All news: 2018

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Elbrus:

 Group Kosciuszko today made acclimatization roration to the rocks of Pastukhov, clear weather gave us the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful views of the Caucasus mountains.

On the way we met malamute Best, who was ready to take part in a photo shoot for a delicious sandwich…

The message of a guide of the 7 Summits Club from France:

Today, while you still waking up, and someone went to work or had breakfast, Eugene and Jeanne, participants in the program Blitz, already stood on top of Mont Blanc!!!

 Congratulations!

Karina Mezova, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

 Yesterday our team made an acclimatization rotation to the rocks of Lenz. Today we are resting until lunch.  And in the afternoon we plan to get up with a tent and spend the night on the lower rocks of Lenz. Exit to the summit assault will be at 4 o'clock in the morning.

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

After a few days of bad weather it came a day favorable for climbing. Taking advantage of the reserve day, a group of Shamans reached the top of Elbrus…

 Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, main guide of a group “Chicago”:

 Today, July 7, the whole team of Chicago and all guides climbed to the top of Elbrus. The weather was very strange. There are a strong wind and snow, then the sun. The team proved to be excellent.

The message of a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Today for acclimatization, we climbed with Eugene and Janna at the route Arête des Cosmiques (Aiguille du MIDI). This is one of the most popular ridge routes in the Mont Blanc massif!!! Climbing with crampons on rocks is another activity, especially when you do it for the first time. But our friends managed it with  great success!!! Good job!!! And tomorrow- on Gouter and then to the summit!!!

Alexander Abramov, a guide and President of the company 7 Summits Club from Elbrus:

July 3rd. Today, the Chicago team went up to the shelter. We had a great snow training. Everyone was writhing in the snow and rejoicing like children.

Tonight we had a screening of our Everest film “Gen of Altitude” 1 series. Tomorrow we will watch the second part.

 Now it's raining. The exit to the summit is postponed.

The 4th of July.

In the morning: storm and snow with rain. After a very warm week, during which snow was actively melting on Elbrus, there was a stormy wind and heavy rain tonight. The Baksan river came out of the banks. The disaster washed away several bridges in the gorge and several sections of the road, which were restored only last autumn after the mudflow, damaged the power support. Now the valley is cut off from electricity and probably transport does not go. We're sitting at a shelter at 3800. We can't go down. We hope that over the next 2 days the infrastructure of the valley will be restored.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Elbrus:

A group of Shamans made a rotation exit to the Pastukhov Rocks today. As we climbed the weather did not change for the better.  At Pastukhov Rocks we were already up in down suits. It's the month of July, and somewhere there is  +40!

 On the rocks of Pastukhov we took a joint photo with a group led by Alexander Abramov. This group is named "Chicago". And on the way back we had a mini ecological action to collect waste, which melting on Elbrus.

Guide of the 7 Summits Club reports from Chamonix:

Yesterday we climbed Le Toule in order to acclimatize before Mont Blanc. In the course of action, we have fixed and worked out the theoretical part of the movement of the glacier, self-arrest, correct leg positioning during movement in crampons and other nuances... Today is a day of rest, and tomorrow we will move to Gouter refuge, from where we will try to climb Mont Blanc!

Irina Zisman, a member of the group of the 7 Summits Club, the program "Climb Denali»:

This time we come back without the summit ... weather and local orders were not on our side. Now emotions have settled, we are  in fighting mood ! I will definitely go back to Denali!

Today, 17 Eksmo team members, 7 guides, an operator and a photographer climbed to the top of Mount Elbrus. All participants are happy. For all this  17 members it was the first experience in the mountains. The team was very different in physical characteristics. However, everyone managed to get summit in at the same time. The weather was changeable and as soon as the team left the summit, it deteriorated sharply. We were forced to count all over by  heads in the fog. But in the end everyone is alive and happy.

Guides: Alexander Abramov and Sergey Larin. Operator: Maxim Shakirov.

Message from our guide: Summit! Yesterday Julia and Arno reached the top of Mont Blanc!!! For Yulia it was the first mountain experience with which she coped perfectly. Arno, despite the experience in the mountains, also got a lot of fun! Good work, they thoroughly prepared at home, and here is the result!!!!

Andrey Berezin, the main guide of the 7 Summits Club  in Elbrus:

 The group named Vinaigrette climbed to the Pastukhov Rocks.  Today there was a warm sunny day and we enjoyed  views of the Main Caucasus Mountain Range. Even on the rocks of Pastukhov we were waiting for a pleasant surprise, in the form of a couple of bottles of Coca-Cola…

Sergey Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Women's national team of Saudi Arabia has expelled from its ranks all men (except the guides) and got a only women's team to the top of Elbrus!!! Now all the participants are resting and tomorrow we go down to the hotel.

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club: Team of the Qimmam-2 or "a Group of cheerful Arabs", all participants, climbed to the Western summit of Elbrus. Now the group is on descent, everything goes perfectly!

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello, friends! We are continuing our expedition to Denali. It came already in the final stage. Today we worked hard and moved to the assault camp. On the way we took the depot. We had to walk for a long time, because backpacks were too heavy - 25 pounds plus. But now we can safely live here for a few days. But the plan is not to delay. Tomorrow we will have a little rest and the day after tomorrow we plan to climb to the summit.

  The weather is still promised to be good. If we hadn't promised for long – we would have gone tomorrow. And so there is a chance to rest a little more, to accumulate strength and already with new forces to reach the highest point.

 Best regards!

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The women's team Evgenya Moroz and Natalia Weinberg climbed to the top of Mont Blanc!

 The difficulty of climbing was compensated by the stunning views from the highest point of the Alps. Good weather accompanied our ascent.

 Now the climbers are already in Chamonix. Ahead -  the walk around  Chamonix, French cuisine and... farewell to the mountains.

Sergey Larin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club: Today, June 22, a group of the Qimmam-1, at 9: 00 am, all participants, 7 people, climbed the Western summit of Elbrus.

 For now the team is on the way to the hotel…

Evgenia Moroz and Natalia Weinberg successfully climbed the highest peak of Alps Mont Blanc under the guidance of our guide. Congratulations!

The second group of Arab climbers from the company Qimmam adventure club arrived in Elbrus and climbed today for acclimatization to the slopes of mount Cheget, under the guidance of guide Dmitry Ermakov. And the first group together with the guide Sergey Larin climbed the Pastukhov Rocks today and thus completed the acclimatization rotation.

The Blitz climb (4 days / 3 nights) was successful. Our guide and one climber reached the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps.

 Roma, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

This is the most successful blitz in my practice.  Igor proved to be good climber! With the weather we are very lucky, as well as conditions of the route…