All news: April 2024

Information from Alla Mishina and Sergey Seliverstov.  Early this morning, due to good weather, we flew by helicopter safely to the very center of the Yalung glacier, right at the foot of Kanchenjunga, at an altitude of 5,500 meters. There is a very beautiful view, waterfalls from all sides. The weather is always good until the middle of the day, and fog and snow in the afternoon. The Sherpas have already hung ropes to the Second Camp. We are waiting for the puja ceremony, and then we will start trying to walk acclimatization rotation to a height of 6100- 6300 meters. Everything is fine with us, everyone is healthy.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

  Namaste!  Now from Pokhara from the Dhaulagiri group of the 7 Summits Club. 25 minutes of summer and we are already drinking morning coffee at the Pokhara Hotel on the shore of Lake Fewa. While flying on the right side, we saw our beautiful Manaslu (we climbed in the fall of 2019), waved to her, remembered the work of the High-Altitude Laboratory…

We decided to wait out the daytime heat at +34 at the hotel. Here we met Vladimir Gonchar and other persons from Annapurna. I was impressed by the stories about the storming of Annapurna.

In the late afternoon, we took boats and sailed to the other side of Lake Fewa. There we went up to the Peace Stupa on the top of the nearest hill. The views are amazing. A place with a very strong energy! Energized before a long expedition 😊

On the way back, we were greeted on the shore with torches and dancing. It turned out to be a local Aarati ceremony (as in Pashupati). We had dinner and decided to go to bed early. Enjoy the final night in civilization. After all, tomorrow morning we are already moving by heli into the Italian Base Camp at 3600m.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club, Viktor Volodin, reports from Nepal:

 All namaste from Nepal! The group "Let's Go!" left Namche today in the direction of the high-altitude monastery of Tiangboche. The trail passed through groves of rhododendrons, which are just beginning to bloom. The beauty is extraordinary. Loaded yaks were coming towards us, with musical bells around their necks, calling and at the same time soothing and lulling. But we have a clear goal and we have to go. In the second half of day, we arrived at the nicest hotel in the area, where a warm bed and shower are waiting for us. In the evening, a delicious dinner and a well-deserved night's sleep.

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

Today was a long and difficult march to Namche Bazaar. We saw a lot of beautiful places on the way. There are a lot of people on the trail. And animals. We reached Namche cheerfully with music and dancing. Tomorrow we will show you the Sherpa capital itself.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

Today was our final day in Kathmandu. We walked through the Tamel, issued permits for Dhaulagiri, attended the amazing evening Aarati ceremony in Pashupatinath and did the most important action that traditionally brings success to our team - walked three times around the largest stupa of Buddhanath.

In the evening we sat at the Hard Rock Cafe, where we finally met with our sirdar and a great friend, Lakpa Makalu. He has just successfully climbed Makalu (last Thursday) and supervised the installation of fixed ropes. He arrived in Kathmandu today. And tomorrow, early in the morning, he flies with us to Pokhara and then to Dhaulagiri.

We will try to keep in touch.

Victor Volodin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

On the flip calendar, April 16. The group "Let's go!" is resting today, but is actively resting. In the morning we went to the Japanese hotel at an altitude of 3880 meters. We were really unlucky with the weather; it was cloudy and we couldn't see Ama Dablam and other beautiful mountains. In the afternoon, Abramov's group came up and in the evening we played billiards with them. As usual, friendship won. By evening, the weather turned bad and it started to rain. The participants feel well, their appetite and everything else is good.

From Alla Mishina and Sergey Seleverstov from a height of 4,600 meters:

The difficult trekking has been successfully completed. We finish acclimatization at an altitude of 4,600 meters with radial rotation to the point named Ramsey. We can already see Kangchenjunga. On April 18, in the morning, we fly to 5400, to the base camp.  There is no way to get there on foot now. Yaks and porters do not walk, it is about 50 km along the glacier and moraines, without stationary intermediate camps. Complete lack of communication. We transmit it by satellite phone.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

All namaste from Kathmandu from the Dhaulagiri group! Today, all participants of the expedition to Dhaulagiri gathered in the capital of Nepal. Each participant of our expedition has already visited Kathmandu several times and managed to climb several eight-thousand meters. Everyone has 3-5 8000+ vertices behind their backs. Having more experience, we all had a good rest from the flights today and went to our favorite Mezze in the evening. Then Nims (with whom we have repeatedly crossed paths on different 8000) invited us to a nearby Penthouse bar, where we tasted a set of "14 eight-thousanders" and tried to find our own Dhaulagiri.  A serious mountain 😊

Tomorrow we get permits, perform the most important ritual for good luck (try to guess which one) and visit Pashupatinath at sunset.

Namaste from Nepal!  The Himalayan Fox Cubs group has started an active part of the program.  Today we went from Lukla to Chukung. Spring blooming rhododendrons, pleasant mountain streams pleased the eye, helped to walk easily and naturally on the trek.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

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

Today, the team of the 7 Summits Club "Everest-24" under the leadership of Alexander Abramov flew to Lukla. We flew by helicopters over the beautiful mountains of the Himalayas. We moved from Lukla amicably and cheerfully walking to Phacking. We settled in the best local loggia.

In the evening there was a lecture on medicine, which was conducted by our doctor Andrey Selivanov. Also today, a team of 6 people has been formed who will participate in the Everchess competitions. This is a record-breaking international chess tournament on Everest, the final will be held on May 8. In the meantime, we are practicing.

Victor Volodin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Nepal:

Good afternoon, greetings from Nepal! Today, the group "Let's Go!" started from the village of Phakding and, passing through a narrow gorge with suspension bridges, reached the capital of the Sherpas, Namche Bazaar. The weather is good, the mood is fighting.

The guide of the 8000 Club, Viktor Volodin, reports from Nepal:

News from April 13 from the Everest climbing group of the 8000 Club team. All participants arrived in Kathmandu. Today we had an excursion and educational day, we visited interesting places of the city. Then we checked the equipment and are already preparing for tomorrow's flight to Lukla.

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

Today we met the entire Everest climbing team. We checked the equipment. And in the evening we had a great party together with the Mera Peak team. In total, 40 participants of the expeditions of the 7 Summits Club gathered together.

Namaste from Nepal! Our Nepali spring season is starting! The group "Himalayan fox cubs" goes to the Mera Peak. Today we are all gathered in Kathmandu, at the Yak and yeti Hotel. The welcome dinner was held together with a group of Everest climbers. It was cool. We're going to Lukla tomorrow. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Sergey Avtomonov.

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

Kathmandu is a place of meeting of friends. Today I met an old friend of the American guide Vern Tejas. We agreed to go to Denali together. Then we met the guide Andrey Erokhin with the Mera Peak group. And my friend, Dr. Myasnikov, is going with him.

Today, guides walk around the city and remember the places of their youth. And tomorrow the first group of Everest climbers arrives.

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

The team of guides of the Everest expeditions has arrived in Kathmandu. Today there was a significant event. We have received permits for Everest climb.

Now we are waiting for the participants of the Everest expeditions. The first of them arrive on April 12th.

 Message from RD Studio: The date of premiere of the film "The High-Altitude Gene 2. The Mountain of all Mountains" has been set. 

The premiere will take place on June 5 – in the birthday of Valdis Pelsh (head of RD Studio). It was on this day in 2017 that the premiere of the first part of "The High-Altitude Gene, or how to get to Mount Everest" took place. We decided not to break the tradition.

 The film tells about the successes and failures of the members of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club during the assault on the K2 peak in 2023. The film about the ascent of Mount Everest "The High-Altitude Gene", released in 2017, was shown on Russia's main television channel and collected more than 5 million views on the Internet.

Alla Mishina from Moscow and Sergey Seliverstov from Bishkek flew to Nepal today. This deuce goes on a new route for the 7 Summits Club to the southernmost corner of Nepal - Kanchenjunga.

 Meanwhile, two leaders of the Everest expeditions, Alexander Abramov and Viktor Volodin, as well as Dr. Andrey Selivanov, are meaningfully spending a transfer day in Istanbul.  They are also on their way to Nepal.

At 11 pm Moscow time, our friends from the Transglobal Car Expedition arrived at the North Pole. This is a significant milestone in their incredible journey. There are still many challenges, worries, and problems ahead, but we can take a moment to celebrate! We congratulate our friends and are proud to call them our friends. Good luck on your way, and may fortune smile upon you!

A few days remain before the start of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club on Dhaulagiri - 8167m, the seventh highest peak in the World. The expedition participants are some of the most experienced Russian high-altitude climbers.

⠀Leader: Lyudmila Korobeshko - Director of the 7 Summits Club, implemented the Seven Summits project three times, visited the poles twice, climbed Mount Everest three times, as well as Cho-Oyu, Manaslu, Makalu and K2. She completed the Seven Volcanoes project and became the first Russian woman to complete the 7+7 project (7 Summits + 7 volcanoes).

⠀Irina Zisman. She completed the Seven Summits project, climbing Mount Everest, Manaslu, Cho-Oyu, and Ama-Dablam.

⠀Vladimir Belkovich. Completed the Seven Summits project, summiter of Mount Everest, K2, Lhotse, Makalu, Manaslu, Lenin Peak, Ama-Dablam.

 Igor Smirnov. He has 6 Summits from 7 of the Seven Summits project, summiter of Mount Everest, Manaslu, Cho-Oyu, Shisha-Pangma, Makalu, Ama-Dablam.

 Vasily Kernitsky. Climber of Mount Everest, Manaslu, Cho-Oyu, Korzhenevskaya peak, Communism peak, Lenin peak.

 Yuri Lukyanov. 6 Summits out of 7 of the Seven Summits project, Snow Leopard, summiter of Manaslu and Makalu.