All news: February 2023

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olga Rumyantseva reports from Tanzania:

Hello everyone from Tanzania! Today, a new group of the 7 Summits Club arrived at Kilimanjaro Airport to begin climbing the mountain of the same name.  However, due to circumstances, so far only half of the participants were able to get to the beginning of the route. We hope that tomorrow we will all get together and start climbing Kilimanjaro.  The new group was met at the airport by the participants of the previous group, who, after climbing, arranged a well-deserved rest in Zanzibar. That's how the continuity of the groups turned out.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Semenov reports from Argentina:

Greetings from Argentina from the "Tango for Cash" team!  Today we have completed the acclimatization program by going to our assault camp Colera (5950 m). Today and tomorrow we rest at the base camp Plaza de Mulas at an altitude of 4300 meters.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Svetlana Kotlyar reports from Colombia:

Hello everyone from Salento! The team of "Igoryashki" safely descended from the mountains to civilization yesterday! The mountain part of our program ended yesterday. From the farm "La prima verá" from a height of 3800 we went down to the entrance of the National Park "Los nevados". We sat down in our cozy hotel and in the evening the whole team gathered at a huge festive table.

The team is happy! Toasts, congratulations, smiles, loud laughter! Everyone received well-deserved silver medals and certificates for the successful ascent on the Nevado Del Tolima volcano!

Today we are resting and after lunch we fly to Santa Marta, where we will continue our trekking program to the Lost city. Guides of the 7 Summits Club: Alex Abramov, Boris Egorov and Svetlana Kotlyar.

On February 14, the group of the 7 Summits Club "Igoriashki" in full (16 participants and 8 guides) climbed on the summit of the most beautiful volcano in Colombia - Nevada del Tolima (5221 m). The ascent was not easy: strong wind, snow and almost complete lack of visibility. Now the team is preparing for new adventures in this wonderful country.

The guides of the 7 Summits Club Alex Abramov, Boris Egorov and Sveta Kotlyar report from Colombia:

Greetings to all from Colombia from the team of the 7 Summits Club "Igoryashki"! Congratulations to everyone on Valentine's Day! Including all those in love with the mountains! Today at 7 am our full team (16 participants and 8 guides) stood on the top of the most beautiful volcano in Colombia  - Nevada del Tolima (5221)! The ascent was not easy: strong wind, snow and almost complete lack of visibility. But the stronger the emotions from reaching the top! For the four team members, this peak became the first mountain summit in their lives. We went down to the assault camp at 10 a.m., now we are packing our things and preparing to descend to the Prima Vera farm.

 Photos from local guide Juan

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from Argentina:

Greetings from Argentina from the group "Cash for Tango"!  Our team continues to acclimatize on the slopes of Aconcagua. Today we took a walk to Plaza Canada. We climbed very briskly and well. Tomorrow we have a rest day before spending the night on Nido de Condores. In general, we are resting, relaxing before difficult days.  Guides Dmitry Semenov and Alexander Dorojukov.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olga Rumyantseva reports from Tanzania:

So Lucky Chyk-chyryk African adventures are over. Today the whole group flew away: someone at home, someone in Zanzibar. This week we became very friends, and it was a shame to break up. But we hope to meet again. In the mountains. Or not in the mountains.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Semenov reports from Argentina:

Greetings from Argentina, from the group "Tango for Cash"!  Today is our first day at the base camp at the Plaza de Mulas. The day went very well because it's a day off.  Today we walked to an abandoned hotel located on the other side of the gorge. And then we visited the highest art gallery. Tomorrow is a harder day, we will have a rotation to the Plaza de Canada (5000m.). The group's leaders are Alexander Dorojukov and Dmitry Semenov.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Svetlana Kotlyar reports from Colombia:

Greetings to all from our team from Colombia! Our adventures in this amazing country continue! Our morning started with a cup of coffee in bed! Then we had breakfast and went on route: 16 participants, 3 guides from the 7 Summits Club and 5 local guides. The task of the day is to gain another 300 meters in height and go to the farm "La prima verá".

The views are spectacular, along the way we stopped at a tall Columbian pine tree, which is only 3 years younger than our main boss.  Here we drank delicious tea made from coca leaves.

The whole route took about 4 hours. After lunch it became overcast, it started to rain a little. Now we are already resting on the farm, waiting for lunch and checking the equipment. Tomorrow we go to the assault camp.  The guides of the 7 Summits Club: Alexe Abramov, Boris Egorov and Sveta Kotlyar.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from Argentina:

Greetings from the group from Argentina "Tango for Cash"!  Today we moved to our base camp Plaza de Mulas. The walk took us 7 hours with all stops. The weather is gorgeous, everyone's condition is excellent. Now we are resting, gaining strength after a long walk. Guides Dmitry Semenov and Alexander Dorojukov.

The President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov reports from Colombia:

Greetings to all from Colombia!  The mountain part of our program started today. In the morning, we loaded into jeeps and drove up to the beginning of the route. Today we had to walk 11 km to the first location, La Argentina farm. We coped with the task and completed the route in a little more than 6 hours. The surrounding views are beautiful! Today we saw wax palms - the tallest in the world. We have already settled in, now we will have dinner and discuss plans for tomorrow. The mood is great, the team has become very friendly over these two days. Tomorrow we go higher, at 3800. We embrace everyone! The guides of the 7 Summits Club are Alex Abramov, Boris Egorov and Svetlana Kotlyar.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olga Rumyantseva reports from Tanzania:

Today our Lucky Chyk-chyryk group in full force ran up, ascended, crawled to the top of Kilimanjaro. The weather decided to test us. And it was un-African cold. Everyone was frozen, despite the good clothes and warm down jackets. That's how Africa is. And yet we endured everything and reached the summit. For which they were rewarded with incredible views and beautiful glaciers.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Svetlana Kotlyar reports from Colombia:

Hello to the 7 Summits Club from Colombia! Today we left the capital of Colombia and moved to Salento, a small provincial town in the Colombian Andes. After arriving by jeep, we moved to the Finka del Ocaso coffee farm, where we learned a lot about the traditions of coffee cultivation. We collected coffee beans and tried to brew Colombian coffee on their own.

After checking into the hotel, we were preparing for the upcoming expedition — we bought rubber boots.  Tomorrow we will start in the mountains! Follow the news!

Group guides: Alex Abramov, Boris Egorov and Svetlana Kotlyar.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Semenov reports from Argentina:

Greetings from Argentina, from the group "Tango and Cash"! Today our group reached a height of 4000m.   We took a walk towards Plaza Francia, which is located under the Southern Face of Aconcagua. After staying there for about an hour, we started the descent. The weather today was "for us", without wind and sunny. Everyone is resting now. Tomorrow we will have a difficult trek to our base camp Plaza de Mulas 4300m.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olga Rumyantseva reports from Tanzania:

Hello to all from the Lucky Chyk-Chyryk group! Today we moved up to the Kosovo assault camp at an altitude of 4900 meters. Now it remains only to rest for a few hours before the assault and go out at midnight to climb Mont Kilimanjaro. Everyone's mood is moderately combative. We hope that everything will work out.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Svetlana Kotlyar reports from Colombia:

Hola amigos! Hello everyone from sunny Bogota! Today our group gathered in full 16 people in the capital of Colombia!

In the morning we walked around the historical center of Bogota. We walked around the central square of the city — Plaza de Bolivar, built in the early 19th century. Life is in full swing here at any time of the day: street performers, numerous fruit stalls, ice cream shops, souvenir shops, coffee shops with delicious coffee, vendors of handicrafts from banknotes and sellers of fried ants — a local delicacy.

After lunch we visited one of the best places in Bogota — Mount Montserrat. Here, at an altitude of 3100, there is an observation deck with a view of the whole city. We visited the temple dedicated to the Black Madonna of Montserrat, watched hummingbirds, and then tasted coca leaf tea in one of the cafes. They say that it helps the body to adapt better to altitude. Well, we'll check it out in a couple of days!

In the evening, we celebrated the arrival of all the team members for a festive dinner, and at the same time congratulated our guide — Boris Egorov on his birthday!

Tomorrow we change the location, leave the already beloved Bogota and fly to Salento for an excursion to one of the coffee farms. And from there the mountain part of our program will begin.

The guides of the 7 Summits Club were with you: Alex Abramov, Boris Egorov and Svetlana Kotlyar.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from Argentina:

Hello from sunny Argentina, from the group "Tango and Cash"! Our team entered Aconcagua National Park today. The weather is hot, beautiful views, a dusty road - everything is as we like. In general, we started our climbing program.

Guides Alexander Dorojukov and Dmitry Semenov.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olga Rumyantseva reports from Tanzania:

The group "Lucky Chyk-Chyryk" sends greetings from the Karanga camp from a height of 4020 meters above sea level! Every day we are getting closer to the summit. In fact, we have one step left before the assault camp. And everyone is already a little worried. But, in the same way, everyone was worried yesterday, looking at the incredible Baranko Wall, which we had to climb today. However, everything turned out to be not so terrible. And slowly-slowly, or as they say "pole-pole" here, we all crawled to the top of the wall, and then walked a long way to the Karanga camp.

The weather today decided not to test us. It started to rain exactly fifteen minutes after we arrived at the camp. Due to the rain, the acclimatization rotation had to be canceled. We decided that we had acclimatized well enough.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club: 

Hello everyone! I want to inform you that this year the 7 Summits Club and RD Studio will shoot the film "High-Altitude Gene-2. K2".  I want to invite you to an expedition to K2, that is, to become participants in the ascent and in the film. The dates are June 15 – August 8.

Dear friends! We are going to K2 to shoot the film "The Height Gene-2". We'll take it off. There is no doubt. But the task is to make it more interesting and cooler than the movie " High-Altitude Gene-1". In the success of the film, money will still not be the main thing, they are in second place. The first is the people, the main characters of the film. Their characters, their history, victories and defeats, team relationships, emotions of the participants…

In general, we need heroes, participants. Different in characters and life stories, one thing will unite them: they will all burn both by climbing K2 and by participating in the film. We want to limit the number of team members to 10-12 people. I think half of the participants (the best half) should be women. The second condition is the experience of climbing Summits above 8000 meters. I am sure that we will finish assembling the team by March 1. On March 1, we have to announce the composition of the expedition. Therefore, hurry up with applications. Write to info@7vershin.ru!

 Program and details

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Svetlana Kotlyar reports from Colombia:

Greetings to all from Colombia from Alex Abramov, Borya Egorov and Sveta Kotlyar!  Our adventures in Colombia have begun! Today we arrived in Bogota and met the first participants. We checked into a very nice authentic hotel “Hotel de la Opera". We solved all the organizational issues and in the evening celebrated the arrival in the capital of Colombia at a local restaurant.

The main part of the team arrives tomorrow, we have 16 participants in total. The program is as rich as possible: over the next two weeks we will plunge into the metropolitan atmosphere of Bogota, climb the most beautiful volcano Nevado Del Tolima, visit an Indian city lost in the jungle, visit coffee plantations and relax on the Caribbean coast.

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