7 Volcanoes

According to the results of the past week, we received an addition to the list of climbers who completed the Seven Volcanoes program. These are members of the 7 Summits Club groups. In the general list, they took places from 61 to 64.

61. Ed Khalilov (Russia) Sidley January 14.
62. Max Wegner (Germany) Sidley January 14.
63. Rinat Karamov (Russia) Sidley January 14.
64. Igor Rebelsky (Russia) Ojos del Salado January 18.

In addition, several more record achievements were updated by the President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov. Now he has climbed Sidley three times, completed the Seven Volcanoes program three times, and completed the Seven Summits + Seven Volcanoes project three times.

In addition, we congratulate the other participants of the successful ascent of Sidley, who, of course, passed the most serious test on the way to the "Seven Volcanoes". And will soon join the above list.
These are Roman Tсaci (the first representative of Moldova), Alexey Erdle and Vitaly Kungel (both Germany), Igor Alexandrov (Hungary).

Congratulations to everyone once again! New heights and new achievements to everyone!

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from the Sidley base camp:

There was terrible bad weather at the Sidley Base Camp. The wind speed reached 100 km per hour, according to the forecast, and in fact. The wind howled like an airplane turbine. I tried to watch a movie on my iPhone. I couldn't hear anything. The worst thing was that the tent would be torn. Then death.

 The tents were damaged, but they held up. Because our 20 years of experience have taught us to fight such bad weather. It happened that the tents were torn. Or the tents flew away. Now we have the best equipment suitable for Antarctica.

 There are only two of us in the camp, so if something happened, no one would help us. The nearest station is 1100 km away. Watch the video and enjoy.

 The weather in Sidley is getting better now. We are waiting for a new group.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov: Here it is, Mount Sidley. We have set up a large camp. We have 20 participants. Large tents. A dining room, a kitchen. And here is our plane, which is supposed to take us away from here. And even a generator.

The 7 Summits Club team "Sidley and the 7 Volcanoes in 70 Days Project" flew from the Union Glacier base in the direction of Sidley volcano. Good luck!

The 7 Summits Club team is in Antarctica for the second day at the Union Glacier Base. We are waiting for the flight to Sidley. This is the highest volcano in Antarctica, which is located 1,100 kilometers from the base. So far, the weather is bad there. There is no wind, but it is completely cloudy. We are trying to stay in shape, getting ready. We are running in the snow, riding bicycles. We are eating and sleeping.

And we are hoping for a quick flight down the mountain.

Guides: Abramov Alex, Rostovtsev Artem, Egorov Boris and Polyakov Andrey.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from Antarctica:

We flew on a comfortable Boeing 757. We arrived, pitched tents. It's 1 a.m. now. The sun is shining! Polar day.

Happy New Year to everyone! The day before, our team celebrated the New Year in a large and friendly company. And now the group of the 7 Summits Club Sidley and the group of the project "7 Volcanoes in 70 days" are invited to fly to Antarctica.

Hello to everyone from Patagonia, from the Torres del Paine region. And a Happy New Year to everyone!

The "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days" project is coming to an end. The weather in Antarctica is bad, and we are not flying until January 2. In our free time, we decided to take a walk in the most beautiful corner of Patagonia, the Torres del Paine National Park region.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from Punta Arenas (Chile):

News from the Sidley group, Antarctica. Hello everyone from the southernmost continental point of South America - Punta Arenas! The departure, scheduled for December 30, was postponed to the 31st due to weather conditions. But we have something to do! In the morning we checked in our luggage and checked in for the flight, and then went to see the place of the first settlers Fort Bulnes. And some participants even swam in the Strait of Magellan! And tomorrow we will go see the penguins!

It seems that it is time to publish our own guidebooks, because we know the most interesting places and will never let our tourists get bored.

Breaking news from Ojos del Salado. Chile. The "STOP" team of the 7 Summits Club in full force of 17 people (12 participants and 5 guides) climbed the highest volcano in the world.

This is the 6th ascent of Abramov Alexander and Ilya Gladkikh in the "7 volcanoes in 70 days" project. Super guides Alexander Abramov and Alexander Dorojukov.

Chile sends greetings! The "Stop" team is in touch. Yesterday we returned from the city of Capiapo, where we spent the night and had a good rest. Today the group had the main acclimatization rotation. We climbed to an altitude of 6300 meters. The weather is good, the people are fine, everything is going according to plan. Tomorrow is a rest day, during which we will conduct classes with iron on mountaineering techniques. And at night we go to the mountain! The forecast promises good weather.

Guides Alexander Abramov and Alexander Dorojukov.

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

Today the team "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days" climbed to the top of San Francisco, height 6016 m. As an acclimatization for Ojos del Salado. There was a crazy wind. According to the forecast, tomorrow it will be even stronger. But we have a day of rest planned.

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

The "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days" team had a rest day today. We went to the San Francisco Pass at 4700 m. We saw herds of guanacos. We bathed in hot springs. The day was a success. Tomorrow we climb the San Francisco summit at 6016 m. The team feels great!

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Dorojukov reports from Chile:

Chile is in touch! According to the program, today we walked along the slopes of Ojos. Our captain joined us, now we have plus 50 to our speed. Today we climbed to the height of Elbrus. There was a light breeze and the sun was shining. We continue to work further.

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

Today was a great day. Acclimatization. The team climbed the slopes of Ojos to the height of Elbrus - 5642 meters. We drove along beautiful and difficult roads. The wind was not strong. Tomorrow is a day of rest.

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

 The "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days" team flew from Santiago to the city of Copiapo on the Pacific coast. Here we did some shopping for the camp, absolutely necessary things: two sofas for the dining room, a green carpet "Grass" and many different useful things. And then we went through the beautiful Atacama Desert. On the way, we stopped to look at the ancient copper mines. See the photos. And we stopped at Laguna Rosa, where there are a lot of flamingos. We are going further, to the base camp Laguna Verde at an altitude of 4300 meters. And on the way, we are filming the 6th episode of the film "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days", because Ojos del Salado is our 6th volcano in the record project. By the way, the weather is very windy so far. At the top it's 50-60 km per hour.

The team of the project "7 volcanoes in 70 days" consisting of Alexander Abramov and Ilya Gladkikh arrived in the capital of Chile, Santiago. The goal is the sixth peak of our record, the highest volcano in the world, Mount Ojos del Salado, located in the Atacama Desert. In the meantime, there was a little time to get acquainted with the capital city. To do this, as befits climbers, we climbed the highest point of the city, Mount San Cristobal, 850 meters high. Santiago, like all Latin American cities, amazes and pleases with its original architecture and bright colors.

Alexander Abramov. President of the 7 Summits Club:

Sensation! The project "7 volcanoes in 77 days" is dead! Long live the project "7 volcanoes in 70 days"!!! Having climbed Winter Elbrus, the team shortened the project. Now we are ready to climb 7 volcanoes in 70 days.

Already climbed:

- Damavand (Asia, Iran) - October 31;

- Kilimanjaro (Africa, Tanzania) - November 6;

- Orizaba (North America, Mexico) - November 13;

- Giluwe (Australia, Papua New Guinea) - November 21;

- Elbrus (Europe, Russia) - December 9.

Remaining to climb before January 7:

- Ojos del Salado (South America. Chile);

- Sidley - Antarctica.

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

The team of the project "7 Volcanoes in 77 Days" flies to Chile. To climb the 6th volcano - Ojos del Salado. This is the highest volcano in the world at 6864 meters. Having shortened the project deadline by climbing Elbrus in winter, we renamed it "7 Volcanoes in 70 Days".

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

Good news from the Elbrus region. Elbrus is ours!

Today, December 9, Alexander Abramov and Lyudmila Korobeshko made a winter ascent of Elbrus as part of the project "7 volcanoes in 77 days". But first, a sensation! The counter of the number of climbers fell from the top of Elbrus. Probably, from the new year they will install a new "zeroed" one.

This is the fifth mountain of our project. The ascent of Elbrus on October 24 was counted as a training one. Now the project 7 volcanoes - "who is faster" officially begins with the ascent of Damavand on October 31. It is realistic to do it in 70 days.

Oh! It will not be possible to run across Damavand, as our team of the 7 Summits Club starts climbing Ojos del Salado tomorrow. We need to fly to Chile urgently. This will be the sixth mountain of the project "7 volcanoes in 77 days".

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov reports from the slopes of Elbrus:

The team has climbed to the refuge. At night, the summit will be stormed. The weather is not bad. It is minus 30 at the summit.

We reached Refuge of 11 for acclimatization. We met the record holder of Elbrus for the fastest ascent, Vitaly Shkel.