All news: February 2024

The Transglobal Car Expedition continues despite the fact that one of its leaders, Alexander Abramov, had to leave it for a while due to the lawlessness of the Canadian authorities.

The Canadian town of Yellowknife has long been a landmark for the expedition. After all, it meant the completion of the first stage of the global journey, the "USA – Canada" stage. Here, in the last great stronghold of civilization, the team spent more than 10 days. It was impossible otherwise, it was necessary to thoroughly prepare for the most difficult and problematic part of the entire super route, the "Arctic" stage. In Yellowknife, in particular, they bought a large amount of frozen fish, traditional for polar travel.

The team left Yellowknife on the morning of February 8th. After about 100 kilometers, the trees finally disappeared, the expedition came into the untouched tundra. There are no roads here anymore. They drove a little more and set up camp just in the middle of a snowy desert. This was the beginning of the second stage.

In the following days, the target was the village of Nunavut. The cars got stuck in deep snow several times, and we had to use winches.

There were sunny, beautiful days in the Arctic tundra, and by evening the temperature dropped to -32 °C. All participants are in a good mood – the main team is heading to the meeting place with Yemeli's team. On February 11, the expedition crossed the Arctic Circle. It's very serious.…

Greetings from the White Walkers group from the slopes of Kilimanjaro! This morning started with dancing and warm words. Next, we had a long but fascinating descent through the jungles of Kilimanjaro. We were very lucky to meet colobuses, monkeys that live only in these forests.

The long-awaited gala dinner ended with the presentation of medals and certificates in a romantic atmosphere under a starry sky and a bright bonfire flame. These moments will remain forever in the hearts of our participants! No one wanted it to end! And after that, we shared our impressions and made plans for the next mountains.

Guides Evgeny Fedyunin and Kristina Putintseva from Tanzania.

Greetings from Tanzania from the summit of Kilimanjaro from the White Walkers group and guides Evgeny Fedyunin and Kristina Putintseva!  Today, the team climbed to the roof of Africa, the highest peak of the entire continent. The whole group is on the descent now. One participant did not go to the assault for medical reasons, now he is going down to the lower camps with local guides, his condition is normal.

Greetings from Tanzania from the slopes of Kilimanjaro from the guides Evgeny Fedyunin and Kristina Putintseva! Today, our group "White Walkers" moved to the Kosovo assault camp (4800 m). Almost all groups start from the Barafu camp (4600 m), translated from Swahili as "snow camp". Our teams start from Kosovo, which allows us to save at least 1 hour of time and 200 m of drop during the assault.

Today the team will have to go out on the assault, we need to prepare and have a better rest. Guys! We wish the team good luck and keep our fists up for them! We are waiting for further news.

Audio message from Africa from the super-guide of the 7 Summits Club Evgeny Fedyunin:

February 8, the White Walkers group, the 7 Summits Club. This morning we overcame the Barranco Wall in an hour and a half. Upstairs, everyone had a snack, drank tea and coffee, and in two more hours we reached the Karanga Camp – 4000 meters. It's cloudy now, a little rain. All participants are in a good mood. We had lunch, everything is fine.

A guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov reports from Argentina:

Aloha from the slopes of Mount Aconcagua! All the participants and guides of the Androids of Aconcagua group have reached the top! The way was difficult, everyone had to fight with themselves to reach the summit. The group was tired and after climbing, the participants rested in the Berlin camp. And in the morning, we went down to the base camp. Here in the evening, we rewarded all those who climbed the summit of Aconcagua. The guides of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin, Sergey Avtomonov and Valery Myasoedov were with you.

Evgeny Fedyunin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Tanzania:

Rafiki Jumbo! The White Walkers group of the 7 Summits Club went up to Camp 1 yesterday. Today, the group crosses the heather thickets to the Western side of Mount Kilimanjaro, on the Shira plateau 3800m. Everything is fine, we will acclimatize a little bit. Good luck to everyone!

Guides Evgeny Fedyunin and Kristina Putintseva.

Kristina Putintseva, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Tanzania:

Jumbo, Rafiki! Our “White Walkers” group arrived today.  We are comfortably accommodated in the hotel with a wonderful view of the snow-covered Kilimanjaro massif. We checked our equipment, had a delicious dinner, and went to pack our things for tomorrow's departure. Guides Evgeny Fedyunin and Kristina Putintseva.

Andrey Berezin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias from the slopes of Aconcagua!  Our friendly company "Androids of Aconcagua" made an acclimatization rotation with an overnight stay at the Nido de Condores camp, at an altitude of 5500m.  The night went well, and a slight wind picked up in the morning. The beautiful views fascinated us in the evening. Today we have a day of rest and preparation for the summit assault. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin, Sergey Avtomonov and Valery Myasoedov.

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

Greetings from the team "Despacito", from Atacama! Today we climbed the world's highest volcano, Ojos del Salado. We managed to do this before the onset of bad weather. All participants reached the highest point, although they went up and down one at a time. This time there were a lot of people on the mountain again, everyone was trying to get through the weather window. Now we are down, resting, tomorrow we are going to the ocean. Guides Nikita Slotin, Boris Egorov.