Elbrus 2018

Why should you go to Elbrus with the 7 Summits Club? The answer is simple. Because we take special care of our climbers. Here is proof: on Elbrus we place climbers at the most convenient in all respects shelter.  Where they care about the guests and value their opinion about the quality of work.  Here for the convenience of climbers at the shelter we have installed a relay tower. Now all our shelter is provided with reliable communication. For phones  and Internet!!  

And hurry up to join our groups on Elbrus. More than 50% of the places in the summer groups have already been sold.

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Guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergei Avtomonov:

Today, September 14, the group "Brunin and the Company" climbed the West summit of Elbrus.  In fact, without Brunin himself, but in good mood! All went down and are happy with the results.

 Guide of the 7 Summits Club Victor Ershov:

Hello everyone from the Western summit of Elbrus from the Extreme team! Today, at 08.00 am, we stood on the top! Feeling was great, the weather is more or less, the guys are tired, but very happy! Now we have gone down to the hotel Povorot,  all is well.

Viktor Ershov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Hello from Elbrus! The team "Elbrus leopards" lived up to its name, and today at 10.00 am climbed to the Western summit of Elbrus! The weather was sunny, a bit of clouds and wind on top, but warm enough.  We went down to the shelter National Park and decided to relax here, and only tomorrow morning to go down to the hotel. Everyone is very tired and very happy! There was a guide Viktor Ershov.

Andrey Berezin, the 7 Summits Club guide: Summit! (Summits!!) Group "Lazy lynx, creeping to the goal" climbed the West summit of Elbrus.  And three members of the group climbed also the Eastern summit.  That's how we said goodbye to this summer!

Sergey Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: a group of Noel Hannah climbed the Western  summit of Mount Elbrus.  All participants have reached the top, everyone is happy and everyone wants down!

Group Blitz "Snow White and six dwarfs" successfully climbed to the top of  Mount Elbrus. We walked in two small groups. The weather was great, everyone is happy - all deserve  awards!

Guide Alexander Dorogunov…

Andrey Berezin, guide of the  7 Summits Club:

Today, the group "Vegetable salad with tuna" reached  the Western peak of  Mount Elbrus.  And Alena Gloss climbed  also to the Eastern summit of Elbrus.  So she celebrated her birthday!

Oleg Maximov, project "Way to Everest»:

Today, at 10 am, Elbrus let me be on its top! Tomorrow I will write a detailed post, but for now just tell the giant thanks for the good weather!

A group of Israeli climbers successfully climbed to the top of Mount Elbrus. It’s happened 24.08. At 9:00. So by this a guide Sergey Larin completes his work on Elbrus for this season. Ahead - the Himalayas..

On August 23th, a group of South African climbers (12 people) climbed to the top of Mount Elbrus and cut there a bottle of sherry from 1842.

The weather was perfect for climbing, with almost no wind, withd sun, warm and good.  Now the whole group went down to the hotel and resting. Tomorrow (August 24) – there will be a  solemn party and awarding the summiters!

Guide 7 Summits Club Sergei Avtomonov.

Yesterday, the practical part of the joint project of blogger Oleg Maksimov and the 7 Summits Club "Way to Everest" began. Oleg came to the Elbrus region, and together with partners by the group has started to acclimatization, under the guidance of Andrey Berezin.

 The guide, Andrey Berezin:

 The group, which was named  “Vegetable Salad with Tuna", began an acclimatization rotation on the slopes of mount Cheget. The weather today allowed us to see Elbrus, on the slopes of which we are moving tomorrow.

Super blitz program: Elbrus, with artificial oxygen.

17.08. Arrival in Azau at 18:00.

18.08. Obtaining equipment rentals,  cable car  for a shelter 3900 m at 11:30.

19.08.  Start at 2:00.  Departure for the ascent by snowcats. Summit at  7:00. Descent to Azau at 11:30. Transfer to the airport at 12:40. Departure from Mineralnye Vody at 17:40.

Mountaineer - Jamil from Baku. Before that, he was on Kilimanjaro, where after 5000 he did not feel very well. Plus lack of free time. So Jamil decided to order our oxygen program.

One oxygen cylinder was used completely. All went well -  without headache and ailments of the climber. A little physical fatigue on the way down. And the weather matched the forecast, the wind was strong and cold, but the climber with the oxygen  did not froze. However, little grabbed the skin on the cheeks next to the mask, as usual.

For those who continue to fight for the purity of mountaineering, despite the thirty-year development of commercial mountaineering in our country, I want to add. This climbing we  do not consider as mountaineering sport. The participant does not consider himself a climber. Those who go to Elbrus without oxygen, we did not consider as goats. Moreover  we applies with large respect, especially to those who goes from Azau with large backpacks.

Guide Sergey Larin.

Two small groups of our Club climbed today on Elbrus. They met the sunrise at the top. The weather was perfect. Andrei Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov worked  as guides.

Two groups of  the 7 Summits Club, partly united, quickly went to the Pastukhov Rocks. Tomorrow is our day off. And the day after tomorrow, if the weather permits, we will go to the summit of Elbrus. The weather is still good, let's hope we're lucky.

Karina Mezova, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Today, August 14^th, a group named “Children of Ilyich” of 3 people and a guide climbed the Eastern summit of Elbrus, by North face after spending a night on the rocks of Lenz. One member (for health reasons) left the climb earlier and waited for us in the base camp. Tomorrow morning - departure to Pyatigorsk.

Valery Tebiev: We made the traverse of Elbrus from South to North in the worst weather of those days that we were on the mountain. But there was no choice. We started at 10 PM, from the Refuge. At 5 am we were on the saddle. By this time the snow has added more wind. At 7 am we were on the Western summit. At 8 45 we started the ascent to the Eastern summit and by 11 o'clock we were at the goal. At this time the wind was already very strong. Friends helped me to make a photo with a flag. This is Alexey Artobolevsky and Alexander Sosnin. In the camp at 3800 on the North side we came to 15 30.

 Thus, Valery Tebiev successfully implements his project "Four mountains during the summer". Four mountains are: Demavend (5671m), Aragats (4090m), Kazbek (5033m) and Elbrus (5642m).

 Valery began his project with Iran, from the summit of the volcano Demavend (5671 m), the highest in Iran and Asia, which is part of the project 7 Volcanoes. In mid-June, as part of the team of the 7 Summits Club, in difficult weather conditions, Valery climbed to the top of Demavend.

 The route to mount Aragats in Armenia began with a tour of the Amberd fortress and overnight on Kari lake.

  On August 2th  Valery climbed the highest, Northern, peak of Aragats mountain (4090 m).

 The day after the ascent, Valery flew to Tbilisi. He then moved to the town Kazbegi and immediately began climbing Mount Kazbek. 6 Aug Valery Tebiev successfully reached the summit!

And the project was completed at 10^th of August.

Andrey Berezin, the main guide of the 7 Summits Club in Elbrus:

Today, the Wild Muflons group has climbed to the Western summit of Elbrus, all participants have reached the highest point. On the way to the top we met with snow and wind, and with low temperatures. But our group has successfully overcome these obstacles. Congratulations to the whole group with the ascent!

 Anastasia Dobrovolskaya at the top completed work on the painting on the top of Elbrus... This is the first picture painted on the highest mountain in Europe and Russia.

 Anastasia Dobrovolskaya:

Today I cried, cried for joy. Friends, I didn't believe that I managed it. There is the world's first painting on top of Elbrus!

 We are tired. The ascent did not last long, but it was not easy.

Thank you all so much for the support you sent me, I couldn't have done it without you!

Team Blitz “Desperate Housewive” tonight at 8: 00 am summited Mount Elbrus. We all return tired, but satisfied.  Weather was good.  Guide Alexander Dorojukov...

Group Blitz "Desperate Housewives" is preparing to climb. Today we ran to the Refuge of 11 and held snow training. The weather leaves much to be desired. But we are determined.

Today is the birthday of one of our climbers!  We congratulate Olga Martynova with the 18th anniversary!

The group "World on a string" today successfully climbed to the Western summit of Elbrus. Now the peak of the season and there is a huge number of people who want to the highest mountain of Europe. We waited for about half an hour on the plateau, a hundred meters from the long-awaited peak, until a place at the top was available to make a group photo of our large group (12 participants).

Sergei Semykin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Elbrus:

Group of Belgians welcomes you!

All the team members climbed the Western summit of Elbrus in excellent weather. Impressions and well-deserved fatigue we took down.