All news: 26 June 2023

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

News of the Elbrus region. The group "We just want to see" begins acclimatization and preparation for climbing Elbrus. Today we went to the Cheget to the Ai cafe. Part of the way passed through the forest, and part in the zone of alpine meadows. The weather turned out fine: sunny, warm, admired the surrounding peaks, including Elbrus. Tomorrow we are already going to the slopes of Elbrus, where we will continue to acclimatize. 

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

Greetings from the Elbrus region from a new group! We have started an acclimatization program with a walk to the Refuge of 11. We had a good walk, had snow classes. We distinguish sticks from an ice axe. Basically everything is fine, we continue to work further.

Guide and director of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko reports from Pakistan:

All salaam from Pakistan from the participants of the expedition to K2 "High Altitude Gene 2" or briefly GenKa2! Wow, what a day we had today - tin!!!  We got up before 4 am. We had breakfast at 4.30 and left at 5. An hour later we reached the famous Baltoro glacier and started moving along it. From the good - these are stunning views, especially of the Trango Towers. And again Broad Peak flashed in the distance. From not very good - we walked almost 10 hours to the Urdukas camp. It's hot again, but the clouds have already started to come and even a little rain has fallen.

The biggest impression of the day is crossing the river. Barefoot, almost waist-deep in icy water - almost frostbitten our feet. But everyone is alive and well. Although one of the participants received a minor knee injury - a few scratches - Andrey quickly healed.

By the way, our doctor Andrey is in great demand - especially among local guys. Yesterday, a delegation of 15 porters came to him - everyone asked them to be treated. Andrey is kind - he does not refuse anyone.

The walk will be easier tomorrow. We'll rest there.

The Guide of the 7 Summits Club Valery Myasoedov reports from Iran:

Greetings from Iran! Yesterday, the equator of the program, the fourth day of the ascent of the Inquisitive group, brought variety to the hot dry weather.  At the entrance to the Mosque, we were covered with dense clouds, the traditional photo at the Mosque did not work out, and the Damavand was completely covered with clouds. The poppy slopes floated fascinatingly in the fog, and the poppies themselves were slightly nailed with dew. The photo with poppies on the background of the Damo didn't work out, but it turned out to be an unusual video. Be sure to take a look! And we will definitely take a photo with poppies on the descent. We reached the shelter at a good pace, stayed in a separate "room", and had a delicious fried chicken for dinner.

Today there was a short acclimatization walk 300 m above the shelter, after lunch rest and preparation for the assault.  Everyone feels great. We are going to storm early tomorrow morning.

From the messages of Alexander Abramov, the head of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club and the 8000 Club on K2:

Over the weekend, we (Alex Abramov, a team of Sherpas and Pakistani high-altitude guides-porters) reached the camp Goro-2, 4250m. The weather was great. There was almost no mobile connection, so we communicate with the office by satellite. Yesterday we moved to Camp Concordia, and today we have already approached the Base Camp. And we will start building our camp soon.