All news: January 2018

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of 7 summits Club in Tanzania: Seven summits, Hello! Dmitry Ermakov, Kilimanjaro. Today begins a new proram for a group on the Machame route, three persons. Tomorrow morning we start up. It's all good. The team arrived  successful. The weather is beautiful. Bye!

Hello! Here is Alexander Abramov from the expedition Ojos del Salado. We now have two groups. The first group today went to the camp Lagoon Rosa. We have 18 PAX  in the first group this year, including guides. And we are waiting for the second group, in which  is 12 people and the TV-crew of the First Russian Channel.

 The atmosphere here is great, Laguna Rosa is a very beautiful lake...

Here we have three cooks who are perfectly cooked. All from Moscow: Kristina Putintseva, Lena Abramova, Tanya Jalovchak...

In our expedition we are three guide:  Alexander Abramov, Ivan Dusharin and Victor Yershov. This is the first team. Two days later we are waiting for Sergey Larin with the second team.

Bye! Everything is gorgeous!

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Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

We got the permits and went into the mountains. We start moving from Penitentes to the foot of Aconcagua!

Today there was a successful winter ascent of Toubkal made by a group of the 7 Summits Club.

Our congratulations!

Preparations for the expedition on Ojos del Salado is such hard work that we wish this indefatigable man a big strength and patience!

When you reached the top, you reached happiness... not there is in front not only  descent and rest - ahead of the new summits. We wish to keep for years this state of happiness! To health allow also easy to change countries and continents! And to return to Moscow full of strength and energy!

Alexander Abramov: I once brought myself to such a formula, however, is now in some doubt: "We go to the mountains not to think about the meaning of life." When going to the mountains, I think: "wow, it's been difficult to gather, there are so many things not done" in the plane, even some things I remember... But you wake up in the morning, look out the window, see the mountains and think: how nice that I'm here, and all that was before the ant running – someone didn't call, someone warned someone of money some have ... Well, nothing, will wait. The mountains are just the place where you were supposed to get...

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:  So, the adventure begins! Today our season on Aconcagua began. I and Valery checked our equipment, then we went to the store to purchase food supplies. And our first member Irina Zisman (who arrived straight from Antarctica) actively helped us. In the evening there was no doubt that we need to raise a glass to a successful first day. Tomorrow we will meet the rest of the members of the expedition to the highest point in South America!

Artem Rostovtsev from South America:

 Our expeditions on Vinson ended for this season.  And carrier pigeon finally delivers pictures from Antarctica.

Below are some of them

Photo gallery from Artem Rostovtsev

Full: 64 photos and one video

Photo gallery from Irina Zisman

Full: 58 photos

Viktor Ershov, guide of  the 7 Summits Club:

Hello Everyone! Ascent of Aconcagua was successful, but not to the top. We reached the height of 6456м by GPS, just above the hut of Independence. There we were at 14.30, then did not go far. Anna felt bad and impending storm, which later happened. So we turned down. Overall, I think for Anne it is a very cool achievement, to climb to the height of Mera Peak. She was pleased, now she wants to train hard and to come back to Aconcagua next year with 7 Summits! The weather was such as it should be for Christmas and New Year - fell more than a meter of snow for a few days, I was tired of trail. The local guides are in shock, for a long time such was not. And cold. But not very windy. In general,  we tired and very pleased with the result.

And now – for wine and steaks!!

Nastya Kuznetsova, guide of 7 summits Club:

Yesterday, 10^th of January, a group of 7 Summits Club (Pasha and Victor) stood on the summit of the highest volcano in North America and part of the roof of Mexico, peak of Orizaba (5700 m). All the participants are alive, healthy and happy. Orizaba is not the easiest peak, especially if you climb it from the South on the steep scree. Sometimes we had to move on all fours, and literally! But all's well that ends well. Now we are down in the valley. And not even went to Puebla, but returned to Mexico city. Here we are waiting for friends and free entertainment.

Lyudmila Korobeshko: Team "unforgettable alpacas" have overcome two passes 4500+, and turned in a fast lames after a morning Coca-Thee. We spent two nights at 4000, and “saved” about a dozen of hungry local kids on the way. At the end we turned into a wet chinchillas, soaked to the bone on the last descent and plunged then in hot springs. Now we are heading in the direction of Machu Picchu. We hope to be there tomorrow morning, January 11...

Alexander Abramov from Punta Arenas: Today is the birthday of Artem Rostovtsev. He now arrives from Antarctica to Punta Arenas. Let's congratulate him! He is 40 years old!!!

Today Punta Arenas will shudder!!

Artem Rostovtsev deserve a special place in the history of sports of Russia. For many years he was the leader of a team of multisportsmen Russia, took part in dozens of international tournaments, where our team are not lost amid.

Separate epic - Old Spice Africa Expedition 2007, international multi-sport expedition through Africa. Facts about the expedition:

• route more 12000км: Captown (South Africa) – Alexandria (Egypt)
• completed 11 countries
• participants from 8 countries
• spent 5 months
• transport: Bicycle, running, rowing, climbing the highest peaks

Artem Rostovtsev is one of the founders of new sports disciplines in our country: skyrunning and trailrunning. As an organizer and as an athlete it is always on top, always immaculate in every way...

Our hero of the day is the champion of Russia in the major ultra-trail race in the world UTMB Around Mont Blanc:

As a guide 7 summits Club Artem Rostovtsev only gets great reviews…

Climbing the highest peak of Siberia, Mount Belukha. Committed in the summer of 2017  by the team Extreme Velsk with the organizational support of the 7 Summits Club (Moscow)

New year group of the 7 Summits Club successfully reached the Base camp of Everest and goes back. Now the team is  in Namche Bazar.

Nastya Kuznetsova, guide of the 7 Summits Club: It was a beautiful day with great weather. We made an acclimatization ascent to the top of La Malinche from the height of 3100 m to 4450 m. Today, it has opened to us the three of fives (three volcanoes of Mexico with a height of over 5000 m) Orizaba with his companion (or companion) Sierra Negro, the top in the form of the female silhouette of the volcano Iztaccihuatl and the male cone of the volcano Popocatepetl. The latter, once again, clearly shows signs of life. Now we are resting before the storm Orizaba.

We arrived in Papua for climbing the mount of Pyramid Carstensz, hiking  through the jungle.... But because of a rebellion of the Papuans (extortion on the road.... in the truest sense of the word)) we returned to Timika. The helicopter took us to the base camp and WITHOUT acclimatization for 4:10 went up/came down from the mountain! A couple of free days, we used to visit Wamena to naked tribes.

A message from Victor Ershov from Aconcagua:

Hello! We spent two not the sweetest nights in the camp Nido de Condores and rose to acclimatize to camp Berlin at almost 6000m. Cold, windy, snowy... If you add mountain sickness with headache and nausea - this is about so we did! But now we have descended to the base camp, Plaza de Mulas, it's hot here and comfortable! A couple of nights, and then - only to the top!

Valeriy Myasoedov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: greetings from La Paz! Yesterday the team Genesis Extreme in tried to climb Huayna Potosi, 6081м. For many participants it was the first experience of mountain climbing, in principle. And the first experience of climbing with elements of technical mountaineering – for everyone.  The will power of  group arouse admiration: for the first time in the mountains and immediately go for 6000! Two members climbed to the top, five others reached the level of 6060 m. Only the last difficult part, the passage on the narrow edge of the ridge just before the top stopped them. In any case, this is a huge personal achievement for each of them... All are under the impression. Bolivia is a magic country!

Alexander Abramov: Please find here photos of my last group on Vinson. And a video of the first landing of the Falcon at Union Glacier...

Alexander Abramov reports: our valiant guides Artem Rostovtsev and Vladimir Kotlyar just called me. They said they were coming down from the summit of Vinson Massif. Yesterday the whole team reached the summit. And they fold up camp and dream  to be fast in the camp Union Glacier, and there to take a breath. Well done. Antarctic epic of the 7 Summits Club 2017 - 2018 is over!!!!

Lyudmila Korobeshko, guide and Director of the 7 Summits Club: Hello from Ecuador! Today, the Team of Brave Guinea Pigs to 5 am cheerfully climbed to 5700m on Cotopaxi. And then we ran into avalanche-prone slope, which is already about a week no one passed. Several local guides attempted to do the trail, but soon returned, saying that the state of the slope is extremely dangerous. At any moment an avalanche could be.

In General, to the highest point, we missed 200 m.

So, we will have to come back to Ecuador! And not only on Cotopaxi!