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Namaste from the "Tuda-Syuda" group from Nepal! After a delicious breakfast, we left our cozy home and slowly set off towards Dingboche (4310 m). Sometimes, the majestic peaks of the Himalayas appeared through the clouds, we even saw Lhotse and Everest.

Slowly gained altitude, walking along winding paths to the sounds of the mountain river Imja Kola.

The weather changed, as did our landscapes. At first, we walked a little through the forest, which was replaced by juniper bushes. And after the bright morning sun, a light rain came to us. We walked a little before a hearty dinner, discussed plans for tomorrow.

The guides Andrey Berezin and Kristina Putintseva.

May 5, Dhaulagiri. Namaste to everyone from Nepal from the Dhaulagiri Lovers Club group! We are still at Dhaulagiri Base Camp. The exit is slightly postponed due to weather conditions.

We started the morning, as always, with exercise. Today, the legendary Pakistani climber Sajit Sadpara, son of Ali Sadpara, joined us. He is doing the 14x8000 project without O2.

After breakfast, we held oxygen classes and distributed the Sherpas. The exit is scheduled for May 7. And the assault on the summit, accordingly, is on May 10. So tomorrow is another day of rest and preparation.

Head of the Dhaulagiri expedition Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Hooray, the summit!!! Today at 9.30 am Nepal time, the "V Meru Peak" group in full force stood on the summit of Mera Peak 6476 m!

We were lucky, we caught a weather window, which we slipped through. Literally right after we descended from the summit, everything was covered with clouds again. And when we descended from the assault camp in Khara, we were already driven in the back by the wind and snow.

We set out for the ascent in two groups with an hour difference in the exit, in the end we all reached the summit together.

Emotions are overwhelming! An unrealistically beautiful ascent! The panorama of the Himalayan eight-thousanders, which accompanied us all morning, is impressive! At dawn, views of Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Kanchenjunga and Cho Oyu opened up!

The climb from the assault camp at 5800 to the summit took 6 hours. It was not easy. The climb is quite long, but it was definitely worth it!

Everyone is alive and well and has already descended to Khara. Tomorrow we hope to fly to Lukla.

Guides Alexander Dorojukov and Sveta Kotlyar.

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

 Hello everyone from the Everest-25 expedition! Yesterday (May 4) Viktor Volodin's group (Club 8000) early in the morning, at 3 o'clock, set out for the second acclimatization rotation. Alexander Abramov's group (7 Summits Club - VIP) continued to rest and gain strength. In good weather, we climbed to the first camp at 6100 without incident, according to plan. Today, May 5, Alexander Abramov's group, at the crack of dawn, also at three in the morning, set out in the direction of the first camp. And we got some sleep after yesterday's long march and slowly moved to the second camp, at 6500. The weather is good again, but it's hot as hell. Now the sun has set and it has become quite cool. Abramov's team is spending the night in Camp 1.

Hello to everyone from the "Nepromakaemye" (Waterproof) group from Papua New Guinea. Yesterday, our entire huge team climbed to the top of the Giluwe volcano. The team's name fully justified itself. During two days of trekking and climbing, we never got caught in the rain. An unprecedented situation for Papua.

 Today we will get acquainted with local traditions in the village. And in the evening there will be a festive dinner and awards ceremony.

Group guides Valery Myasoedov and Olya Rumyantseva.

Namaste from the "Tuda-Syuda" group from Nepal! Today we have a rest day. After breakfast we got ready and went for a walk. We reached the monastery, sat, meditated.

After lunch we gained a little altitude for acclimatization. The rain interfered with our plans, so the walk in the fog was short. We waited out the precipitation in the monastery. There we also had a puja ceremony. We received a blessing and slowly went down to rest.

Tomorrow we have a day of trek to Dingboche, we gain altitude up to 4310 m.

 The guides Andrey Berezina and Kristina Putintseva.

Greetings from the "OdnaKo" group! Today, our team, on a reserve day, attempted to climb Mount Elbrus. But the weather conditions and the state of the route did not allow us to do this, we had to descend without the summit. The group's guides are Dmitry Semenov and Evgeny Fedyunin.

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

Today, the 7 Summits Club group continued their rest at Everest Base Camp. They held classes on the use of oxygen equipment. It was very useful for everyone. We studied for almost 4 hours.

And in the evening there was a friendly meeting with Victoria Bonya. She is also storming the slopes of Everest. We ate, drank, talked, sang songs. After all, we have the same blood and the same themes.

Tomorrow will be dedicated to preparing for the final acclimatization rotation.

Hello everyone from Papua New Guinea! According to information received from our guides Olya Rumyantseva and Valery Myasoedov, the team has reached the base camp in full force. And is preparing to climb Giluwe tomorrow morning. They are starting at 4 am local time. By tomorrow evening, the members should already be at the lodge and be in touch.

May 2. The "Tuda-Suda" group had a delicious breakfast and slowly set out towards the legendary Namche Bazaar. We walked through a pine forest, enjoying the scenery. Almost the entire road was paved with stones. After lunch, the weather deteriorated a little, and it started to rain a little.

Having gained 1,000 meters in altitude, we already felt pleasantly tired, and wanted to rest as soon as possible after a long climb.

But in Namche Bazaar, an unpleasant surprise awaited us: there has been no electricity for several days. The power station broke down. No electricity, no Internet... and it was quite cold.

But they were waiting for us here, and provided us with maximum comfort.

 May 3. In order not to freeze in the dark Namche Bazaar, we decided to move on to Tengboche to spend a day of rest there. On the way, we admired the incredibly beautiful views. Thamserku, Ama Dablam, Lhotse and other peaks were visible in all their glory through the flying clouds. Blooming rhododendrons pleased the eye, and the smell of the pine forest gave strength. We went to a Buddhist monastery, where the Yeti scalpel is kept.

On the way, we stopped to drink tea and taste delicious desserts. By evening, we settled, as expected, in the best lodge.

Super-guides Andrey Berezina and Kristina Putintseva.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov reports from Nepal:

Namaste to everyone from Nepal! Our group decided to change the name to "Abramov's Favorite Group". Today we had a trek to Namche Bazaar. In the morning, we had breakfast in a beautiful lodge with electric sheets and went out on the trail. Along the way, we admired the views, looked at Thamserku. We climbed the Hillary Bridge and then came to the final destination. We rested, took a shower, checked the Irish pub for beer.

May 3, Dhaulagiri. Namaste from Nepal to everyone from the Dhaulagiri Lovers Club! We are resting again. And it looks like for a long time. Forecasts show snowfalls in the coming days… To raise morale, we decided to organize a flash mob demonstrating our expedition gear.

In the evening, we held a teleconference with Yura Lukyanov (he is already in the hotel in Kathmandu, he was discharged from the hospital). Our immediate plans are to stay at the Base Camp on May 4 and 5. Possibly, we will leave on May 6 if the weather improves.

Head of the Dhaulagiri expedition Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Photos from the Sherpa team. Photographed in the area of Camp 3.

Hello to everyone from Nepal from the "V Meru Peak" team! Today is our day of active acclimatization! We had a good night's sleep and went for a walk to the Mera Peak base camp in the morning! The weather is finally good, it's warm and sunny all day. We walked for two hours up, gained 300 meters in altitude. We drank some tea and went down.

After lunch, we got our crampons on and held training sessions on the slope: we learned to climb up a fixed rope using a jumar and to rappel down. Everyone is in a great mood, in fighting spirit. Tomorrow we are going up to the assault camp. We are planning to storm the summit early in the morning on May 5. Wish us luck!

Guides: Alexander Dorozhukov and Sveta Kotlyar.

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

The 7 Summits Club team successfully completed the first stage of acclimatization. We spent the night in Camp 1 and then in Camp 2. At an altitude of 6500 m. Irina Bichikova climbed to 7100 meters under the program "Touching Everest" and successfully completed her adventure. Now we are all resting in the Base Camp. The day after tomorrow is scheduled for the second acclimatization rotation . Everyone should climb to 7100 meters.

May 2 Dhaulagiri. Namaste to everyone from Nepal from the Dhaulagiri Lovers Club group! Today we had a rest day in the Dhaulagiri Base Camp. We had a bath day, washed and did laundry. And the female part of the expedition also organized spa treatments, with masks and creams.

By lunchtime, a helicopter arrived with a new member of the international expedition. He brought us a parcel from Yury Lukyanov with kazy, red caviar, chocolate and other goodies.

That night, from May 1 to 2, the team of rope-riggers attempted to storm the summit. They reached 8000 (lost time by climbing false couloirs several times) and after almost 20 hours of storming, they turned around.

In the evening, we checked the forecasts - unfortunately, there will be snowfalls in the coming days. So we will sit in the BC and wait for the weather to improve.

Head of the Dhaulagiri expedition Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Hello everyone from Nepal! From a group with the as yet unconfirmed name "Hillary's Scalp". Today we had the most active day. We flew to Kathmandu, checked our gear, and also managed to run around the shops and buy the missing stuff. Then we had a delicious dinner in a restaurant with Russian roots. Then, after sleeping for literally a couple of hours, part of the group headed to Ramechap airport and flew to Lukla. The second part of the group flew by helicopter. The weather was favorable to us and we arrived without delays. Even a light breakfast and a hike to a beautiful lodge where we could finally sleep. But in the evening we went to the monastery above the lodge and played a football match with the monks. Tomorrow we are heading towards Namche Bazaar.

With you was a guide Sergey Avtomonov.

Greetings from Papua New Guinea from the "Nepromokaemye" group! This is the name that came to our mind after two days without rain in an equatorial country. We hope that the ascent will also be unusual. That is, we wish for the same, without precipitation. The second day was active and informative. We visited a village of local residents, where we were received as dear guests and shown the best of Papuan traditions.

First, we were present at the laying of "mumu", a method of cooking meat and vegetables using hot stones and all sorts of herbs and leaves. A long process, the stones are heated for a long time and then about 10 layers of different greens and meat are laid. It simmers for about three hours. While the dish was being prepared, a local folklore group arranged a picturesque performance for us, which could only be seen in the Travelers' Club before. Locals also gathered, but probably more to look at us. They also gave us a tour of the village with a description of the life and customs of the villagers. The meat was delicious. Everyone appreciated it, it was a somewhat labor-intensive process, and like real art it requires time and effort.

We would like to note our communication with local children, the gifts and sweets we brought dissolved in the children's abyss in 5 minutes. It turns out that, having learned about our visit, a whole school came running to the village. There was enough for everyone. A busy day! Towards evening we moved to spend the night in a lodge, from where tomorrow we will move downhill to the base camp.

Guides Olga Rumyantseva and Valery Myasoedov.

Hello to everyone from Nepal from the "V Meru Peak" team! We continue our way to our summit. Today we climbed higher, to the village of Khare at 4950 meters.

The morning was pleasing with views! We saw all the surrounding mountains, and after an hour of climbing we found ourselves at the most beautiful lake with turquoise water Sabai Tsho. Today's trek took about 4 hours and when we arrived in Khara, it started snowing again. Here we will spend two nights for better acclimatization.

Guides: Alexander Dorojukov and Sveta Kotlyar.

Greetings from the slopes of Elbrus, from the "OdnaKo" group! Today, May 1, we have a rest day before the most important day of our program, the day of the ascent. We spent the day correctly, established communications, improved the steps to the dining room, had a good rest and are ready for new challenges. The group's guides are Dmitry Semenov and Evgeny Fedyunin.

Namaste from the 7 Summits Club group "Tuda - Suda"! Today we had a very long and eventful day. We got up before dawn to fly from Kathmandu to Lukla. At the airport, we had to wait a long time for our flight, since the whole sky was covered with clouds, and it was raining heavily. Five people flew to Lukla, walked around, and went to Phakding. While we were enjoying the pine forest, the rest of the participants flew straight to Phakding.

We all gathered around a large table and discussed plans for tomorrow over a delicious dinner.

Super guides Andrey Berezina and Kristina Putintseva.