All news: June 2021

Nikita Slotin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus Region:

All greetings from the slopes of Elbrus from the group "TRANSENERGOPROM"! We continue the acclimatization process. Today we gained altitude again, trampling the slope in crampons. Today Elbrus was opened to us in all its glory! The weather was better than yesterday, and a light breeze was blowing in, making it difficult to be roasted in the sun. Tomorrow is a rest day according to the plan! The group guides are Nikita Slotin and Alexander Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club: The group "Dreamers" today, in the process of preparing for the ascent, climbed on the Pastukhov Rocks. The weather did not indulge us today. Since the morning, there was a  fine snow from a large cloud. It was accompanied by wind gusts of 30 km/h. However, this did not affect the acclimatization process, and we climbed the Pastukhov Rocks. Now the group is resting on the refuge. Tomorrow we have a day of rest and preparation for the ascent according to the plan.

Nikita Slotin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus Region:

Hello to all from the refuge "National Park" from the group "TRANSENERGOPROM"! We are moving smoothly through the program, went up to the refuge, had a delicious lunch and went to the ice and snow training sessions! We climbed to the height of the Priyut of 11, learned to walk in crampons, worked out the technique of self-arrest on the slope, got acquainted with climbing on the fixed ropes! Tomorrow we plan an acclimatization rotation to the Pastukhov Rocks. The group guides are Nikita Slotin and Alexander Avtomonov.

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus region: The group "Dreamers" climbed on the refuge National Park. In the afternoon, we made an acclimatization outing to the area of Old Refuge Eleven, where we conducted snow and ice training sessions.  They mastered the skills of self-arrest with an ice pick, moving in crampons on the slope, and also learned how to move on fix ropes. Tomorrow, according to the plan, there will be an acclimatization rotation to the Pastukhov Rocks. The group guides are Andrey Berezin and Boris Yegorov.

Nikita Slotin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus Region:  Greetings to all from the Elbrus region, from the TRANSENERGOPROM group! Today we started the process of active acclimatization! The group climbed to the planned mark on Mount Cheget, from which we had a view of the peaks of Elbrus! All the participants feel good, everyone, happy, although a little tired, went down! Guides Nikita Slotin and Alexander Avtomonov.

The summer season on Elbrus began quite intensively. On Monday, two more our groups began their acclimatization rotation. The group with the guide Alexander Dorojukov went up to the waterfall Devichy kosy. A large group of "Dreamers" with guides Andrey Berezin and Boris Yegorov climbed the slopes of Mount Cheget. The weather finally improved, and the participants were able to admire the snow-capped mountains and  majestic domes of Elbrus.

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus area:  We were silent for several days.  Today we have something to say! After several days of waiting for a weather window, on June 5, in severe weather conditions, the group named "Platoon of easy Behavior" climbed the Western summit of Elbrus. Wind, snow, frost - all this did not affect the mood of the participants. At 8: 30, the first part of the group was at the top.

Alexander Abramov, still from Kathmandu, about the results of the Everest - Lhotse 2021 expedition:

This year's Everest season has been very dramatic. The pandemic, the weather on Mount Everest, the covid outbreak and the lockdown in Nepal, caused a lot of confusion and frayed the nerves of all the expeditions, participants and leaders of the expeditions. More than a hundred Sherpas fell ill and left their jobs. At least half of the participants were ill, coughed, had a fever, and left for treatment. Some came back, some didn't.

The weather was actually unusual for the Everest-Lhotse area. This year, less than half of the participants who bought permits have reached the summit of Mount Everest. And there are only 20 participants on the summit of Lhotse in general.

Now participants of expeditions are trying to fly out of Nepal by export charters. International regular service is completely prohibited.

Congratulations to all those who fought, survived and reached the summit of Mount Everest this year, despite all difficulties and hardships! And I thank all the Sherpas who heroically helped the participants achieve their cherished goal.

Thank you to everyone who waited, hoped and believed in us! We are flying to Moscow.

Thank you to the Russian Embassy in Nepal for your help and support in such a difficult and stressful year!

Namely:

Alexey Novikov, Russian Ambassador to Nepal,

Mikhail Skovorodnikov, Head of the Consular Department,

To Nikolay Kapustin, attache, Press Secretary.

On June 1, 2021, the second group of the 7 Summits Club expedition "Everest – Lhotse 2021" climbed on the summit of Mount Everest.

They were Ekaterina Kalabukhova, guide of the 7 Summits Club  Artem Rostovtsev and four Sherpas. Thank you for the video taken during the ascent, it is clear that sometimes shooting was very difficult!

Andrey Berezin, super-guide of the & Summits Club from the Elbrus Region: News of the Elbrus Region. The second day of summer was not summer day at all. A cyclone came from Turkey, and with it a strong wind, sometimes up to 50 km / h and snow. The team confirmed its name "Platoon of easy behavior", we made an acclimatization climb to the Pastukhov Rocks. Tomorrow, according to the plan, there will be a day of rest and preparation for the summit ascent.

Artem Rostovtsev, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Nepal: The second small group from the 7 Summits Club Everest expedition (Ekaterina Kalabukhova, Artem Rostovtsev + 4 Sherpas) has reached its goal. Early in the morning on the first day of summer, we climbed on the top of Mount Everest.  We had to endure a little, a little more than a week, bad weather in Camp-2 at an altitude of 6500m. But we managed to hold the strength. The weather after that gave only one and a half fine days, which we took advantage of.

Today, at 6:00 local time, Katya Kalabukhova and the guide of the 7 Summits Club Artem Rostovtsev reached the summit of Mount Everest! With them, the highest point was reached by four Sherpas, high-altitude guides-porters. Now the whole group is going down. We hope that tomorrow the new heroes of Everest will be in Kathmandu.

Nine more Sherpas of our expedition went up to the Lhotse assault camp and removed belongings and equipment. Now they are going to meet the group descending from the summit and will dismantle the Everest assault camp.