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

Greetings from the Elbrus region from the group "Aikom"! We began our acclimatization before climbing Elbrus on the slopes of Mount Cheget. On our walk in this wonderful corner of the mountains, we were accompanied by beautiful views of the surrounding mountains. The weather was clear, but the cool wind from the mountains has not yet been canceled. We are getting ready to go out to the slopes of Elbrus. We are working according to plan…

6/22.  The 7 Summits Club office in Talkeetna welcomed Barrett McMurtry and Pat Monday from USA.

They climbed Mt. McKinley independently in just 9 Days! Super strong team! Big congratulations on your achievement! Keep climbing!

 6/22. Today the 7 Summits Club also welcomed climber Rinat Rahimkhanov from Azerbaijan who summited Mt. McKinley twice (!) this season. Congratulations on your successful climbs! It is absolutely a great achievement!

From video messages of the President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov:

 The team of the 7 Summits Club makes a drop-off at Camp 14 (14,000 feet). We are going great, the weather is great, a little breeze. We will succeed.

 That's it! We are approaching Camp 14. The drop-off point where we will leave everything is already visible. Today is a good day. We make a drop-off at Camp 14. This is the so-called Ranger Camp. From there we will wait for the weather and go to the upper camp. Well, here are such beautiful views...

The 7 Summits Club guide Lyudmila Korobeshko reports from Alaska:

June 22. Alaska Group #2 is in touch. We are still spending the night at Camp 1 at 2500m. Yesterday we went out to make a drop-off. But we had to turn around, because it suddenly turned out that one of the participants urgently needed to return home for personal reasons. But you can't walk alone or even in pairs on the Kahiltna glacier (according to the rules of the local rangers), so we all turned around - we are the team! We returned to the camp and tried to have as much fun as possible. At night, Sergey went down with another team, and we reached the drop-off point early this morning. And we made it to 3000. We were a bit battered by the wind and cold, but now we are already in the camp. Let's sunbathe and relax.

News from Alaska. Exploring Denali National Park, where wild is still wild. One road, and six million acres to roam. At 20,310 ft, Denali is North America’s tallest — and still growing! Only 30% of visitors ever see the summit. Moose, grizzlies, wolves, and eagles rule the land.

No fences. No signal. Just nature. Midnight sun in summer, auroras in winter. This is Denali — raw, free, and unforgettable.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov reports from Alaska:

 We slept well at Camp 3 at 11,000 feet. A little tired, because we have been walking at night for three days already. We get up at one or two in the morning. A hamburger for breakfast and harness ourselves to the sleds. And we drag, drag, drag our luggage up the mountain. Food and fuel for 20 days. And all the things, and snacks. A load of 60 kg for each.

Today we held classes on the technique of walking on crampons. And also on self-arrest with an ice ax. Tomorrow there will be dangerous traverses on steep slopes.

The 7 Summits Club group started from the overnight camp site "Upper Kahiltna Glacier" (9,600 feet, 2,900 m). Participants and guides were divided into four groups and went one after another. The climb was quite steep and difficult. The weather began to deteriorate, it became colder and the wind appeared. The final point of the climb was the camp at 11,000 feet (3,350 meters). This is the area of the so-called Motorcycle Hill. As they say, this is the place where the approaches end and the actual climb begins.

Tati Posokhina, representative of the 7 Summits Club in Alaska:

6/20- Today is the summer solstice! Here in Talkeetna, Alaska, we’re soaking up 22 hours of daylight — and the sun barely dips below the horizon!

No need for flashlights — just endless golden skies, midnight hikes and kisses, and sunshine that never sleeps.

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

 Greetings from the Elbrus region from the "NaKoshkah" group! We have completed the program with a successful ascent of Elbrus. The weather was clear, the wind is already getting warmer, but it still blows well. It was not easy. But everyone ascended and descended, everyone is happy, medals were awarded, there are plans for future trips.

6/20- News from Alaska.  Today the 7 Summits Club in Talkeetna welcomed our dear friends and climbers from India who successfully summited Mt. McKinley on June 16 Muthamil Selvi Narayanan and Shaikh Hassan Khan.

Narayanan is the first Tamil woman who competed the 7 Summits project. And Shaikh Hassan Khan  is the first Malayali man from Kerala state who competed the 7 Summer project.

This is a huge achievement and we are honored to congratulate you personally!!!

Wishing you both good luck in your new projects!

The 7 Summits Club guide Dmitry Semenov sends from the Elbrus region:

Greetings from the Elbrus region! Today, June 20, our supergroup "Semyonovtsy" climbed Mount Elbrus, to its Western summit - 5642m. In full force, in clear and windy weather, early in the morning we stood on the highest peak of our Motherland.

June 20. Alaska. 7 Summits Club group on Denali #2 is in touch. Yesterday we arrived in Talkeetna. On the way we were thinking up a name for the group. There are several options. We are still deciding. At 13:00 we were briefed by rangers and then flew to the Kahiltna Glacier. After landing, we slept a little and at 4:00 a.m. we moved on to Camp 1. By 10 a.m. we arrived at Camp 1 at an altitude of 2500. Along the way, we lost toilet tanks a couple of times. We set up camp, rested and sunbathed (very active sun). The views are beautiful, avalanches constantly come down from neighboring slopes - everything we like.

Head of the Denali expedition Lyudmila Korobeshko.

The 7 Summits Club President Alexander Abramov reports from Alaska:

 We walk at night. And we sleep during the day. It is very hot in the lower camps. And the snow melts and turns into mush. That is why we usually leave at 2 am. We have now moved from Camp 1 (8,000 feet) to Camp 2 (10,000 feet). It is 9 am now. Let's go and sleep.

Viktor Volodin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from the Elbrus region:

 Good day to all from the "Russian Alpine Federation" group! Today was not an easy day. A very early rise and the ascent at three o'clock in the morning. Although the weather was not frosty, strong gusts of wind simply blew you off your feet. But we were stronger and did it anyway! And in the morning we stood on the top of Elbrus!

The 7 Summits Club President Alexander Abramov reports from Alaska:

Our team has moved with sleds and all the gear to Camp 1 ("Fork"). The altitude is 7800 feet (approximately 2380 meters). The weather is perfect. I wish it would last until the summit push! We have satellite Internet with us. Thanks to the 7 Summits Club company for the opportunity to always stay in touch! No other team that is currently climbing Denali has this.

Tonight, with all the gear, approximately 60 kg per person, we are moving to Camp 2 - "Upper Kahiltna Glacier" (9600 feet, 2900 m).

6/19- News from Alaska. 2nd group of 7 Summits Club with Lyudmila Korobeshko is getting to fly out to the Kahiltna Glacier/ Base Camp of Denali. Real adventures is about to begin.

June 19. Alaska in touch. Yesterday, June 18, we had a busy day in Anchorage. In the morning, having fortified ourselves with crabs, we checked our gear. Then we went shopping. And in the evening, we won a decisive victory - we got hold of Zhamilya's missing luggage.

Today we are moving to Talkeetna, going to the rangers and after that we will try to fly to the glacier. We have not yet come up with a name for our international group (Russia, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Romania). But we are working on it.

Leader of the Denali expedition of group #2 of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko.

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

Greetings from the Elbrus region from the "NaKoshkah" group! Acclimatization is complete, yesterday we climbed Pastukhov Rocks. Today is a day of rest and tonight we will climb the mountain. The weather is expected to be good. Wish us luck!

6/18- This season in Alaska for the 7 Summits Club is pretty busy. We meet and welcome climbers from around the world. They share their climbing stories and we share ours! 

Today we are happy to welcome and award other international groups of climbers who successfully made it to the summit of Mt. McKinley. 

 Qiao Yang, Dmitri Gordeev, Tom Mcgibbca and Thomas Hanski from USA, England and Russia, summited on June 17.

Kyriakos Avgoustis from Greece summited on June 14.

Tomasz Maciaszczyk from Poland summited on June 14.

Pavel Eframov from USA summited on June 14.

Congratulations on your big achievements! Keep climbing!

The flight went well. There was good visibility, which allowed us to take panoramic photos. The plane landed safely on the glacier surface and a new stage of the expedition began for the group. Thanks to the use of Starlink, we can now receive operational information from the slopes of Mount Denali-McKinley.