All news: 5 August 2024

The 7 Summits Club  guide Alexander Dorojukov sends from Prielbrusye:

The new group called "7YA" sends greetings from the slopes of Mount Cheget! We began our acclimatization with beautiful views and a cool walk along the trail. We traditionally climbed to the "Ai" cafe. It is still warm, but you can already feel autumn coming on the mountain. It is getting colder, sometimes even the snow falls. But basically, everything is great, we are following the plan. Today - the rental point, tomorrow - the ascent to the slopes of Elbrus.

The 7 Summits Club guide Dmitry Semenov reports from Elbrus:

Greetings from Elbrus! Today our new super-creative group called "Birch Ensemble" made its first acclimatization hike. We climbed the slopes of Mount Cheget and one of the most picturesque trails in the area to the "Ai" cafe (2700 m). The weather and the mood of the participants are excellent. Everyone is ready for the next hikes, tomorrow we are climbing the slopes of Elbrus.

The Guide of the 7 Summits Club Evgeny Fedyunin reports from the Elbrus region:

5.08. Hello everyone! The new group of the 7 Summits Club called "Moscow Longevity" today made an acclimatization hike to the slopes of Mount Cheget. We climbed a fabulous forest path, admired the Caucasian giant Elbrus! In the legendary cafe "Ai" we tried chebureks and herbal tea. The mood is fire!

Tomorrow, according to the plan, we climb to the shelter of the National Park.

Pamir is in touch! The "Lenin, Brothers!" group climbed yesterday to the First Camp of Lenin Peak, at an altitude of 4400 meters. We will stay here until the summit push. Today the team attended classes to practice the technique and tactics of moving along fixed ropes, and practiced descending and ascending on jumars. After lunch we adjusted the equipment: crampons, harnesses. This evening we are playing Perudo in the dining room. The group's guides are Andrey Berezin and Valery Myasoedov.

The project will be called "Seven Volcanoes in Seven Months." Alex Abramov will lead two Super Girls groups to Damavand and Elbrus in August. According to the plan, the ascent of Damavand should take place on August 13. From that day, the countdown for the record will begin. It is considered "from summit to summit." In October, Giluwe is planned, in November, Orizaba and Kilimanjaro. In December, an expedition to the Antarctic volcano Sidley. And in February, Alexander should complete the project by climbing Ojos del Salado. To break the speed record (183 days, 20 hours and 54 minutes), he needs to climb the Chilean volcano before February 12. Which is not entirely easy, if our President intends to finish the Antarctic season only on January 22. That was in his plans.

Alexander Abramov can be safely called the "godfather" of the Seven Volcanoes program. It was the president of the 7 Summits Club who conceived, and our company carried out, the historic expedition of 2011 to Mount Sidley. Since the scientific discovery of this highest volcano in Antarctica, no one had been there. As a result of the 2011 ascent, the first people to climb all seven volcanoes appeared. These were the participants of our expedition Mario Trimeri and Crina Popescu. And this was the real start of the Seven Volcanoes program. Russia, represented by our company, is the world leader in the number of climbers who have climbed all seven volcanoes of the project. At the moment, out of 46 who have completed the project, 14 represent our country. There is something to be proud of!