All news: 2019

Dear Friends!  We decided on the plan of our climbing schedule on Everest.  Tomorrow morning, the Chinese "Rope Team" goes to Camp 2 and begins to fix the rope. 21st and 22nd they have to finish work on fixing ropes to the top.

The first team of the 7 Summits Club (leader Alex Abramov) should be on following schedule. May 20 – North  Col. May 21 - 7800. May 22 - 8300. 23 of May, a summit bid and descent to ABC.  May 24 -  descent to the Base Camp.

The second team (leader Artem Rostovtsev)  May 21 – North Col. May 22 - 7800. May 23 - 8300. May 24 - the summit and the descent to ABC. May 25 - descent to the Base Camp.

 On May 25 in the morning yaks take all the members ' belongings to the Base Camp.

May 25th in the evening there will be a farewell party.  May 26th morning departure of the entire team of 14 people in Shigatse.  May 27 move to Lhasa. May 28 - flight to Chengdu and then on the flight home.

Buses and yaks are all booked!

Alex Abramov, the expedition leader:

The first Everest 2019 team, 6 members and Abramov as guide, came to the ABC Advanced Base Camp. The mood is cheerful. One problem, the Chinese still haven't fixed the ropes to the top of Everest. So probably tomorrow it will be a Day of rest in ABC at 6400 m. Waiting for a miracle.

 By the way the ABC camp we have a very comfortable, warm and dry. There is satellite Internet, gas heaters and even jacket potato…

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the expedition:

The second team starts from the base camp towards the summit. We are promised good weather and fixed ropes to the top. We hope and believe.

 Standing: Igor Smirnov, Mircea Baciu, Vadim Vokriachko, Sergei Larin (will work in a camp on the North Col), Eugeny Staroselsky, Pawel Janczarski, Artem Rostovtsev (guide).

Alex Abramov, expedition leader:

Hello from Everest!  The first team left the Base Camp for the summit assault:  Alexander Abramov, Irina Zisman, Dima Ghinculov, Arno Ter-Saakov, Andrey Polyakov, Ivan Pominov, Bartolomiej Paczoski. According to the plan, the summit bid for the first team is scheduled for May 22 or 23. The second team led by Artem Rostovtsev leaves the base camp tomorrow. Plan – the summit for 23 or 24 May.

Alex Abramov, Everest-2019 expedition leader: we have rest days now. We decided not to hurry, the weather is bad…

Today there was really strong wind on Everest…

The team of the 7 Summits Club celebrates Irina Zisman's Birthday on the bank of small river, where the team members catch trout…

The next two or three days, our team goes up to Everest…

Boris Yegorov from USA: Hello, dears! Here are guides Lastochkin and Yegorov from America. Our adventures ended. We have fulfilled the whole plan of training and climbing, and even more. We trained our team members in new special climbing cracks techniques and visited two mountain areas in Utah and Wyoming. The team climbed three towers: Fisher Tower, Castleton Tower and Devils Tower. Everyone is very happy and returned home in a positive mood. Until next time!

Finally - some photos from the final day. We have specially allocated it for the filming of scenes for the future film.

 RD Studio will make the continuation of the film " The High-Altitude Gene»...

 The 7 Summits and RD Studio continue their fruitful cooperation. According to the results of expeditions on Everest in 2015 and 2016 RD Studio released the film "The High-Altitude Gene Or How To Get To Everest", which was shown on the main channel of Russian television.

 Our cooperation continues. This fall in the Himalayas we will be shooting the film "The High-Altitude Gene - 2", about oxygen free climbing expedition on Manaslu (8156 m).  The head of the expedition Alexander Abramov. Only Everest climbers will be able to take part in the expedition and filming.  The composition of the climbing group: 7 men and 3 women.

At the same time there will be a group of the 7 Summits Club under the leadership of Sergey Larin.  It will be held according to the standard program of the 7 Summits Club

And about the far-reaching plans: in 2 years we plan to shoot " The High-Altitude Gene -3" at this time on the "Mountain of mountains", the legendary K-2.

Hello! There are guides Lastochkin and Egorov from America. Today we climbed Devil's Tower! It was an incredible climbing, wonderful views from the route. But the most interesting thing is that, despite the difficulty of the route, one of the members was always in the lead. And I with Alexander, we only belayed and admired the scenery. Everything turned out on time and very positive!

Alex Abramov, expedition leader:

 Hello! Expedition Everest-2019 continues. Also my Project “7 summits for 7 months” continues.   But our vacation down in the village is over.   On May 9, we were already at the Base camp and celebrated the Victory Day there.  It was fun. About 100-150 people were visiting us. We danced, sang war songs. And the next day, on May 10, we rested from rest, restored the spent forces.

 Now a period of waiting for good weather is coming.  First of all, we expect the Sherpas to hang all the fixed ropes.

The team with guides Alexander Lastochkin and Boris Egorov is now in Wyoming. Today, climbers conducted the first training on the rocks of the Devil's tower.  It is an incredible basalt mountain that appeared as if from nowhere in the middle of the plains. Now we have to learn to climb the multifaceted columns of the mountain. For a new type of rocks need a new technique and the right equipment…

Greetings from Everest!  Today our recreation time is over. For three days we slept, ate, drank, fished and relaxed. Tonight we are holding a party in honor of May 9th at the Base camp.

Boris Yegorov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from USA:

Hello, dears!  Today we made the final ascent in Utah. We climbed the Castleton Tower, it's symbol of the region. Very beautiful freestanding rock tower, among other things, she is often glimpsed in American westerns. Climbing was quite interesting, a lot of different caliber cracks and chimneys. And very cool feeling on the top, 360 degree view! Tomorrow is our last day in Moab, and the plan is to go rafting on the Colorado river.

Dmitry Yermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:  7 Summits, Hello! Dmitry Yermakov from Dingboche. Yesterday we climbed Kalapatar. And then we went down the valley. The weather is beautiful. And in the evening we celebrated the birthday of one of members  - Alena. In general, the day was a success.

Andrey Berezin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Greetings from the Elbrus Region!  Part of the group was able to change tickets and make a second attempt to climb Mount Elbrus.  Let me remind you: the first attempt was stopped at an altitude of 5300 meters due to the high avalanche danger. The weather forecast was favorable on the weather Internet resources. In fact, the weather was not what the weather sites said. Tonight a large number of people startede. But in the end on the route to the top we met only a few people. Wind, snow, fog and frost are our companions of this ascent.

Bottom line: we're on the top! Elbrus climbing season is open!

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello, dear! We climbed Mera Peak! Caught the weather window and did it!

 From April 15 to May 5, the team made three acclimatization rotations: 5800, 6400, 7000 m. All 17 members climbed the Northern Col of Everest and spent a night there in severe weather conditions: wind up to 90 km/h, avalanche-prone slopes, snow up to 0.5 meters. Dozens of other expedition tents were torn by the wind. For the 7 Summits Club 100% tents  were without any loss. All this thanks to the experience of guides Sergey Larin, Artem Rostovtsev and wise intuition of Alex Abramov  - it is his 20th expedition on 8000 m mountains and attempt for  the 10th ascent to the top of Everest.

Tomorrow morning all 17 members going on rest for 3 nights in the village  of Tashijong to a height of 4200m. And May 9 our expedition invites all 160 people from the base camp of Mount Everest  to celebrate Victory Day!!!

Olga Rumiantseva, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:  Hello from Bolivia! Today, our group climbed  a very beautiful Mount Huayna Potosi. Weather at first did not please and even we had doubts whether we will be able to make the ascent according to the plan or have to use the reserve day.  But despite the snow storm that broke out in the evening on the eve of the climb, by night the weather gave us a small window, which was just enough to climb.

The route has changed slightly since I was last here. Now you do not have to go to the top by the terrifying ridge. You can see it only from the top. But the route of climb did not become less interesting. And beauty is still in place.

From tomorrow we will start a fascinating cultural entertainment program.

Hello dears! There are guides Lastochkin and Yegorov from the United States. We and  guys climbed hard route to the Fisher tower. We were surrounded by alien landscapes. We had a special plan for this ascent: we changed roles with members. They were in the lead on the climb, and there, by the way, climbing 6b with our belay points (friends, bookmarks, etc.), and on the descent they were also leaders. Everything turned out just fine! All coped on 5 points. In addition to difficult climbing, a separate adventure was the exit to the top, not difficult physically, but very difficult psychologically. Here it is necessary to control yourself really well and they coped with this task.

Viktor Ershov, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello everyone from Kilimanjaro! Today around 8 am the whole group of “Falcons-2019” climbed the highest free-standing mountain in the world! Than lived up to the name of group - it was fast, clear, a real Express! Now we went down to the camp Horombo, all wildly tired, because not every day you pass about 20 km in the mountains with a large difference in height. Tomorrow we run down and rest! Hurray!

Seven Summits, hi!  Here is a guide Dmitry Ermakov from Gorak Shep. We got here today. The weather improved. We went to the base camp. Everyone is tired and the height is felt, but we do not give up! Left to stand overnight and day hold! At night we go to Kala Pattar. Best regards!