All news: May 2023

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Anastasia Kuznetsova reports from Morocco:

May 2. Beginning. Warm greetings from Africa to all!  Today, the sun over terracotta Marrakech was especially expressive. Everything was being prepared for the arrival of the 7 Summits Club group in Morocco to reveal their secrets and introduce them to the most incredible North African country, where everything is "wrapped up and mixed up" and everyone gets along well with each other.

Without delay, immediately after arrival, we did not dive, but plunged headlong into the atmosphere of the Middle Ages.  We walked through the streets of the medina, which has not changed for centuries. We walked to the hotel, but did not get there, because it is simply impossible to get by transport through the incredible maze of streets.

Then, as expected, an info briefing and equipment check. Then lunch in a traditional restaurant with a view of the ruined walls of the royal palace, where storks are now nesting. Then fresh fruit tasting at the most famous square in Africa - Gemma el Fna and preparation for tomorrow's trip to the mountains.

High Atlas is waiting for us! And its blue ridges in the misty haze are already visible from the roof of the riad and beckon.

Dmitry Semenov, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:

Greetings from the Elbrus region! Today our group El DIVA, went up to our assault camp (National Park refuge).  After that, we went up to the Refuge of Eleven (height 4070 m), where we held snow classes.  The condition of the group is excellent, tomorrow we will go to the Pastukhov Rocks.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Nastya Grigorievskaya reports from Nepal:

Greetings from the band "Iron S", today we have renamed again! Our morning was set, but not for everyone. 14 of the 18 participants were stuck at Ramechape Airport for more than 6 hours due to weather conditions.  We got to Lukla after lunch, got acquainted with our porters, gave them their luggage and soon moved to our first lodge "Sherpa Shangri - La".  The route was very picturesque, occasionally getting into a traffic jam of yaks and mules.

Having settled in cozy rooms, we had a hearty dinner with dishes of national cuisine, and together we finish the third huge thermos of ginger lemon tea and talk about upcoming plans for tomorrow.

Tomorrow we will go to Namche Bazaar, where we will spend a two-day acclimatization!

We embrace everyone!

The guides of the program are Sergey Avtomonov, Kristina Putintseva and Nastya Georgievskaya.

Artem Rostovtsev, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

The group of Cats reached the Everest base camp. They scared us with winds, snow, and the weight of the lift, but we got there. We entered the camp with a beautiful, shiny, light gait. They were even waiting for us. The climbers themselves were waiting for Everest. We looked at them enviously all evening, they will touch the top of Everest! But, it seems, they also looked at us with envy, we are already down tomorrow. For some reason, the team's guide ran around all the camps on the Khumbu glacier before dinner, there is a whole city there. And the summit of Everest opened up to us!!!

President of the 7 Summits Club, head of the Everest expedition Alexander Abramov reports from Nepal:

Today, on May 2, the team is quietly preparing for a new exit. Tomorrow at 3 am we will start for camp-1 6100m. The plan is to climb to Camp 3 at 7100m in 3 days and then descend to Base Camp on May 6th.  On May 7th, the team will fly to Namche Bazaar for a vacation.  And the ascent is scheduled for May 12-13.  Today, the Cats team, led by Artem Rostovtsev, came to visit. Cats turned out to be models, so we temporarily postponed our men's classes. A game of chess and cards. It's a pity, but at 2 a.m. we leave the Base Camp. The weather is good.

Today our friends, Everest climbers Igor Demyanenko and Jamila Murtayzina also came. It was a good meeting. Our Base Camp is turning into a Noah's Ark. Not a day without new guests.  Another good news. Sergey Bogomolov was discharged from the Hospital. And he's flying to Lukla tomorrow.

Nikita Slotin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

Greetings to all from the glorious city of Kathmandu from the group "For money - YES"! Today, all the band members finally met together for dinner. We eat meat before the upcoming road. We get acquainted, tell about our plans and already completed ascents, listen to stories about the Soviet period in the Himalayas... It seems that the weather is improving, and tomorrow we will fly to Lukla. The evening continues, and we are charged for adventures.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Valery Myasoedov reports from Tanzania:

Monday, May 1, the first day of the program of the new group of the 7 Summits Club on Kilimanjaro. We are trying to discern positive signs in everything that happens. On the first day we reached the Machame camp at an altitude of 3000 m in the conditions of incessant rain, so that it was time to think about renaming the group. The day before, out of many options, we stopped at "How to get to the library".  But at the crossing, the thought flashed through my head, maybe rename it to "How to get somewhere where it's not so damp...". But we are positive seekers... And we found it! The group showed enviable willpower and character, difficult weather conditions only united and tempered us, and this is the most important thing. Tomorrow we have a transfer to the Shira camp, and we are ready for any challenges.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Nastya Grigorievskaya reports from Nepal:

A friendly team of trekking to the Everest base camp and a team of climbers on Island Peak gathered in Kathmandu! A total of 18 participants! Already at night we are moving to Ramechap airport, from where there will be a flight to Lukla.

Everyone is in a great mood, we walked around the city in the afternoon and got acquainted with the local cuisine, bought the missing equipment.  All the members were presented with branded gifts from the Club, and in the evening they had a warm welcome dinner!

In the evening, the name of the team was born: "Ginger, lemon and buzz". Well, let these components allow everyone to successfully acclimatize and successfully reach their intended goal! See you on the air!

The guides of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov, Kristina Putintseva and Nastya Georgievskaya.

Artem Rostovtsev, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

 Peace, labor, May! A column of beautiful girls after a hearty breakfast opened the morning May Day demonstration in the town of Periche. Under the falling snow. The snow was coming from the very clouds and clouds that have been hiding the beauty of the Himalayas for the fourth day. So under the snow and partly with the wind we went all the way to Lobuche. We are no longer used to it. No one is frozen or wet, the snow is dry. And in the lodges, as always, we are the brightest, cheerful and not tired. Base camp wait for us tomorrow!

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region. A group with the name "Peace, Labor, brut" has started a program of acclimatization and preparation for climbing Elbrus. Today we held a May demonstration to the Ai cafe on the slope of Cheget. The weather is early spring. There is snow on the slopes, the trails are also snow-covered. The legs got slightly wet, snow broke off from time to time. But it couldn't spoil our wonderful mood.  Tomorrow we will move to the refuge on the Elbrus slopes, where we will continue acclimatization. 

The head of the expedition to Makalu Lyudmila Korobeshko reports from Nepal:

Happy May 1st to everyone!  Yesterday we went to the first acclimatization. The climb to Camp 1 turned out to be quite difficult - there was a steep part in front of the camp itself. We spent the night at 6300. In the morning, part of the group got up into Camp 2, left the drop there and also ran down. The snowfall was quite heavy both days. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, May 2 and 3, according to the plan, are rest days. Everyone feels good. But we tired, of course.

Boris Egorov, the Guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Papua New Guinea:

And finally the adventure in Papua for the next big group began. They called themselves "Stars in boots"!! The first part arrived yesterday, and we entertained ourselves with conversations and sipped wine. And the next morning, as if nothing had happened, we conducted a joint yoga practice. Today, everyone finally gathered in the town of Mount Hagen, had lunch, checked out local shops and moved to a comfortable lodge in the middle of the rain forest. We had an incredibly interesting circle of acquaintances. The team is big, 10 people, and I wanted to listen to everyone without stopping. Tomorrow, an early ascent and trekking to the base camp under the Giluwe volcano.