Elbrus 2018

The second group of Arab climbers from the company Qimmam adventure club arrived in Elbrus and climbed today for acclimatization to the slopes of mount Cheget, under the guidance of guide Dmitry Ermakov. And the first group together with the guide Sergey Larin climbed the Pastukhov Rocks today and thus completed the acclimatization rotation.

Sergey Larin, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Elbrus region: A Group of Qimmam adventure club from Egypt the beginning of the acclimatization before climbing Elbrus.  In fact, there are only two people from Egypt, but three from Saudi Arabia, one from Yemen and one from Canada. Total: 7 people. As a Guide  - Sergey Larin.

Andrey Berezin, head guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus Region:

Today at two o'clock in the morning the group "Three parts of the world" started on ascent. We reached the Western summit of Elbrus in the early morning, in fine weather and in a good mood…

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

 Today the team of the 7 Summit Club climbed the top of Mount Elbrus. Three members walked from the refuge at 3800 and one among them was unable to reach the summit. Other climbers rode on the snowmobile and all is well got up the top. Now we are at 5100, soon we will go down below. And today we are going to descend completely to thу Terskol Village. Dmitry Ermakov.

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of  the 7 Summits Club: a Group of "No name" continues to climb the Mount of Elbrus. Yesterday we walked to Pastukhov Rocks, where we had snow-ice classes. Today we rest. Part of the group went down to the barbecue diet, part prefers of the rest here at the shelter. Tonight we go out to storm the summit.

Sergey Avtomonov, the 7 Summits Club guide: Today a group from Brazil has completed the ascent to the Western summit of Elbrus. Not all participants reached the top, but still all returned to the shelter happy and tired. Congratulations to all who participate in this!  Good work!!!

Sergey Avtomonov, the 7 Summits Club guide: Today a group from Brazil has completed the ascent to the Western summit of Elbrus. Not all members reached the top, but still, they all returned to the refuge tired, but happy. Congratulations to all who participate in this! 

 Andrey Berezin, the main guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus: Today, at 8 am, the group "Smarts and Beauty" climbed the Western summit of Elbrus. The weather was clear, unlike the previous days of our program. Congratulations to all on a great climb!

Sergey Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Today our group of Brazilians rest before the summit bid. And also we practice in ice climbing and moving by the glacier!

 Guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin: Hello to everyone from the group "Smarts and Beauty"! Today we have a rest day and we descended to the height of 3,700 meters, in the Barrels shelter. We went to a cafe to have tea, play backgammon. Tomorrow we have a summit climb, so we rest and gain strength.

Today, the group "Smarts and Beauty" under the guidance of Andrei Berezin have climbed for acclimatization to the Pastukhov Rocks. After 12 o'clock in the afternoon the wind increased to 30 km / h and a small snowfall began. It is a pity that there were no opportunities to see the beautiful views of the Caucasian Range.

 Sergey Avtomonov, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, together with a group of Brazilians we finished acclimatization, climbing the Pastukhov Rocks. Weather: the wind is about 30 kilometers per hour. Everyone froze, but prevailed and climbed! It was too cold for photos, sorry...

Andrey Berezin, head guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus:

 Today, the group "Smarts and beautiful" went to the shelter.  After a delicious lunch, which was prepared by our wonderful cook Zulya, we had snow-ice classes and visited the obelisk of the dead climbers.

Guides of the group: Berezin and Dorozhukov.

Today, the group of Andrei Berezin climb to Cheget mountain. They took some great pictures there. The weather was nice downstairs. And on the slopes of Elbrus it was cool and there was no sun. Our Brazilian group went up to the shelter. Training on the technique of movement in the snow were carried out in the fog. We hope that the weather will be good!

The 7 Summits Club guide Sergey Avtomonov: We with a new group of Brazilians started acclimatization before climbing Elbrus. Today we went up to the upper station of the cable car on Cheget. All participants feel good and ready to continue the program!

It was tough. Elbrus - I look at you differently now.

 The rise from 2100 to 4200 became decisive for me and I was first faced with a mountain sickness in my life. At first it was bad, then good, then bad again. It seems that the altitude is not too big, it's only 3900 meters (and I've been to it), but how bad it was. It seemed that even just reaching the toilet cost unrealistic efforts. There were acclimatization exits at 4200 and at 4700, sometimes the road was endless. We were walking, but the goal was moving away. From our camp, it was so good to see the summit, right here it is, so close and so far away.

  On the day of storm the top all the day I vomited and I could not eat, so badly I was never in my life. Ratrak, night, cold. The state of health in the literal sense of the word as before death, the legs do not obey, the eyes darken. The weather has deteriorated ... wind

  I will not describe here all the horrors of our state of health, the state of how our group went to the top for more than a day without sleep, how long the climb lasted and how hard it was. So I could not draw a picture on top. I promise to return.

  The picture is still there, I drew it from the top of Cheget. Despite my condition and fatigue. Let it be a real rehearsal.

 Elbrus - you dream of me. We'll be back in August, if you hear, prepare, please, we have good weather and receive as dear guests, we will bring you a gift. Thanks dear Elbrus, you are beautiful!

Lyudmila Korobeshko, guide and Director of The 7 Summits Club:

Hi, best regards from Elbrus region! Today we held a solemn ceremony of awarding climbers on Elbrus by diplomas and medals. By the way, this is the first of this kind of medals that our Club gave climbers.

 In total, we have awarded 25 persons:

Lyudmila Korobeshko from Elbrus region: Neymar himself, the captain of the Brazilian national football team, and the whole team signed this shirt. Our friend Pepe came to Elbrus today with a Brazilian film crew to shoot a film about climbing Elbrus specifically for the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Russia. In support of national football team.  Sergey Avtomonov will work with the group as a guide. Brazilians have a lot of different equipment and drones. They promise to glorify the 7 Summit Club all over Brazil;)

Groups of our gudes Sergei Semykin and Dmitri Semenov caught on top a good view. And the group of Andrei Berezin, reached the summit later, was in a fog. But in General, the weather in Elbrus is very good: rather warm, the wind is weak.  The summit was reached by 25 clients and 5 guides.

Lyudmila Korobeshko from the area of Elbrus:

Hello everyone! Three of our group on Elbrus has successfully completed acclimatization. Today is a rest day. And in the night (early morning tomorrow) we all go to storm the summit. This is about 30 people with participants and guides! Wish us luck! By the way, the youngest our climber Sasha Rumyantseva, daughter of our guide Olga Rumyantseva, will climb with us. It looks like mom and daughter are going to storm the same day two different peaks. Mom – Orizaba  in Mexico,  and the daughter -  Mount Elbrus in Russia.

Andrei Berezin, a leading guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus:

Today, a group called the Magnificent Seven visited AI cafe, a famous place on Cheget. Reak spring weather pleased us. We saw such famous peaks as Donguzorun and Nakra, and of course, Mount Elbrus.

Dmitry Semenov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus:

Today our group made the first acclimatization rotation on slopes of Cheget, to cafe AI.  We well walked, I and members are happy with the day.

Sergei Semykin, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello, from Sunny Elbrus region! The first day of acclimatization is over. The path to the waterfall of Maiden Braids was very picturesque. Excellent weather and mood accompanied us!  What we wish all! Sergei Semykin's Group.

Comfortable accommodation of our members in a refuge during the programs of the 7 Summits Club on Elbrus – one of the priorities of our organization. This is one of the most important components of the successful ascent. This year we have choose for main accommodations  a completely new shelter, which is decorated and equipped according to our recommendations. The working name of the refuge - "New barrels". Welcome! 

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