All news: July 2021

Maxim Shakirov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Georgia:

Greetings to all from the hospitable Georgia from the group "Shvili of Mountains" and the guide Max Shakirov! Explanation: in Georgian, "shvili" is a child. Now we are in Gudauri and tomorrow we will begin to acclimatize before climbing Kazbek. The weather is still cloudy, but everyone is in a good mood - we are celebrating the birthday of our team member Yulia!

The mission of the Dostoevsky Group has been fulfilled! The ascent on Elbrus in honor of the 200th anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky took place on July 24. All the participants of the literary expedition reached the top at 7: 30 am. It should be noted that according to the forecast, there should have been a wind of 45 km per hour. But in fact, the weather conditions for climbing turned out to be much more comfortable. It is also necessary to note the good physical fitness of the participants.

Alexander Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Northern Elbrus:

The group of the 7 Summits Club "Gazprom Nedra" today made an acclimatization rotation to the height of 3750. Then all the participants and guides descended through the "stone mushrooms" to the base camp.

Vladimir Murzaev, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus region: On the first day we climbed the slopes of Mount Cheget. On the second day, we remembered what an ice axe and crampons are. On the third day, we climbed the Pastukhov Rocks. On the fourth day, we were preparing for an assault. And on the fifth day, in a stubborn struggle with bad weather, we reached the top in 6 hours, which is quite fast for such weather. It was July 23 at 9-20 am. The girls are very persistent and purposeful.

News of the Elbrus region. The group "Apricots" today (23/07) climbed the Western peak of Elbrus. The weather was not easy: the wind was 50 km/h, sometimes cloudy and foggy, when I had partly to walk along a marked path, from one marker to another one. And at finish of that, there was cold rain on the top. And all these natural disasters did not prevent us from reaching the summit.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, from Kyrgyzstan:

Greetings to all from the team "Hello, Mountain Fever" from Lenin Peak! Now our team is resting in Camp 1 and is preparing to storm the summit of Lenin Peak. So far, only 3 people have reached the summit due to the weather. But the weather is getting better and we have a chance.

Our team's plan:

24th Camp 2, 5300 m;

25th Camp 3, 6100 m;

26th ascent to the top and overnight at Camp 3;

27th descent to the Camp 1 4400 m;

28th descent to the Base Camp and transfer to Osh.

Guides Abramov Alexander and Nikita Slotin.

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Hello everyone! The group "Maybe Two Hundred Options" successfully went on an acclimatization rotation to an altitude of 6100. We spent two nights at an altitude of 5200 in Camp 2. Now we are resting in the first camp. Then there will be an assault on the summit.

Boris Egorov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Today we had a long day. Mount Elbrus struck us with its unpredictability. We have experienced almost all weather phenomena: this is the wind, and snow, and the lack of visibility, and even the unexpectedly scorching sun on the descent. For those who ventured to reach the top, this was an additional test. But, at the same time, the difficulties made the ascent unforgettable.

So, four representatives of hot Egypt were standing today on the highest point in Europe. Now everyone has gone down to the hotel and is recuperating. Guides Boris Egorov and Kristina Putintseva.

Group guide Andrey Berezin: News of the Elbrus region. The group of the 7 Summits Club "Apricots" climbed the Pastukhov Rocks today. During the day there was a strong heat, so we needed down jackets and membrane jackets only on the rocks themselves and at rest stops. We climbed at a good pace, the group was walking briskly, like one "Apricot". Tomorrow we plan to rest and prepare for the ascent.

News from the team of Alex Abramov from Lenin Peak. On July 19, the entire team, 12 participants and 5 guides, climbed to the top of Razdelnaya 6134m. During the ascent, on a steep slope, the guide of our team, Boris Dedeshko, the owner of the Golden Ice Axe and one of the strongest climbers of Kazakhstan, saved the life of a climber from the team climbing parallel with us.

When Boris's team traversed a steep snow-ice slope at the exit to 5600m, an uncontrolled fall began from the top of the slope by a climber from a neighboring team. The slide could continue for another 200 m with a flight to a rocky area. Boris, in a jump, risking his life, stopped the fall and fixed the climber on the slope. Thank him for this act!

After spending two nights at an altitude of 5300 in order to acclimatize, our entire team yesterday, July 20, went down to rest in Camp-1 at 4400m. The weather at Lenin Peak is consistently bad. Since the beginning of the season, only 3 people have reached the top.

Greetings from Elbrus! Today, the Wild guanabana group has successfully completed the acclimatization rotation, all participants have reached the Pastukhov Rocks. The weather continues to give us so much, there was a calm on the mountain. Now we are resting and preparing for the ascent.

The group of the 7 Summits Club made an ascent on the summit of Kazbek according to the VIP program. Our guide Artem Rostovtsev led the assault on the summit and sent a series of photos.

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club: The new group began acclimatization and preparation for the ascent on Elbrus. Today we went up to the Ai cafe, which is located at the first station of the Cheget cable car. Summer has also come to the Elbrus region. Today was an unusually hot day for these places, the air temperature rose to 35 degrees. But this did not prevent us from completing the program of the day. Tomorrow we will go up to the refuge"National Park", where we will continue to acclimatize.

Greetings from Elbrus! Today, we and our guests from warm countries have climbed to the Refuge of Eleven, at an altitude of 3800. Summer is in full swing, streams flow down the slope. We went to snow training sessions. The mood of the participants is excellent, the weather is pleasing. Guides Boris Egorov and Kristina Putintseva.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, from the slopes of Lenin Peak: Our entire team, 12 participants and 5 guides, climbed to the top of Razdelnaya Peak 6124 meters. We reached it at 5 p.m. local time. Now we are starting the descent. In 5 days, we plan to begin the assault on Lenin Peak, with a height of 7134 meters.

Our super-tent in Camp 2 on Lenin Peak.

Boris Egorov, guide of the 7 Summits Club:  News from Elbrus. Today, finally, for the first time in two seasons, we have foreign climbers, our friends from the Wildguanabana company, as guests. It was not easy for them to get to us, but they managed. Today we have already started to acclimatize. Before lunch, we took a walk on Mount Cheget, and after that we walked along the ecological path between the Cheget glade and the Azau glade.

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club:  Greetings from Georgia! Mount Kazbek. Refuge Meteostation, 3650m.  We are gradually moving towards the top. Yesterday we reached the hut AltiHut 3014, we did not stop there and took a walk to the glacier before dinner. Today we have already moved to the refuge Meteostation. We gained a little more acclimatization, went up to 3900m to the church and enjoyed the views. We'll continue tomorrow.

Sergey Larin, guide of the 7 Summits Club:  The group "1078", on July 17 at 7:25, climbed the highest point of Europe. We left by ratrak at 2: 00, and at 9:45 we already went down to the refuge. That is, it is proved that acclimatization when you sleep at the bottom, and during the day you go to a height, has the right to exist.  However, it is worth noting that all the participants were physically prepared. Although only one participant has been at altitude before - on Aconcagua, and the second –f or the first time in the mountains.

Greetings to all from the North of Elbrus from the team "For Narzan"! Our expedition is over.

The results are as follows. All 7 participants and the guide drank narzan. Four participants and a guide reached the Eastern peak of Elbrus. The route on Elbrus from the North is so not simple.

The group's guide was Max Shakirov.

The 7 Summits Club guide Nikita Slotin from Kyrgyzstan: Today was a warm sunny day. After breakfast, we went to the beginning of the route for ice classes. We checked our equipment, remembered how to walk in crampons on slopes of different steepness, how to use jumars and abseil devices, worked out the movement on the glacier. All participants feel well. The group is preparing to go to Camp-2 at an altitude of 5300 tomorrow. Guides of the group are Alexander Abramov and Nikita Slotin. The second group with the guide Vladimir Kotlyar climbed the Yukhin Peak for acclimatization on this day…