All news: January 2022

Andrey Berezin, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:  Buenos Dias! Los Litros Leche group news. Today we have a rest day, and we used it for a walk on the Horcones Glacier. This is a unique glacier with an unusual needle-shaped form of ice, which is called calgaspores or penitentes.  In the afternoon, we passed a medical check. Tomorrow, according to the plan, we are going up to spend a night on Nido de Condores.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Viktor Volodin and Valery Myasoedov.

Sergey Avtomonov, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:

News from the Bezbabos group from sunny Argentina! Today we passed the PCR tests, no one "got pregnant" and we are ready to enter the Aconcagua National Park!!! We checked the equipment and went shopping to buy the missing little things, of which there are always a lot. It turned out that practically nothing works here on Sunday, and therefore the search for small things has become a much more interesting quest! Even the payment of permits became more difficult due to the fact that it was possible to pay only in one place - somewhere in the other end of the city.  The guides of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov and Dmitry Semenov were with you!

Dmitry Semenov, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:

Mendoza Airport, we met a new, super group. The guys arrived, happy, positive, determined to win. We're settling into a hotel today.  Then - a short sightseeing tour of the area. And tomorrow, according to the plan, all the bureaucratic swings and preparations for departure to Aconcagua National Park.

Andrey Berezin, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:

Aconcagua News.  The "Los Litros Leche" group came to the Plaza de Mulas base camp. After a long walk, we had a rest day, in which we walked to the hotel located under the slopes of Bayonet. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Viktor Volodin and Valery Myasoedov.

Yesterday, the 7 Summits Club welcomed our friends famous explorer Fyodor Konyukhov and his son Oscar Konyukhov. And we have now amazing news! In August, Fyodor goes on Kazbek with our 7 Summits Club and with his friends. You can join, but upon prior request. Vladimir Kotlyar has already applied for the role of a guide in this group and has been previously approved.

We discussed the possible participation of the Russian team under the leadership of Fyodor Konyukhov in the Jules Verne Cup (the fastest prestigious sailing race, you need to go around the World in less than 80 days). We will jointly look for finances and assemble a team.

Fyodor blessed Volodya Kotlyar and Alex Abramov for the fulfillment of the project "14 eight-thousandth". He believes that this project is very important for raising the prestige of Russia. After all, no Russian climber has done this project yet. Sergey Bogomolov is the closest (13 out of 14). Everyone got a tremendous boost of energy. Fyodor Konyukhov is very inspiring!

And also we received an invitation to the exhibition of paintings by Fyodor Konyukhov "Journey of a Lifetime" from February 3 at the Zurab Tsereteli Gallery.

Andrey Berezin, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:

News of the Los Litros group of the 7 Summits Club.  Yesterday we received permits and moved towards Aconcagua.  We registered at the entrance to the national park and then went up to the Confluencia camp. There we were warmly welcomed with delicious snacks and fruits. And today we made an acclimatization rotation towards the Plaza Francia.  After lunch, we had a medical check giving permission to move to the next Plaza de Mulas camp.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Viktor Volodin and Valery Myasoedov.

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

 The sun rose unusually early today, and burst into the room with golden rays. Good day to all!  Yesterday was fruitful. All participants woke up in a good mood, exchanged American money for Argentine pesos, passed the test, and it turned out to be negative for everyone, paid and received permits. And this morning, after packing bags for transportation to the Plaza de Mulas and Confluencia, we left in the direction of the Aconcagua National Park. Today, January 25, we left in the morning in the direction of Aconcagua.  By lunchtime we were at the starting point of the walking  part. Then three hours on foot and the Confluencia camp meets us in its arms. Guides Andrey Berezin, Valery Myasoedov and Viktor Volodin.

Sergey Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:  Finally, the Nosotros group descended from the summit of Aconcagua to the base camp! Our ascent was successful!!! With not a big incident under the summit, but all the participants are healthy and already resting at the base camp. Tomorrow everyone is planning to go down to the hotel by helicopter! The ascent was very difficult, we climbed quite slowly. But everyone fought to the end and managed to climb to the top. Hooray-a-a -all well done!  Congratulations to all participants and co-participants in the ascent!! Guides Nikita Slotin, Sergey Avtomonov and Dmitry Semenov!

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:  Hello everyone!  A new group on Aconcagua has gathered in Mendoza.  All the participants have arrived, and now we are preparing: issuing permits, currency exchange, checking equipment. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Viktor Volodin and Valery Myasoedov.

Greetings from the Aconcagua Base Camp! The Nosotros group rested today before going to the upper camps. The night wind blew away two more tents.   We replaced them with new ones.  It seems like it was the last wind and the weather is improving further.  We have passed a medical examination certifying that everyone can go climbing!   We collected all the remaining things for the summit assault. We walked around the neighborhood just to stay awake. Once again, we double-checked the climbing plan and the weather forecast for the coming days.  Then the forecast can be found only by radio. We plan to go up to the Nido De Condores high-altitude camp tomorrow and spend the night there. Then go up to the Kolera assault camp for acclimatization and spend the night again in Nido, to consolidate acclimatization. And the very next day we go out to the assault camp and then to the top. Good luck to us and the weather!  Guides Sergey Avtomonov, Nikita Slotin and Dmitry Semenov.

The 7 Summits Club Guide Sergey Avtomonov, from Argentina:

The group of the 7 Summits Club "Nosotros" is in touch.  Today we went down to the Plaza de Mulas base camp from the Nido De Condores camp. We spent a night there for acclimatization. It turned out that the wind was weaker in the upper camp than in the base camp. While we were spending the night upstairs, several more tents were blown away by the wind in our base camp. Now we are sorting things out and making plans for the next few days. We will wait out the bad weather and move up!  So far, the forecast promises good weather for the day of our ascent. Tomorrow will be a day of rest. And then we go out to climb. The guides of the group are Dmitry Semenov, Nikita Slotin and Sergey Avtomonov.

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

Today was a wonderful day. In the morning, the whole group moved out for a tasting of malbec, followed by an exquisite lunch. Everything went great. The night before, all the members of the group received certificates of ascent to Aconcagua and commemorative medals. Guides Andrey Berezin, Valery Myasoedov, Nikita Slotin and Victor Volodin.

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Punta Arenas (Chile):  Aloha, everyone! The war ends by mutual consent, and the expedition ends when the guides board the last plane. That's why we're not done with Antarctic history yet. Sanya, Lena and I sort out the equipment, repair, dry the tents and, of course, drink a little wine at the same time.

All the participants of the expeditions went home safely.  They received diplomas and medals for their Antarctic achievements. 

In general, greetings to everyone from our already thinned, but still cool Antarctic expedition of the 7 Summits Club!

The 7 Summits Club Guide Sergey Avtomonov, from Argentina:

Greetings to all from the Nosotros group!  A hurricane wind blew all night today, two tents were torn in the base camp. We all kept tents all night. Then in the morning, instead of going straight to Plaza Canada, we were rebuilding the camp and recovering from a hard night. Then we went up to Plaza Canada in three and a half hours. After the descent, most of the group went to the shower and is now resting with wine. Tomorrow is a day of rest for the participants. And the guides will go up to the upper camp to check it after the storm and drop off food! Guides Sergey Avtomonov and Dmitry Semenov.

Alexander Brychkin, participant of the Vinson Massif ascent: The impossible is possible! At the edge of the earth, on the base of Union Glacier Antartica, I met our author - a great mountaineer and a wonderful person, Nirmal Purja, or simply Nims. He led a group with an Arab princess on the Vinson Massif and the South Pole.  We were also at the summit, but we missed each other by just a few days. It was easier for us because we had better weather.

Nims climbed all 14 eight-thousandths in 6 months, which was previously considered categorically impossible.

  From the notes of one of the participants of the Antarctic program of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Brychkin.  Alexander is one of the leading publishers and distributors of books in Russia.  It was only thanks to him that the translation of the book of Nims came out very quickly in our country.

The 7 Summits Club Guide Andrey Berezin from Argentina:

Buenos Dias! Yesterday, January 15, 2022, the first super-group in the super-season in Argentina, climbed the highest point of the Americas – Mount Aconcagua, 6962 meters. We were at the top at 3 p.m. local time. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Viktor Volodin, Valery Myasoyedov and Nikita Slotin.

The 7 Summits Club guide Sergey Avtomonov, from Argentina:  Hola from the Nosotros group from the slopes of Aconcagua! Today was the hardest day! We got up before dawn to hand over the bags that were being transported on mules. Then there was a light breakfast and we went towards the Plaza de Mulas. At first, everyone was freezing, then the sun came out, and we started to burn in the sun that came out. All day we walked to the base camp.  We were tired, but the whole team reached it in 9 hours.  Everyone is happy, fed by the excellent cooks of the camp, placed one by one in tents and now we are resting before the next day.

Boris Egorov, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Mexico:

Long-awaited news from Mexico. Yesterday at two o'clock in the afternoon our team climbed the last rope of the huge wall, it is called El Gigante.  It was an incredible adventure! Three and a half days of continuous vertical movement, three nights suspended on inflatable platforms. There were practically no places on our route where you could at least stand, they were hanging in safety systems all the time. The rock is very wild, there is no one around, we have not seen a soul during the entire ascent. But it turned out to be absolutely detached from everything in the world, there were only us, the wall and our multi-kilogram trunks, which we dragged up after us. There are only a few such ascents in the world, and even more so in such exotic places. (Even just to get under the wall, we needed local guides with machetes). Of course, this is not our first rock adventure with Alexey and Zhenya, but we are experiencing such difficulty and danger for the first time. And such an event will be all the more memorable. Guides Boris Egorov and Vladimir Murzaev.

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

Aloha, the 7 Summits Club! This is Vladimir Kotlyar and a group of climbers on the highest point of Antarctica, the Vinson Massif. As you already know, we reached to the top yesterday. All the participants have ascended, which they are very happy about. Today we went down to the base camp. We pitched tents, had a delicious meal, drank a little. We did another PCR test, well, this is already the reality of our trips and travels. And, in general, we had a good time.  We are preparing to fly to Union. I hope he will be here soon. But! Having learned from the experience of past expeditions, I did not allow us to drink all the available liquids in stock today. And we decided to divide them into four days. So as not to sit and not get bored waiting for the plane. But who knows, maybe the plane will be quite soon.  In general, everything is cool ... We send you warm hugs, strong handshakes from here, from Antarctica! The season can be considered over.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Victor Volodin from Argentina:

Good afternoon to all!  News from Aconcagua Base Camp. We are doing well, and everything is going according to plan. Yesterday there was a day of rest, we went to the art gallery, looked at the paintings.  Today we are starting and we will try to make an ascent before bad weather. Guides Andrey Berezin and Viktor Volodin.