea X Run

Natalia Kartashova, head of the Mountain school of the 7 Summits Club in the Crimea: the Mountain school with the Club began! Anya and Valentina stormed "Tomatoes Route", introducing that they were going climbing Island Peak. Technique of movement with jumars almost mastered!

The President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov personally congratulated Igor Pokhvalin 60th birthday directly to his house in Simferopol. Igor is a great person, guide, doctor and member of the expeditions 7 Summits Club. He is a doctor, surgeon, writer and poet, historian and geographer, climber and an expert on Crimean wines. We hope that we have a lot of meetings and a wonderful Crimea, and in Moscow and traveling to the most exotic areas of the world!

Alexander Tishkov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Nepal: In Nepal we have started the preparations for a meeting of travelers on the program "Trekking around Manaslu". Weather in Kathmandu is lovely. All the Nepalese capital were waiting for the festival of light, "the Duval"....

The main group of 15 people led by Nicholas Cherny and Andrey Berezin arrives in Kathmandu this weekend...

From October 14, a large group of 7 summits Club (15 people) goes on a trek around  Manaslu in Nepal. It is noteworthy that our great friend, the legendary Nicholas Cherny person takes part in this expedition. He is Honored master of sports and Senior trainer of the most prominent Russian Himalayan expeditions. And he is the world record holder as the oldest guide, climbed with clients on Everest. In 2009 he was 71 years old.

During the expedition "Around Manaslu" the film-makers will continue shooting the film, tentatively titled "360".

Alexander Tishkov and Andrey Berezin will be expedition guides.

After this expedition, about  a week, two programs  will start:

Trekking to base camp of Everest. The Guide - Andrey Berezin.

Climbing Island Peak with Vladimir Kotlyar.

And then immediately - Climbing Mera Peak with Vladimir Kotlyar.

One of our active members - Vladimir Gusakovsky with his wife Tatiana Sizikova this time went to China as part of our team group.

His Anniversary Vladimir met on Olympus, but Tatiana is not far behind, she chose no less amazing and beautiful place! China!

Congratulations to Tatiana on the Anniversary! Wish her health and new unforgettable journeys and experiences!

The program includes visits to several beautiful and unique parks.

First, visit the unique Park Avatar, which became a world heritage site by UNESCO.

In 1992 in the Park were shooting the film. There are unique mountains in the form of pillars, unusual peaks were created in different geological epochs.

Secondly, it is trekking through the geological Park Danxia (Danxia), which was also included in the list of UNESCO world heritage in 2004.

Thirdly, a visit to Zhangjiajie and mountains Tianmenshan, "gates of Heaven".

Natalia Kartashova, head of the Mountain school  in Crimea: a Programme of Mountain school with Natalie Bojeskova ended with a walk through Shtangeevskaya trail, with access to the cross of Stavri-Kai (rocky cliff). After that a descent into the cave was made. All this was accompanied by gorgeous weather. The descent to the river Yauslar and climb to the slopes of the Iograf were as a nice addition to the event...

Before that Natalia had a training class and climbed the rock route on the mountain Koshka.

Alexander Abramov from Nepal: I want to sum up the results of the expedition Manaslu -2017.

It was held in preparation for the expedition Everest 2018. All participants, all 9 people and all the Sherpas in the amount of 8 people (in total 17 people) under the leadership of Alexander Abramov has climbed to the top of Manaslu. The weather was great. For Alexander Abramov  it is the 12th ascent on eightthousander peaks: Manaslu -1 times, Cho Oyu 3 times, Everest 8 times.

Already there are participants in the fall for Manaslu 2018. Also from 1 July 2018, we planned an expedition to Gasherbrum-2 in Pakistan. And in an expedition to Everest 2018, 19 people have already written. Life goes on! As always, the 7 Summits Club is a leader in the organization of expeditions to the mountains 8000+ meters

Expedition Manaslu successfully completed.

View three videos about how it was all...

The second group headed by Alexander Abramov safely descended to the base camp. All the expedition on Manaslu came to an end, with 100 percent success. Congratulations to all participants! Congratulations to the leader and guides! Congratulations to our associate team of Sherpas! Tomorrow the group will descend into Samagaon and then by helicopter to Kathmandu. Waiting in Moscow!

Alexander Abramov from Manaslu slopes: Hello! This is Abramov Alexander. We have already gone down from the top! About six o'clock in the morning, Nepal time, today our second team (Abramov, Igor Smirnov and Zigmunt Berdychovsky) have climbed on the top of Manaslu. Also with us there were two Sherpas - Dorji and Muntuk. Astounding  summit! It all is very beautiful. We have risen directly at the moment when there was the sunrise.

Now seven o'clock in the morning, we have already gone down to the fourth camp, assault camp. Very quickly we gather and we go down. We hope to be in the base camp today. Thus … yet I will tell nothing … congratulate only below. So far we are working at route. So far all participants of our expedition, eight Sherpas and eleven climbers have visited top. Good result? How do you consider? All, so long!