Kilimanjaro 2018

The 7 Summits Club  begins a new year 2019 with a successful ascent of Kilimanjaro. The team "Merry New year" under the leadership of our guide Dmitry Ermakov climbed to the highest peak of Africa - all participants, without loss!

Guide the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Ermakov:

Seven Peaks, Hello!   A group of the 7 Summits Club "Merry New year!" continues its journey. Today we reached the height of 3750, this is our Shira camp.  The height is felt, some are already beginning to have a headache. But, in general, all is well.  We sing songs, have fun. Weather today was almost all day foggy, but, thank God, in a rain we didn't get.

Tomorrow go up through the Lava tower. Best regards!

 Seven Summits, Hello!  There is Dmitry Ermakov from Kilimanjaro. Group "Happy New year" today starts on the Mountain.  According the plan the ascent we will have at 31th December to 1th of Janury. All people feel great and  are in high spirits. We are preparing now and in an hour we will start up the mountain.

Seven Summits, Hello!  This is Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Africa. I arrived last night, late reached the hotel. Here I met three members of our group. Today we checked equipment, in general it was a day of rest. Now I will start at the airport in an hour to meet the other members. The weather is fine, the mood is great.

Nikolai Belonogov from Sakhalin climbed Kilimanjaro in the team of the 7 Summits Club and stood at the peak of Freedom (Uhuru peak, 5 895 m) on October 7, 2018.

 Congratulations to all members with the summit!

 According to Nicholai, everything was fine and he regrets only one thing - that he did not go after climbing with everyone on Safari and Zanzibar.

 Не will have to return!

 Also they are very pleased with the October weather in Tanzania (our spring )! According to Nicholai, she was gorgeous.. He didn't expect it to be so warm!

October 7, 2018 the group of 7 Summits Club was standing on the highest summit of Africa - Kilimanjaro.  The highest point of the array is called Uhuru Peak (5 895 m), which means the peak of Freedom.

 Here are the latest photos from the slopes of Kilimanjaro from Irik Murgasov.

Zorro Avagyan climbed  the highest peak of Africa on September 26th as part of a large group that reached the goal.  And down the valley, the first thing he sent to the 7 Summits Club pictures from his trip. It's nice to see a good mood climbers ascended to this difficult peak, overcome the route, requiring endurance and patience…

Father and son, Denis and Vasily Kozlenko, successfully climbed on the roof of Africa - Kilimanjaro volcano (5895 m). They are very happy. Now they say goodbye to a large team of porters and guides (their joined team was accompanied by about 47 people of the local team, see video).

Congratulations to Denis and Vasily with achievement!

They will be waiting for other peaks and other medals!

Catherine Tabula climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro on 11 June 2018. She traveled the 7 Summits Club program, the so-called" short version", that is, on the route of Marangu. And she was the only member

The weather during the assault was great! Not a cloud! The top of Kilimanjaro and the panorama around it opened in all its beauty! Catherine rose above the clouds!  The rain caught her below, on the descent to the gate of the national Park after Horombo. 

Who hasn't been to Kilimanjaro yet? Who wants to repeat, climb another route?  There is an opportunity to join one of our groups.  Be inspired by the video from Irina Loginova about the ascent of their group on Kilimanjaro in New year holidays 2018 (3-11 January). Irina sent us a record number of photos-563! And then this beautiful movie. Thank you so much!

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club: 

Kilimanjaro. Team Unstoppable. Yesterday there was the top of mountain, and as it turned out - in the perfect weather window. Today there was a successful descent into civilization. One regret, our Japanese film crew was a little behind and had no opportunity to shoot our solemn exit at the gate of Kilimanjaro national Park. We have a solemn presentation of certificates and medals for climbing ahead of us. And then Safari, sandy beaches and other mountains. All, Akuna Matata!

Artem Rostovtsev from Tansania:

Kilimanjaro. A Team named The indomitables. Yesterday we were to reach the camp of Karanga, but could not. To be more precise, we did not stop, as planned. We went higher to the camp of Barafu, the assault camp. One word - we are indomitable. No arguments worked, everyone wanted and insisted on continuing the movement. Well, there was the most important argument. "Our" film crew from Japan also moved to the Barafu camp. We can not lag behind, because we are the main characters of the future film.

 Precipitation yesterday stopped be impressing, a few drops of rain and snow at the end of the marsh.

If yesterday was Barafu, then today – we must be at the top. Then we did not change our plans and left the camp at 1 in the morning. 7 hours of persistent walking uphill on a snowy slope and we are on the top. Unfortunately, the younger generation - the two youngest of the team did not visit the summit, for medical reasons.  

Now we are all moving down of the assault camp down. Maybe we'll skip to the rain.

Today, the 7 Summits Club continued its series of expeditions on Kilimanjaro. A group led by our guide Artem Rostovtsev comes on the route of climbing to the highest peak of Africa.

 And although the forecasts are not the most favorable (promise heavy rainfall every day), we do not lose optimism and hope that the clouds will be low and the group will be above all this. That is, in other words, the group will rise above the clouds. From the bottom to pour rain, and the top will be dry and sunny!

 While we wait for news from Artem's group, we publish a photo report on the ascent of the group of our partners "Transformer travel", who were on Kilimanjaro with the 7  Summits Club in February this year.

Here 142 photos

It is promised continuation. Two galleries of photos from Sergei Shishkin. So, Tanzania, the month of March. After quite a winter ascent to the top of Kilimanjaro, the group goes to visit dreamed from childhood African animals. And then, basking in the Sands of Zanzibar…

 Photo gallery of the Safari through the national parks from Sergei Shishkin (158 photos)

Photo gallery of a Safari in Zanzibar from Sergei Shishkin (94 photos)

Thanks to Constantin Dyrgiallo, who sent us a selection of photos illustrating the trip of his group on the Kilimanjaro! Excellent quality work! As we promised, we have published the main part of the photos in a separate gallery…

Safari gallery (52 photos)

See the full gallery here (270 photos)…

Mikhail Sandakov and his group made an ascent to the top of Kilimanjaro on March 7^th  this year. After returning home, he sent us a large selection of photos, for which we express our gratitude!

Full photo gallery: 110 photos and 3 videos…

Video by Alexey Gribkov

A group of 5 people climbed Kilimanjaro on March 7, 2018. The entire journey lasted from 3 to 9 March.

The team members reached the top in the conditions of heavy snowfall, not typical for this time and the region. But they did it and the difficulty only united the group!

 CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 Comment of the ascent of the team members - Michael Sandakov.

 In general we enjoyed the climb. Very experienced, sociable guides Victor and Rashid! They supported the group in a good mood, even when we  did not laugh very much. Every morning and evening they check the health of everyone, gave recommendations.

 In addition a few photos/videos...

Here are photos from our international group (members gathered from Russia, Turkey, Latvia), which managed to climb to the top almost in full  stuff to the top (Uhuru peak, 5,895 m).

Photos by Igor Kharkiv...

Further photos from Alice Ivanitskaya and Shishkin Sergey...

A video with a finish song and dance winners from Konstantin Dyrgiallo

This is an excursion to the coffee farm from Alice Ivanitskaya

I was at a coffee farm today. A Cup of coffee - the hard work. Can only be overcome if a large company...

This is Alisa Ivanitskaya at the top

Airisa from Latvia on the snowy top of Kilimanjaro.

Unprecedented for March, the big snow can be not only in Moscow!  Groups of the 7 Summits Club were in the similar situation on Kilimanjaro. In cold conditions and zero visibility our members and guides tried to get to Uhuru peak. But not everyone succeeded! Someone managed to climb to the top and to descend back.  But some of our members was less fortunate. But, nevertheless, in these unrealistic for African conditions, our comrades managed to reach the edge of the crater - Gilmans point. Which is a great achievement! And they became witnesses a rare natural phenomenon in Tanzania-a snowstorm in Africa! Their good luck we can only envy!

The 7 Summits Club thanks Mikhail Netishinsky for the great selection of quality pictures that he sent us in return from Kilimanjaro!  And for the original slide show. Mikhail visited Tanzania in early February this year, climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and visited national parks, where he managed to make excellent shooting of local fauna…