All news: February 2019

 Victor Ershov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina:

 Greetings from the group of El Fuego from the slopes of Aconcagua! Today we finally have the sun and we went for a walk on the glacier Horcones, look at penentos (calgaspors), snow-ice cool forest, very beautiful. Now we have lunch, delicious mushroom soup, red fish and sweet melon. And then we'll visit Miguel in the highest gallery in the world and then just resting.

Victor Ershov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina:

Hello from the Russian camp on Aconcagua with 4300m! We finally got here, though! We - this group El Fuego (Lights!), and came quite quickly, just 7 hours and 21 km at 1000m drop from camp Confluencia. Great result! And yesterday, in Confluencia we passed successfully medical-check - with all very cool indicators, physicians were surprised. The team members, of course, were tired after two days of difficult walking.  But no worries, tomorrow is a holiday, and finally  internet here it is!

Vladimir Kotlyar, Super-Guide of the 7 Summits Club from Bolivia:

Hola amigos!!!! Vladimir Kotlyar and Irina Zisman continue their journey through Bolivia!!! The second day was great! With the weather we were even lucky, despite the rainy season. We have arrived at the highest mountain of the great lakes of Titicaca! Stunning beauty of nature! We walked around the sun island. Of course we ate fish and tried a glass of Bolivian wine. Then we met an amazing sunset. It rained last night. Adventures continue....

Victor Ershov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Argentina:

Greetings from Argentina, from a group of El Fuego! This morning we said goodbye to hot Mendoza and went to the mountains, to the village of Penitentes. On arrival, after we gave things to the mules, we went for a walk to 3100m. Tomorrow we will go to the zone without communication for 2 days, we will go to the Confluence camp. And then we will try the day after tomorrow to come to the Plaza de Mulas, in our cozy Russian camp of the 7 Summits…

Seven Summits, hello! Dmitry Ermakov from Kilimanjaro. We reached Shira's camp. Today we are more fortunate. There was even sun and we were able to dry all our wet things. We went up a little bit higher, now we are resting and waiting for dinner. We are doing well and all people are feeling fine. The mood is fighting.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Bolivia:

Aloha 7 Summits!!!!  Here are In touch Vladimir Kotlyar and Irina Zisman! We're on the other side of geography, in Bolivia! Today is the first day of our trip, we dedicated it to acquaintance with La Paz, the capital of this distant country. The city impressed us and pleasantly surprised. Especially pleased with the local "metro", or rather the cable car, which replaces it.

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club in Tanzania:

 Hello! Dmitry Ermakov started working with a new group in Kilimanjaro. Tonight the last members arrived in Tanzania.  In the morning we packed up and now we are at the gates of Machame. Now we will register the group and go higher. The weather is beautiful. Today has even been seen Kilimanjaro in the morning. Compared to the New Year time, there are practically no people  on the route. In General, everything is fine and everything is going according to plan.

On May 8, Alexey Sivkov and Evgeny Lesnitsky, long-time friends of the 7  Summits Club, under the guidance of two instructors, successfully completed an incredible ascent to El Capitan by famous route "Nose".  

The climb took 3 days, including 2 nights on the wall and one night on the top of El Capitan.

January 7, 2018 a team of the 7 Summits Club  under the guidance of guide Alexei Lonchinsky successfully climbed to the highest peak of New Zealand's famous Mount Cook.

The team successfully took advantage of a weather window and advices of new Zealand guides.

Svetlana Kotlyar from Argentina:

 Hello 7 Summits Club from the hot Mendoza!

The Aconcagua-3 team descended to the exit of the Aconcagua national Park.

We checked into the hotel and in the evening we were at a dinner dedicated to our ascent.

 Guides of the 7 Summits Club Vladimir Kotlyar, Andrei Berezin and Viktor Ershov  awarded participants that have reached the coveted summit of Aconcagua 6962!

 It's sad to know it's over. This expedition was special. We became friends.

Yesterday there were talks about the brightest moments, laughter through tears, happy smiles, many words of gratitude.

 And today — walks in Mendoza, rafting and visiting local restaurants with tasting the best Argentine wines.