Ararat 2021

Nastya Kuznetsova, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Turkey:

Greetings to all from Turkey from the city of Van, the pearl of eastern Anatolia! From here, our team will start tomorrow on Ararat, the highest peak in Turkey (5165 m). Today was a busy day. We met the group, found the lost luggage. Then we took a walk through the ancient fortress of the Urartu times, visited the archaeological museum, checked all the equipment, met the sunset on Lake Van, celebrated the meeting and got ready to go ahead to meet adventures! Your Boris Egorov and Anastasia Kuznetsova, 200 km from Ararat!

And yes, we practically took part in a Kurdish wedding!

Greetings from Turkey from the slopes of Ararat! Our second group this season climbed the legendary volcano and the highest peak of Turkey! Congratulations to Andrey Chuzhinov on the summit!

Andrey found Ararat more difficult than Elbrus: "The mountain is all covered with stones, the wind was blowing and freezing. And the sun was shining too much."

Sergey Avtomonov, the 7 Summits Club guide:  Hooray, we did it - the summit of Ararat! Today we climbed on the top of the sacred mountain! The weather was fine, the wind started only after our descent. The mountain let us to come back! It wasn't the easiest climb, but we were able to do it! We congratulate the whole group on their ascent!

The 7 Summits Club guide Sergey Avtomonov from Turkey: Greetings to all from the slopes of sunny Ararat! Today we went up to the assault camp. Here we have finally established our plans for tomorrow: we will go out in two groups, to meet at the top at the same time. Now, after a delicious dinner, the team is resting before going out at night start. See you tomorrow!

This is the guide of the 7 Summits Club Sergey Avtomonov from the slopes of the holy Mount Ararat. Today, the program of the first group of the 7 Summits Club in the season began here. Yesterday we arrived late at night in the city of Van. Today we reached the base camp of Ararat. On the way, we were raided by the police for compliance with the quarantine, were delayed, but still went up to the base camp! All participants feel well and are ready to start climbing. Tomorrow we are going to an acclimatization rotation to the assault camp.