The international group of the 7 Summits Club continued to prepare for the ascent, training on the slopes of Elbrus
The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olya Rumyantseva sends from the Elbrus region:
Greetings to everyone from the Elbrus region from the Climbuli team! Today was our first truly high-altitude trip. We climbed to an altitude of 4100 meters, where the famous Refuge of 11 was once located. And now there is a wonderful slope for snow training.
All team members got acquainted with the equipment. They learned to put on safety systems and crampons and walk in them.
We were sliding down steep wet-snow slopes, learning to hack in the snow without hacking at themselves and those around them. They deftly walked up and down, digging their crampons' sharp teeth into the snow-ice slopes.
After the lesson, we stopped by our National Park êóàãïó, where we were very hospitably greeted. We only wanted to have a cup of tea, but our hospitable cooks did not let the guests go without a plate of borscht. At the êóàãïó, we met other groups of the 7 Summits Club, who were planning to storm Elbrus tonight. We wished them good luck. And we ourselves went down to the hotel to rest after a whole day of entertainment at altitude.
