All news: 24 January 2026

The 7 Summits Club guide Andrey Berezin reports from Chile:

Hola! The 7 Summits Club "Ponaehali" group acclimatized to one of the peaks of the Seven Sisters massif, at 4,900 meters. In the afternoon, we visited a viewpoint on the shore of Laguna Santa Rosa. The spot was open not only for views but also for winds reaching 60 km/h.

January 23rd. Greetings from Ecuador to everyone from the "Eg-Masters" group! Today we summited Chimborazo, the most distant peak from the center of the Earth! Almost all of us (7 of us on the summit, one member out sick). Yesterday, we headed to Base Camp, full of apprehension: the forecast called for heavy snowfall on the night of our summit push (30 cm of snow on the evening of January 22nd). We hiked from 4800 to 5350 meters in sleet. Snow continued to fall even at camp.

We set out for the summit push at midnight in fog and light snow. But the weather soon cleared up. We reached the summit at different times. Valera Tebiev, as always, set a record – he finished in 3 hours! The others reached the summit in 6-8 hours.

Everyone unanimously agreed that the mountain was difficult, long, and cold. They also unanimously agreed that Ecuador is a wonderful country, very diverse, colorful, and hospitable. And they definitely need to return (for example, to climb Cayambe and visit the Amazon jungle).

Super Andinists Lyudmila Korobeshko and Alexander Spirin.

The 7 Summits Club President Alexander Abramov reports from Chile:

Today at 1:00 PM Chile time, the 12-person "Seven" team successfully summited the world's highest volcano, Ojos del Salado (6,893 m). We were very unlucky. We expected a storm, thunderstorms, and snow. But all of this only happened on the descent. The entire team is now at Base Camp. Hooray!!!

All 100% of the team members reached the summit! Even those who didn't make it last year.