Denali 2016

Sergey Larin:  Hi,  Seven Summits Club! You can congratulate us - we are in Talkeetna! Coming on the 24th of June in the 12 days of the camp at 5200, at 7 am on June 25, we were in the base camp, at the airport…

June 23 the group was at the top of Mount Denali. Congratulations to the heroes: Valery Tebiev,  Dmitry Tomilin, Irina Redina, Yury Zimin, Paul Kostrikin,  Sergei Shilkin and the guide Sergey Larin!

Hi Seven Summits! Take the information from Denali. Yesterday, June 16^th, our team has made a depot in the assault camp at 5200. Today we had a day of rest. Tomorrow the plan was a way up. But the outing  is delayed due to bad weather. Due to the poor prognosis. We will wait for the weather, as is often in high-altitude mountaineering.

The state of health of group members is good, as well as mood.

Bye! Sergey Larin.

Hello, Seven Summits! Take the information from Denali. Our expedition on Denali goes on, everything is going according to the plan. We arrived on the glacier at 4 pm June 8th. In the morning on June 9 th, we woke up to go to the first camp. And we have successfully done,  9th of June we reached the first camp. It was tough, because we came with a full load. Today we made depot on  the 3000 meters. Now we return to the first camp, and according to the plan we have tomorrow output in the second camp, but now with a lighter load. Next we'll look at the weather and the state of the route. That is, everything goes according to plan, it's okay.  Bye!

Listen to an audio message (in Russian):

Good morning, Seven Summits Club! It is Sergey Larin. Best regards from Alaska! Our expedition on  Denali starts. Today the whole group arrived in Talkeetna. Now you in Moscow  have a morning and we go to bed.

Tomorrow we will have a difficult day of training and, if the weather allows, we have to fly in 15.30 to the glacier Kahiltna. Prior to this, in three days  planes did not fly to the glacier. Today is the first day. After the break, the aircraft departed  and trampled the runway for us.

We hope for the best! Bye! Sergej Larin.

 Today, June 6, the expedition 7 Summits Club went on the climb the highest peak of North America - Denali (6194 m).

 Leader od the team - Sergey Larin (5-times summiter on Mount Everest) ...

 Participants of the expedition:

 - Irina Redina;

- Dmitry Tomilin;

- Valery Tebiev;

- Yury Zimin;

- Paul Kostrikin;

- Sergey Shilkin.

Today, the whole team is going to meet in Anchorage (Alaska). Tomorrow, June 7, it is scheduled a transfer to Talkeetna. June 8th to the plan the group will fly to the Kahiltna Glacier.

We wish the team luck and the weather!

Currently, only 18% of climbers, that completed the program, reached the summit of Denali. Now on the mountain, it is more than 500 climbers. In early June fell "big snow" - about one meter.