All news: April 2018

Yesterday we came to ABC. At an altitude of 6400m. The snow fell. We slept the first night with oxygen. Magically. Today we went to the altitude of 6550m under the beginning of the ropes on the North Col. Snow, cold, but without wind. Tomorrow we go down, to the bath and massage. By the way tomorrow, May 1, we are organizing a Party in our super comfortable camp. We invite all the expeditions that will be in the Base Camp.

Olga Rumyantseva, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Mexico:

 Our team finally got together yesterday in Mexico city. All day members arrived from different corners of the planet. This morning we leave for La Malinche to climb the volcano of the same name. In the meantime, we get acquainted with the local cuisine and visual agitation. All it was a bit unexpected for Mexico…

Alexei Lonchinsky, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Nepal:

Hello! Our group today climbed the summit of Lobuche East. All who came to storm, successfully climbed to the top. The weather was calm, cloudy. Not cold.  We went out at 2-30 and at the top we were  at 7: 30. At 8:00 we began the descent and at the tents we were at 9:30. We drank tea here and went down to the loggia of the same name. Now we are resting…

Andrei Berezin, a leading guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus:

Today, a group called the Magnificent Seven visited AI cafe, a famous place on Cheget. Reak spring weather pleased us. We saw such famous peaks as Donguzorun and Nakra, and of course, Mount Elbrus.

Dmitry Semenov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus:

Today our group made the first acclimatization rotation on slopes of Cheget, to cafe AI.  We well walked, I and members are happy with the day.

Sergei Semykin, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello, from Sunny Elbrus region! The first day of acclimatization is over. The path to the waterfall of Maiden Braids was very picturesque. Excellent weather and mood accompanied us!  What we wish all! Sergei Semykin's Group.

Mountain school in the Crimea begins of classes on the cliffs of Simeiz.  Our participants Natalia and Maria train under the guidance of great guides Natalia and Alexei.

Tomorrow we will consolidate skills in practice - we will storm the climbing route "Surprise". And the weather here is wonderful, plus this incredible "breeze" with the smell of flowering Wisteria...

 Alexander Abramov, head of the Everest expedition:

Our teams take turns climbing to the advanced base camp at 64000m. We breathe oxygen the first night.

 Weather is good. It snows every afternoon. There are already 3 groups of Sergey Kovalev, Volodya Kotlyar, Alexander Abramov and Andrey Mariev. The fourth group will be here tomorrow. It's snowing, it's cold, but we have a great dining room tent with heaters. Now it comfortably accommodates 24 people.

Anna and Alexey Shpak from Nepal:

Today we started from Lobuche Village and went to Kala Patthar. We came down from the top to the base camp of Mount Everest. And then we went back to Lobuche almost  for dinner time. We had a long day: work up 20 horizontal km above Lobuche.

Alexander Abramov, head of the expedition on Everest:

  Today in the Base Camp of Mount Everest there was a Puja, a ceremony of consecration of the camp. All participants got dirty by local flour tsampa and was very pleased.

The first group today went to the Middle camp at 5800m for overnight. And tomorrow they plan to go up to the camp ABC 6400m and spend 2 nights there. 

Tomorrow and the second group goes up, and the day after tomorrow-the – third group. Each group has 10 members with guides.

Alexander Abramov held another "live" from the base camp.

Watch it on Facebook (in Russian):

From the diary of Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of 7 Summits Club:

... yesterday, along with the opening of the bar, two massage tents were opened. Abramov hired masseuses from Tibet and now there is a turn for their service. Massage on 5200, whom going to tell, not believe.

In the evening there was a traditional hike to the bar, for coffee and mulled wine, and evening cinema show…

Natalia and Igor Smirnovs from Nepal:

Yesterday, April 26, we successfully climbed Dump peak 6015. Here it is also called Tapa Peak. We would not call this  mountain a trekking peak. It was rather hard  with the use of crampons, ropes and harnesses. At some point, we regretted not taking the ice axes. There were even sections of rock climbing at an altitude of 5600-5800. However, we are usually lucky with the route-the rain, the ice, the snow on the waist.

Today in the morning we went down to the village of Marfa at an altitude of 2700.

In General, it was a great trekking with picturesque views of Dhaulagiri and a worthy end of the route-climbing to the Dampus peak!

Alexander Abramov, head of the expedition on Everest: 

News from the Everest base camp 2018 from our luxury camp.

The day was warm. Later it's snowing. Fantastic food. All in shock. Elena led a Yoga class this morning.

Tomorrow a group of Kotlyar and Kovalev goes to the camp ABC.

The next day I will go with Dima (Ermakov) and 8 people are following in their footsteps. The day after tomorrow - Andrei Mariev, Sergei Larin and 8 more people.

We slept all with oxygen for the first night. Everyone slept great.

Today we opened two massage rooms with the masseuse, the inhabitants of Tibet. Today was the opening of the bar. And going to Rongbuk. All members and guides are happy and proud that we have the best camp on Everest for all 60 years of development of Everest.

The second group arrived in the base camp in full. At the same time Alexander Abramov conducted a direct report on his Facebook page…

Weather was cloudy, at night it snowed, which successfully melted during the day. Now the entire expedition is in the base camp. It has 24 members (22 – Russian, 1 – Polish and Lhakpa Sherpa), 10 guides,  35 high-altitude Sherpas, 3 – movie crew.

Two groups of our expedition to Everest under the leadership of Alexander Abramov met in the Tibetan city of Shegar. Today there will be another acclimatization exit. And our base camp is waiting!  All members are under strict medical supervision. So far, no deviations from the plan, all people are full of energy and desire to test himself at the highest mountain of the world.

Thanks to Pavel Kornilov and Ilya Tyagly for photos and cool video! And our huge congratulations to the guys!  Once again we will call their names: Ilya Tyagly, Denis Eremeev, Pavel Kornilov.  On April 18, 2018, they reached the geographical North Pole of the Earth! Congratulations!!!

Alexander Dorozhukov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Nepal: A new group for Everest Base Camp, 14 men, flew to Lukla and started moving along the route. The weather is beautiful, the participants love all nature around the trail. Guides: Valeriy Myasoedov and Alexander Dorozhukov…

In preparation for the ascent on El Capitan from the program 7 Super Mountains, on the rocks of the Crimea we held a training session. Yesterday, a group was climbing a route on the Foros Kant

  Boris Yegorov, guide of 7 summits Club:

 We climbed the FortKant. The guys were so cheerful that we decided to go straight to a serious route. "Kant on Kant" 5A K. Tr. - it's 7 hours of continuous vertical climb. Everyone is happy, finally, and we move in the direction of the restaurant)!

Alex Lonchinsky, guide of 7 summits Club:

 April 21. Good evening! Finally, the whole group of climbers on Lobuche and AMA Dablam gathered in Kathmandu. Permits are received and tickets issued! Tomorrow at 6 we fly to Lukla!!!

 April 22nd. Hello everyone! We sit in the aircraft and observe the loading of our cargo. Ready to commit teleportation to Lukla!

  So far everything is progressing rapidly!

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Expedition Everest 2018. Day 5. Yet the most memorable day of the expedition. But first things first. In the morning we woke up, ate, were going to go the airport. But Alex Abramov said that at the airport there was an  accident, the plane either rolled out of the lane, or broke the chassis and now all flights are postponed. But we decided to try the chance, went to the airport. This is a Zombieland simply, several thousands of people, there is no information. We went back to the hotel. Once we arrived at the hotel - it is reported that it seems to have opened the airport, we are back there. Wild queues everywhere, at the entrance, at check-in to passport control. As a result, after going through all the circles of the airport, were in a waiting room. Planes fly, but our flight is delayed. And we were waiting 4 hours in a row. But finally around 5pm we arrived in Lhasa. Everyone is happy, in a pleasant shock from the hotel. And there we met our first band again. Crouch and sleep…

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Lhasa – a city of one million at the height of 3700 m. The last 10 years, the city adds something like 50 thousand people annually. All the newcomers are Chinese. The infrastructure is ready to accommodate 1.5 times more, and they do not stop there - they are being built and improved.

 As a benefit, there is a new useful health and time of deployment. The platform in the sphere of interest was quickly found, acclimatization is only to help, several times were able to work with your hands against gravity.

Tomorrow morning we allowed ourselves to run before a long running break, but a little, 20 minutes, and not fast. Still, the height is about 3700 m.

Alexander Abramov, head of the expedition on Everest: 

 Delay of departure to Lhasa for an indefinite period of time... Tonight in Kathmandu, the plane landed badly, broke the chassis. And now the airport is closed. A crowd of passengers. All flights delayed or cancelled. But we don't give up....

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club: the vanguard of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club on Everest has arrived in the capital of Tibet, Lhasa. The height is already being felt, 3600 m))).  We settled in a very chic hotel! Thanks the captain!