All news: June 2025 - Page 3

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.

Dmitry Semenov, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Elbrus region:

 Greetings from the slopes of Elbrus! Today, our  group "Semyonovtsy" made their main high-altitude acclimatization rotation to Pastukhov Rocks at an altitude of 4600 meters. In good weather and in a great mood, we completed the planned route. Tomorrow is a day of rest and then an assault on the summit.

 Alexander Abramov, president of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Alaska:

Our team flew out to the glacier. Now we have 20 days of snow and glaciers ahead.

We will fight like lions. The weather is bad. It's raining at Base Camp. The snow is melting. The huge cracks that McKinley is famous for are opening up.

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

Greetings to everyone from Elbrus from the group "Russian Alpine Federation"! Today the weather was very good and we slowly went to acclimatize to Pastukhov Rocks. The participants are feeling well, the mood is fighting. We are resting, preparing to storm the summit.

6/17 - News from Alaska. The 7 Summits Club Team didn’t fly to the glacier today because of the weather. Planning to departure tomorrow morning. Meanwhile the team is having fun at the base camp of the 7 Summits Club in Talkeetna and celebrating birthday of a teammate Andrey Fedorov!

June 17. Greetings from Alaska to everyone from the second team of the 7 Summits Club on Denali! Today all the participants of the upcoming expedition arrived in Anchorage. We managed to walk along the lake with seaplanes, where our hotel is located, found "fun" shops with what is legal in Alaska and tasted the meat of local crabs. We also visited the Chilkoot Charlie night club, where an exhibition about Russia over the past 150 years is presented.

Tomorrow we have a check of equipment and purchases. The day after tomorrow, according to the plan, we move to Talkeetna and fly out to the glacier.

The leader of the expedition to Denali Lyudmila Korobeshko.

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

Today the 7 Summits Club Denali team with guide Abramov visited the Ranger station. We had a briefing. We found out where to pee and where to .... How to behave if we meet a polar bear.

Then we moved with our things to the flight to the Talkeetna airfield, where Air Taxi is based.

But the flight was initially postponed until 13:00, and then until 16:00 ....