All news: October 2017

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...