All news: June 2018

Today on June 11th at 10 am, in terrible weather visibility 20-30 m, snow and strong wind, Alexander Abramov and Lyudmila Korobeshko climbed to the top of the highest volcano in Asia - Damavand 5671m.

 Lyudmila Korobeshko:

Damavand surprise us. Personally, I was counting on a simple trekking along a rocky path (as everyone who was there in the summer told) in single-layer shoes and light jackets. The result: we put crampons in a shelter on 4200, walked all the way through the deep snow, in some places falling almost to the waist, our hands were freezing even in warm gloves, we almost had frozen noses. The visibility was 5-10 meters. It's good that we had a local guide - Hamid. Without him, we would have lost. And even with him a couple of times we almost decided to turn. The only thing that stopped us was that the forecast for the next day which  was even worse. But going down by fresh snow was convenient and fast:))) Conclusion – there is no warm mountains. It is better always take a stock of warm clothes! And crampons!

The race for the volcanoes! Now Luda Korobeshko went to Iran to climb the Demavent. Luda wants to finish the project of 7 volcanoes and become the first woman to make  7 Summits plus 7 volcanoes programs.  Climber on 7 + 7 Alexander Abramov  (and her husband) will help her!

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Denali 2018. The team is in full combat readiness (low start) before leaving for the glacier Kahiltna. We fly fed, equipped - in white snow fields. For the first couple of days, the weather is not very good, but we will be on top. So there is no reason to worry.

Mikhail Kornev, a member of the group: the Rangers were tortured with instructions. Nothing can be done, their mountain - their rules.

We leave in three hours. Our team is excellent, the mood is great.

Sergey Avtomonov, the 7 Summits Club guide: Today a group from Brazil has completed the ascent to the Western summit of Elbrus. Not all participants reached the top, but still all returned to the shelter happy and tired. Congratulations to all who participate in this!  Good work!!!

Sergey Avtomonov, the 7 Summits Club guide: Today a group from Brazil has completed the ascent to the Western summit of Elbrus. Not all members reached the top, but still, they all returned to the refuge tired, but happy. Congratulations to all who participate in this! 

 Andrey Berezin, the main guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus: Today, at 8 am, the group "Smarts and Beauty" climbed the Western summit of Elbrus. The weather was clear, unlike the previous days of our program. Congratulations to all on a great climb!

Artem Rostovtsev, the guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Our Denali expedition started. Yesterday, late in the evening, our entire Russian-Brazilian group finally gathered in Anchorage.  By the night we managed to recover, shake up the equipment, plan the morning purchases. This morning we are already moving towards our goal - Denali. We take radio with us to listen to football broadcasts.

Sergey Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Today our group of Brazilians rest before the summit bid. And also we practice in ice climbing and moving by the glacier!

 Guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin: Hello to everyone from the group "Smarts and Beauty"! Today we have a rest day and we descended to the height of 3,700 meters, in the Barrels shelter. We went to a cafe to have tea, play backgammon. Tomorrow we have a summit climb, so we rest and gain strength.

Today, the group "Smarts and Beauty" under the guidance of Andrei Berezin have climbed for acclimatization to the Pastukhov Rocks. After 12 o'clock in the afternoon the wind increased to 30 km / h and a small snowfall began. It is a pity that there were no opportunities to see the beautiful views of the Caucasian Range.

 Sergey Avtomonov, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, together with a group of Brazilians we finished acclimatization, climbing the Pastukhov Rocks. Weather: the wind is about 30 kilometers per hour. Everyone froze, but prevailed and climbed! It was too cold for photos, sorry...

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

 Today, the group "Smarts and beautiful" went to the shelter.  After a delicious lunch, which was prepared by our wonderful cook Zulya, we had snow-ice classes and visited the obelisk of the dead climbers.

Guides of the group: Berezin and Dorozhukov.

Today, the group of Andrei Berezin climb to Cheget mountain. They took some great pictures there. The weather was nice downstairs. And on the slopes of Elbrus it was cool and there was no sun. Our Brazilian group went up to the shelter. Training on the technique of movement in the snow were carried out in the fog. We hope that the weather will be good!

The 7 Summits Club guide Sergey Avtomonov: We with a new group of Brazilians started acclimatization before climbing Elbrus. Today we went up to the upper station of the cable car on Cheget. All participants feel good and ready to continue the program!

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

 Hello from the Crimea, Anna Rybakova is the second representative of the 7 Summits Club conquered "Mishorsky caves"! This is the most beautiful rocky route of the Crimea, (without exaggeration) includes  hard traverses over the precipice, cave climb, via Ferata and more!  For Anya program is completed and the next step for her will be a face of AI-Petri, the Seven summits route!