All news: June 2018

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…

  The second in this season group of the 7 Summits Club reached the summit of the highest volcano in Asia Mount Damavand (5671 m). The ascent was made in harsh conditions, which are not typical for this time of year.  Instead of fields of flowers and trodden paths, the group had to climb by snow-covered slopes in strong winds under unexpected conditions.

  But they did it!

  In addition to the mountains,  our team tried to plunge, as time allowed, in the color of Iran.  They went up to the TV tower of Tehran, which offers a panorama of the whole city.  They drove to the ancient cave settlement, visited the healing thermal springs at the foot of Damavand.

Sergey Larin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Elbrus region: A Group of Qimmam adventure club from Egypt the beginning of the acclimatization before climbing Elbrus.  In fact, there are only two people from Egypt, but three from Saudi Arabia, one from Yemen and one from Canada. Total: 7 people. As a Guide  - Sergey Larin.

Natalya Kartashova, head of Crimean programs of the 7 Summits Club:

 The session of the Mountain school with Artem Andrienko has been successfully completed.  First time the  route "Mishorsky grottes" was climbed completely from bottom to the top! There are 16 pitches of the most beautiful route of the Crimea! These are: traverses over the precipice, cave labyrinths, limestone arches and at the end - a great trekking through the Crimean forest!

Catherine Tabula climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro on 11 June 2018. She traveled the 7 Summits Club program, the so-called" short version", that is, on the route of Marangu. And she was the only member

The weather during the assault was great! Not a cloud! The top of Kilimanjaro and the panorama around it opened in all its beauty! Catherine rose above the clouds!  The rain caught her below, on the descent to the gate of the national Park after Horombo. 

Andrey Berezin, head guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus Region:

Today at two o'clock in the morning the group "Three parts of the world" started on ascent. We reached the Western summit of Elbrus in the early morning, in fine weather and in a good mood…

Our friend, the Ecuadorian guide Edgar Parra, coming down from the top of Denali, filmed our group led by guide Artem Rostovtsev..

 Artem Rostovtsev, guide of 7 summits Club.

We finally moved up to the high camp. The weather here in the mountains is like the weather in mountains. For 20 minutes, the temperature can change from plus twenty to minus twenty. But we have learned to exist in these conditions. Moving and arrangement of the camp - this is our work. We all like it very much. Some members even hope to lose weight. ... Plans...to take a little rest and move higher. The summit is waiting.

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

 Today the team of the 7 Summit Club climbed the top of Mount Elbrus. Three members walked from the refuge at 3800 and one among them was unable to reach the summit. Other climbers rode on the snowmobile and all is well got up the top. Now we are at 5100, soon we will go down below. And today we are going to descend completely to thу Terskol Village. Dmitry Ermakov.

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of  the 7 Summits Club: a Group of "No name" continues to climb the Mount of Elbrus. Yesterday we walked to Pastukhov Rocks, where we had snow-ice classes. Today we rest. Part of the group went down to the barbecue diet, part prefers of the rest here at the shelter. Tonight we go out to storm the summit.