Everest 2018

Alexander Abramov, leader of the Everest expedition of 7 summits Club:

I want to introduce Dima Tertychnyy -  a member of the 7 Summits Club expedition who in his 17 years already climbed 6 from 7 summits and now goes to Everest. He can become the youngest Russian and European to accomplish this feat.

Dmitry (Dima) Tertychnyy:  I am finishing the 7 summits program. (The 7 summits program includes the highest mountain of each continent). Throughout the whole history there are not more than 600 people who have finished this program. Occasionally, my last summit of this program is the Mother of mountains (Mt Everest) 8848m. To make it more interesting, I will mention George Mallory, who was the first man to attempt to summit Mt Everest in 1923. He died and his body is still lying at the height of 8600m. At the moment I am studying at Charterhouse School, George Mallory was a teacher here and his last dinner before the expedition was at Charterhouse. Together with my school we decided to dedicate this ascent to development of education in Nepal. We are doing this with the help of Global Action Nepal. GAN is an non-governmental organization which is working to improve access to, and the quality of education for poor and marginalized people in Nepal. If anyone wants to know more, you could visit their website.

http://globalactionnepal.org/

 Not everybody has access to education in the 21st century. Our goal is to raise 10.000 pounds. At the moment we managed to raise 1100 pounds. I will be thankful to each person, who will decide to participate in this project. This is the link for participating:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mteverest2018

 You an follow the expedition on Instagram @mountaineersdream

Alexander Abramov, leader of the Everest expedition of the 7 Summits Club:

A message from 5th of May. Today our second group has climbed to ABC camp at 6400m. The first group today climbed to the North Col 7000m. And the third group sleeps in Middle Camp at an altitude of 5800 m. Now very strong wind dominated on Everest slopes.  We want to complete the second acclimatization rotation before promised storms on May 8-10.

We also celebrated the birthday of Kamil Suсhanski, our member from Poland. He is 41 years old....

Alexander Abramov, head of the Everest expedition of the 7 Summits Club:

Our 3 groups are resting in the Base Camp. The party for May 1, full massage, a wonderful meal from our Chilean chef. Shower and bar.

Tomorrow we again go up to the North Col. 7000 m, where we plan an overnight. All 3 groups must have time to make this acclimatization hike before May 8. After May 8, a storm wind...

Having gone down to the base camp after the first acclimatization exit, the team of the  7 Summit Club solemnly celebrated the day of labor and spring, as well as the world day of solidarity of workers.

Watch live stream from Alex Abramov:

And a few photos:

Yesterday we came to ABC. At an altitude of 6400m. The snow fell. We slept the first night with oxygen. Magically. Today we went to the altitude of 6550m under the beginning of the ropes on the North Col. Snow, cold, but without wind. Tomorrow we go down, to the bath and massage. By the way tomorrow, May 1, we are organizing a Party in our super comfortable camp. We invite all the expeditions that will be in the Base Camp.

 Alexander Abramov, head of the Everest expedition:

Our teams take turns climbing to the advanced base camp at 64000m. We breathe oxygen the first night.

 Weather is good. It snows every afternoon. There are already 3 groups of Sergey Kovalev, Volodya Kotlyar, Alexander Abramov and Andrey Mariev. The fourth group will be here tomorrow. It's snowing, it's cold, but we have a great dining room tent with heaters. Now it comfortably accommodates 24 people.

Alexander Abramov, head of the expedition on Everest:

  Today in the Base Camp of Mount Everest there was a Puja, a ceremony of consecration of the camp. All participants got dirty by local flour tsampa and was very pleased.

The first group today went to the Middle camp at 5800m for overnight. And tomorrow they plan to go up to the camp ABC 6400m and spend 2 nights there. 

Tomorrow and the second group goes up, and the day after tomorrow-the – third group. Each group has 10 members with guides.

Alexander Abramov held another "live" from the base camp.

Watch it on Facebook (in Russian):

From the diary of Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of 7 Summits Club:

... yesterday, along with the opening of the bar, two massage tents were opened. Abramov hired masseuses from Tibet and now there is a turn for their service. Massage on 5200, whom going to tell, not believe.

In the evening there was a traditional hike to the bar, for coffee and mulled wine, and evening cinema show…

Alexander Abramov, head of the expedition on Everest: 

News from the Everest base camp 2018 from our luxury camp.

The day was warm. Later it's snowing. Fantastic food. All in shock. Elena led a Yoga class this morning.

Tomorrow a group of Kotlyar and Kovalev goes to the camp ABC.

The next day I will go with Dima (Ermakov) and 8 people are following in their footsteps. The day after tomorrow - Andrei Mariev, Sergei Larin and 8 more people.

We slept all with oxygen for the first night. Everyone slept great.

Today we opened two massage rooms with the masseuse, the inhabitants of Tibet. Today was the opening of the bar. And going to Rongbuk. All members and guides are happy and proud that we have the best camp on Everest for all 60 years of development of Everest.

The second group arrived in the base camp in full. At the same time Alexander Abramov conducted a direct report on his Facebook page…

Weather was cloudy, at night it snowed, which successfully melted during the day. Now the entire expedition is in the base camp. It has 24 members (22 – Russian, 1 – Polish and Lhakpa Sherpa), 10 guides,  35 high-altitude Sherpas, 3 – movie crew.

Two groups of our expedition to Everest under the leadership of Alexander Abramov met in the Tibetan city of Shegar. Today there will be another acclimatization exit. And our base camp is waiting!  All members are under strict medical supervision. So far, no deviations from the plan, all people are full of energy and desire to test himself at the highest mountain of the world.

Dmitry Ermakov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Expedition Everest 2018. Day 5. Yet the most memorable day of the expedition. But first things first. In the morning we woke up, ate, were going to go the airport. But Alex Abramov said that at the airport there was an  accident, the plane either rolled out of the lane, or broke the chassis and now all flights are postponed. But we decided to try the chance, went to the airport. This is a Zombieland simply, several thousands of people, there is no information. We went back to the hotel. Once we arrived at the hotel - it is reported that it seems to have opened the airport, we are back there. Wild queues everywhere, at the entrance, at check-in to passport control. As a result, after going through all the circles of the airport, were in a waiting room. Planes fly, but our flight is delayed. And we were waiting 4 hours in a row. But finally around 5pm we arrived in Lhasa. Everyone is happy, in a pleasant shock from the hotel. And there we met our first band again. Crouch and sleep…

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Lhasa – a city of one million at the height of 3700 m. The last 10 years, the city adds something like 50 thousand people annually. All the newcomers are Chinese. The infrastructure is ready to accommodate 1.5 times more, and they do not stop there - they are being built and improved.

 As a benefit, there is a new useful health and time of deployment. The platform in the sphere of interest was quickly found, acclimatization is only to help, several times were able to work with your hands against gravity.

Tomorrow morning we allowed ourselves to run before a long running break, but a little, 20 minutes, and not fast. Still, the height is about 3700 m.

Alexander Abramov, head of the expedition on Everest: 

 Delay of departure to Lhasa for an indefinite period of time... Tonight in Kathmandu, the plane landed badly, broke the chassis. And now the airport is closed. A crowd of passengers. All flights delayed or cancelled. But we don't give up....

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club: the vanguard of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club on Everest has arrived in the capital of Tibet, Lhasa. The height is already being felt, 3600 m))).  We settled in a very chic hotel! Thanks the captain!

The construction of the base camp continues. Now Sherpas equip public tents, among which as a  novelty will be a bar. Meanwhile, the members begin to gather in Kathmandu. As well as guides…

Alex Abramov from Nepal:

Equipment sets. Lhakpa Sherpa - 8 times on Everest goes with us. View to BC from the moraine...

All the Sherpas of the 7 Summits Club came in the base camp of Mount Everest 2018. We see a lot of cargo and trucks. Here we could also see the manager of the base camp and the future bartender Lena Abramova.

Construction of the camp for the expedition  Everest 2018 of the 7 Summits Club continues...

On the fifth day, the Sherpas started assembling of frame tents for clients.

Today the team of Sherpas of the 7 Summits Club came to Everest Base camp. We were the first this season.  Now the team will have a big job to make the best ever base camp.  Our expedition will be the largest and the camps - the most comfortable.

A whole army of our Sherpas, local guides, high-altitude porter, cooks and their assistants received new sets of clothes made by Red Fox. It is a proper form for working in severe high altitude conditions. Judging by their faces, the new things suited to taste. Beautiful clothes oblige to good work, so we believe.

 Alexander Abramov, President of Club 7 Vershin, leader of the expedition to Everest:

 This year we are making a more comfortable base camp – Luxury Camp, as we call it. We deliver and put new spacious tents with beds, heaters and a work table. Also, we are waiting for a new level of our cuisine, because our beloved Chef from Antarctica Patricio has already come to us. The whole expedition is ready. This year we have 20 participants, 7 guides and 6 cooks. And 35 Sherpas. We have the largest expedition on Everest in 2018.