All news: 2018

Lyudmila Korobeshko: Hurray! There is the summit of Cho-Oyu! On September 28 at 11 am our team climbed the sixth highest peak of the World - Cho-Oyu! Our team: Irina Zisman, Dmitry Ghinculov, three of our brave Sherpa - Pasang, Dorjee and Norbu, and I, Lyudmila Korobeshko, the leader of the expedition. It was not easy: wind, cold, height. But we overcame everything!

  Hi!  There is Lyudmila Korobeshko from the Cho-Oyu expedition. So, yesterday, September 28, our team stood on top of Cho-Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world. Dmitry Ghinkulov, Irina Zisman, Lyudmila Korobeshko and our three Sherpas, without whom the expedition would have been much more difficult. In principle, we were lucky with the weather. Although not everything was so simple.  The wind was strong, it was cold. And also we got a night in a traffic jam due to the large Chinese team. We all bravely overcame it and climbed to the top of Cho-Oyu. Yesterday we went down from the top to camp 1 and spent the night at 6400.

 Today I'm calling from our actual base camp, ABC camp, at 5700 altitude. We are ready to accept congratulations… Tomorrow, September 30, we are already going down and are already leaving for civilization.

 All members of the expedition are happy, feel good and send greetings  to family and friends!

Sergey Larin, guide and head of the expedition on Shisha Pangma from Tibet:

Hello, Seven Summits! Take news from Shisha Pangma! Today at 8:30, Sergei Larin, Zygmunt Berdychowski and Igor Smirnov, that is, all members, as well as all the Sherpas climbed to the top of Shisha Pangma. ……

Now we have already gone down to 7500, this is our Third camp, where we came out at 3:30 today. Now we'll pack up and go down.…

We plan today to spend the night at 6400 ... Yaks are  ordered on 2-3 October ....

Zorro Avagyan climbed  the highest peak of Africa on September 26th as part of a large group that reached the goal.  And down the valley, the first thing he sent to the 7 Summits Club pictures from his trip. It's nice to see a good mood climbers ascended to this difficult peak, overcome the route, requiring endurance and patience…

On August 22, a large group of the 7 Summits Club "Devil's dozen" under the leadership of Ivan Dusharin climbed to the top of Mount Kazbek. A couple of days ago, the participant of this ascent Elena Stepanenko published a wonderful photo-video film dedicated to this happy expedition:

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club: the school of mountaineering instructors in Bezengi camp is completed.  All cadets of the school received a certificate of graduation, and now it remains to obtain a certificate of mountaineering instructor to undergo training of initial  climbers. The final days passed as one in a series of tests and exams. Today our course has gone home. I want to express my gratitude to the 7 Summits Club on behalf of the guides club (Alexander Lastochkin, Boris Yegorov, Alexander Dorozhukov, Andrey Berezin), received the opportunity to take a course.

 Shisha Pangma 2018. 12, 13, 14 day expeditions. Stay in the ABC.

 On Friday and Saturday, 21 and 22 September, the weather got a little worse, at night and sometimes in daytime it was snowing. This fact did not prevent us from actively exploring the surroundings of ABC: we went down to a lake and walked to the glacier.

 Today, Sunday, the weather is getting better. In the morning we held a Puja-a ceremony of consecration of the camp.

 We are preparing to make the second acclimatization rotation with overnight at Camp II at the height of 7100, we expect that ropes to be fixed. Today we plan to arrange a bath day.

 Despite the fact that our camp is almost at the height of Elbrus (5600), wild (feathered) life here is in full swing. Who croaks, who tweets, who whistles. Our Sirdar Nima lures next to her tent, mountain partridges snowcocks.  These are large poorly flying birds the size of a bigger chicken.  Now the snowcocks are running in herds around our camp, croaking and eating the remains of popcorn...

Sergey Larin

The team of the 7 Summits Club led by  Vladimir Kotlyar and Olga Rumyantseva in early September successfully completed the program of climbing Mount Kazbek. Members of the group and guides went through several days of bad weather and waited for a weather window for reaching the summit.   We put a rating of " Excellent!" to the author, and this is Vladimir Kotlyar!

Ascent. The way to the summit!

First part

Greetings from the Cho-Oyu team! The expedition  continues. Yesterday we went down after a night at 7100. The acclimatization stage is over. Now we rest and wait for the weather.  The route has not yet been made, as long as the fixed ropes are only up to camp 2, 7100. Weather turned bad. Nothing is clear yet.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, head of expedition to Cho-Oyu:

We went down below ABC camp on the day of rest to catch the net. And it managed to be done.   So look at the photos, how we climbed to the camp 1 on 6400. Today we rest. Tomorrow we leave for three days in camps 1 6400 m and 2 7100 m.

Sergey Larin, the head of the expedition 7 Summits Club on Shisha Pangma:

 The sixth day of the expedition  group "Shisha Pangma-2018" arrived at the base camp at an altitude of 5000 meters. From the village of Xegar we got to BC for 3.5 hours, and 17 km moving on a dirt road.  On the turn of route  we took pictures at the sign "Shisha Pangma".

 Our Sherpas ' team was waiting for us in the base camp. The camp is fully prepared for a comfortable stay. And our Sherpas are already preparing the expedition cargo for shipment to the ABC camp.

All members feel well and prepare for the next stage of acclimatization.

Guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergei Avtomonov:

Today, September 14, the group "Brunin and the Company" climbed the West summit of Elbrus.  In fact, without Brunin himself, but in good mood! All went down and are happy with the results.

 Guide of the 7 Summits Club Victor Ershov:

Hello everyone from the Western summit of Elbrus from the Extreme team! Today, at 08.00 am, we stood on the top! Feeling was great, the weather is more or less, the guys are tired, but very happy! Now we have gone down to the hotel Povorot,  all is well.

The group of Vladimir Kotlyar and Olga Rumyantseva climbed to the top of this beautiful mountain! We waited for a weather window, until the end did not believe that it will be.  Thank you, Kazbek, for giving us a nice day and let us visit the top!

Greetings from Lhasa, from Lyudmila Korobeshko and team climbing Cho-Oyu!  The third day of our expedition began. Yesterday, as promised, we attended a historic show about the Chinese Princess Wencheng and her arrival in Tibet. Today we leave Lhasa and drive to Shigatse, where we buy everything for a good night's sleep - blankets, pillows and wine.

 The most famous Princess of China and Tibet Wencheng, revered by the Tibetans as the goddess of mercy, saw us off with a smile and a kind words. By the way, the mountain we are going to is translated as "the Goddess of turquoise". Beautiful!

Viktor Ershov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Hello from Elbrus! The team "Elbrus leopards" lived up to its name, and today at 10.00 am climbed to the Western summit of Elbrus! The weather was sunny, a bit of clouds and wind on top, but warm enough.  We went down to the shelter National Park and decided to relax here, and only tomorrow morning to go down to the hotel. Everyone is very tired and very happy! There was a guide Viktor Ershov.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, head of the expedition, from Lhasa: Group Cho-Oyu-2018 arrived in Lhasa.  The captain of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov decided to conduct our expedition to Lhasa. Next, we will move on our own. Irina Zisman and Dmitry Ghinculov feel fine, a height of 3700 has no visible problems…

“Kamchatka is incomparable! Delight from the nature of Kamchatka! Take pictures of anything-everything is beautiful!” With such emotions returned from the trip Ekaterina Pirozhkova and Eugene Yartsev.

 Everything was just fine! There were no questions from the organization either. Everything was clear, understandable, convenient.

 Our travellers  climbed to the top of Mutnovsky and Gorely volcanoes, they did not reach Avachinsky a little because of the sharply covered fog.

 Catherine has shared some beautiful photos of the route.

Andrey Berezin, the 7 Summits Club guide: Summit! (Summits!!) Group "Lazy lynx, creeping to the goal" climbed the West summit of Elbrus.  And three members of the group climbed also the Eastern summit.  That's how we said goodbye to this summer!

Sergey Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: a group of Noel Hannah climbed the Western  summit of Mount Elbrus.  All participants have reached the top, everyone is happy and everyone wants down!

Alla Mishina: Matterhorn is conquered! This fantastic mountain is MINE! We've been here in the refuge an hour, and I can't  stop drink water and cry at the same time. Just tears pouring down - how tired I am. 13 hours of battle! There is no strength at all. Many climbers turned from the middle. Many guides have stopped  their "tourists", but my guide did not give up. This was our common feat. He's great! Thanks to the 7 Summits Club, You fulfill  dreams!