Peru 2024

The 7 Summits Club guide Olga Rumyantseva reports from Peru:

News from the Llamassitos group. Yesterday our group in full force climbed the Chachani volcano. Having left at one in the morning, we walked for a long, long time to the top and finally reached it. For all participants, this was the first experience of climbing a mountain over 6000 m.

In the evening, we celebrated the end of the trip in Arequipa. All participants in the climb received certificates and commemorative medals. And this morning, early in the morning, everyone flew home. That's how quickly our program ended.

Olga Rumyantseva, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Peru:

 Greetings from the Llamasitos group from Peru! Today we continued to get acquainted with the culture and history of this amazing country.

We toured some of the most interesting places in the vicinity of Cusco. We looked at ancient temples, ruins, explored mysterious caves and various sacred places, the origin and purpose of which historians do not fully understand.

In addition, we visited the farm, where we looked, fed and cuddled llamas, alpacas, guanacos and vicunias. And finally we found out who is who and how some differ from others.

That was the end of our city walks. Early tomorrow morning we will go to the Rainbow Mountains, and then we will start trekking and climbing Maria Peak.

We won't be in touch for a few days. But there will be the most interesting adventures.

Olga Rumyantseva, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Peru:

 Greetings from Peru from an as yet unnamed band! She is nameless, because so far all the participants have not managed to meet together and come up with a name.

Today, the second part of our group was not without adventures, but still, to our great joy, we reached Cuzco.

The advanced part of the group, after watching the Independence Day parade in the morning, moved closer to the Sacred Valley of the Incas to spend the night in the most unusual and most extreme hotel - in capsules nailed to the rocks.

To be precise, we have two hotels. Half of the group stayed at the Sky Lodge, which is a more modest hotel in terms of conditions. But to get to the place of accommodation, you have to go through a difficult path along Via Ferrata, overcoming various obstacles for an hour and a half.

The other half of the group stayed at the Star Lodge. Here, the path to the capsules on the rocks is not so extreme. But the accommodation is more comfortable and there are barrels of hot water in which it is so great to steam with a view of the valley. And although Via Ferrata is not difficult, it still leaves an unforgettable impression.

Especially when you return to your house on the cliff after dinner in the dark.

A very interesting and unforgettable experience.

I hope that tomorrow our team will finally get together and we will go on a tour of the Sacred Valley, and then take the train and go to Machu Picchu.

Olga Rumyantseva, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Peru:

Greetings from Peru! Today, the first half of a group of future climbers of various Peruvian mountains gathered in the wonderful city of Cuzco. We have many amazing adventures and experiences ahead of us. But today we have managed a lot. We got acquainted, the participants received gifts from the 7 Summits Club and walked around the center of Cusco.

Victor Volodin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Peru:

Greetings from Peru! So, on January 7, the Alpaca group left early to look at the condors. But since it was Sunday, they decided to ignore the flights, so we didn't see them. Then we stopped to swim in the thermal springs and went to the base camp under the Chachani volcano (6057 m). It is the highest point of southern Peru. On January 8, we started on the night, and seven hours later the whole team was at the top. Then there was the descent and return to Arequipa. In the evening, a solemn awarding ceremony was held with personalized cakes of the 7 Summits Club. This is where our Peruvian adventures end. See you soon in the new mountains!

Yesterday, Viktor Volodin's Alpaca group made a successful ascent to Maria Peak with a height of 5500m! The weather conditions were difficult, but all the participants successfully climbed to the top and descended! Today, the group flies to the white city of Arequipa.

Victor Volodin, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Peru:
Greetings from the Alpaca group! If there are places in the world where there is no Internet, then we are traveling through them these three days. Today we spent the night in a valley near Lake Ausangate, in tents at an altitude of 4650 m. And in the early morning our way lay through the Palomani pass with a height of 5200. The weather pleases us, but after lunch it turn on the water (rain). Next, our way lies to the base camp of Maria Peak.