All news: April 2019

We climbed the mountain Illiniza Norte, 5126м, all together, quickly and accurately! Start was early in the morning - about 6.30 am, 3 hours up, sometimes had to climb that for almost all participants it was the first time.  Therefore, the ascent was emotional and bright, despite the fogs, and a little rain on the descent.   We went straight down to the Parking lot and went to a cool hotel, which resembles both a Museum, a Park and a castle - an ancient and interesting place.

Next in our plans – Chimborazo!

 Eight members of the Everest expedition of the 7 Summits Club and two guides took off tonight from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.  Their way goes through the Chinese city of Chengdu to the Tibetan capital Lhasa, where they will begin their March to the base camp Everest. Another six members of the expedition arrive by other flights, and a guide Sergey Larin is already in the base camp.

 Good luck!

 The team flies to Everest

Namaste friends! News from a group of guides Dmitry Ermakov and Vladimir Kotlyar, wandering along the Himalayan trails to meet the mountain beauty. Today we marched to the village of Pherice, which was built at an altitude of 4270 meters above sea level. We lost our appetite, but not the fighting spirit!!!!  We continue our journey…

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

 We left the cozy lodge and Cotopaxi National Park  and moved to the National Park of Mount Iliniza. We drove to the parking in 3850м with very scenic views on the way, we saw several herds of llamas. Then we loaded rucksacks  on horses and reached  a mountain hut at 4750м. Here, we plan overnight, and tomorrow going to the top of Iliniza Norte! All memberss feel good, everyone is eager to fight!

The base camp of the expedition  of the 7 Summits Club on Everest is certainly the best, most comfortable in the Himalayas. The accumulated vast experience in its organization allows the team of our Sherpas  quickly and efficiently recreate it from year to year. Now in the base camp  preparation works  are finishing. By the arrival of the guests, that is, the main part of the expedition, everything will be ready – the camp will be provided with everything necessary…

 The first members, guide and doctor in one person Sergey Larin, base camp manager Elena Abramova, our main Sherpas Mingma and Dendi on the way to the base camp…

Dmitry Tertychny in May 2018 climbed the highest peak of the world, Everest, at the age of just over 17 years and 1 month.  He became the youngest European who managed to do it. And the youngest European who managed to complete the program of climbing all the seven highest peaks of the continents. Dmitry owes all his successes, first of all, to his father, Alexander Tertychny, who not only paid for the trips, but was with him on all these mountains. By the 18th anniversary of the hero was prepared this movie. The  7 Summits Club, which was the organizer of the majority of Dmitry's ascents, presents it to you!

11 April Dmitry performed in the 7 Summits Club a lecture and showed the film…

See the lecture recording on Facebook page

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Aloha, our dear! A large, but friendly and disciplined team of the 7 Summits Club, going to the base camp of Everest under the leadership of guides Ermakov and Kotlyar, stormed the height of 3876. That is, we came to a small town Tengboche. Weather favors us, the group has a fighting spirit. Now all together we went to get acquainted with the famous Buddhist monastery, built by Lama Gulu in 1916. And today it is our Grisha's birthday!!!! While the band is out, I'll make a cake.

Victor Ershov, guide the 7 Summits Club

 Hello, dears! This morning enjoyed a wonderful view of the Cotopaxi for breakfast.  We even watched a fly of a hummingbird, but did not have time to take a picture of it. After breakfast we went to the parking  at 4600m on the slope of volcano Cotopaxi, reached the glacier, held ice-snow classes for the guys and reached a height of 5200m. On road down was greeted Andian wolf and again local hares. The nature of Ecuador never ceases to amaze!

 The traditional evening of the meeting of friends of the 7 Summits Club 7 Peaks, dedicated to the departure of the expedition on Everest, took place on the eve, April 10, in the lecture hall of the Club of travelers "Sport Marathon".  Thanks to everyone who came, thanks to the owners!   The atmosphere of the meeting was wonderful, the organization – at the highest level.

Group Everest-2019, not in full. There will be 14 participants and three guides.

All photos are here (62 photos)

The next expedition of the 7 Summits Club to Everest starts in April. By tradition, which is already 15 years old, we are going on the eve of departure of the main group for a friendly evening party. This year we will do it in a new place, with our friends from The Sports-Marathon. Last year they made an incredible feat: they opened a Club of Travelers almost in the center of the capital. In the lecture rooms everything is thought out and well arranged, there is a well-established equipment. The 7 Summits  Club hopes for long-term and fruitful cooperation with the creative team of The Sport-Marathon.

We are waiting for you on April 10, 2019, beginning at 19: 00.

Address of venue: Moscow, 5-ya Kozhukhovskaya d. 10. Metro station Avtozavodskaya.

Everything is close, by Moscow standards.

The program of the evening will be specified, which we will regularly report. It is clear that there will be Alexander Abramov's speech with the story about the forthcoming expedition, about his project "Seven summits in seven months". As well as  will be a presentation of the participants of the new expedition, words of farewell from the "veterans". There will be significant guests, there will be interesting stories, inspiring videos. There will be beautiful girls and beautiful men.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a Super-guide of the 7 Summits Club from Nepal:

All, salute!!!! The group of guides Ermakov and Kotlyar, going to the Everest base camp, after testing of a long way to the airport Ramechhap and a more long waiting for departure in mountains, finally arrived in Lukla! No losses!  Since we were in Lukla late, it was decided to make minor changes to the original plan. We're staying here tonight. The mood of the group is fighting!!!

 On February 21, 2019, a group of the 7 Summits Club, consisting of 17 members and 3 guides, climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The ascent took place along the Marangu route.   It was the third summit in the implementation of Alexander Abramov's project "7 summits in 7 months".  The President of the 7 Summits Club  intends to climb the highest peaks of all continents in the shortest possible time. He began with Mount Vinson in Antarctica in January and intends to complete the epic in July, on the top of Mount Denali in North America.

Dear friends, we are pleased to announce that today, April 8,  the 7 Summits Club opens a new  Nepal season!  


This spring we will organize two trekking groups, which will go on the most popular route in Nepal "To the base camp of Everest". And there will be two groups that will go on climbing.  Participants and guides will try to climb two Himalayan six thousanders: Island Peak and Mera Peak. 
We will wait for news and photos from our Super-guides Vladimir Kotlyar and Dmitry Ermakov! 


 Guides of the 7 Summits Club 7 Dmitry Ermakov and Vladimir Kotlyar met the first group in Kathmandu.

They checked equipment and went to dinner, to celebrate  beginning of  expedition and  birthday of our member - Tatyana !

On April 6, the team of Sherpas of the 7 Summits Club goes to Tibet, to the base camp of expedition. On April 12, the first participants will arrive in Kathmandu.   On May 15, the main part of the expedition team will fly to Lhasa, from where they will get to the base camp by auto transport.

The best team...

The best camp

 Only a few days left before start of expedition of the 7 Summits Club on Everest,. Preparations are underway in Moscow, but most of them are going on in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, under the direction of our permanent “Director of Sherpas” Mingma Gelu.

 The pride of the 7 Summits Club is our team of Sherpas. It began to take shape in 2003. Thanks to the hard work, above all, the permanent leader of the expeditions, Alexander Abramov, an efficient, friendly team was created.  They clearly understand  their role and knows how to help climbers to achieve their goal. This year, 24 employees from Nepal, Sherpa nationality, will be  sent to Tibet with us to work as guides, high-altitude porters and cooks. They received a new set of clothes and are finishing preparations for going to the base camp.

On January 27, 2019,  President of the 7 Summits Club Alex Abramov climbed the highest peak of South America, Mount Aconcagua, as part of “Seven summits in seven months” project. His partner on the climb was a guide the 7 Summits Club Artem Rostovtsev.  During the short acclimatization and preparation for the ascent, Alex Abramov lived in the "Russian camp" of the 7 Summits Club on the Plaza de Mulas and Nido de Condores. 

The ascent  took place in difficult weather conditions, Alexander and Artem were the only climbers who climbed to the top on this day.