Mexico 2022

The group's guide, the President of the 7 Summits Club, Alexander Abramov reports from Mexico:

At 9:15 a.m. our team ascended the peak of Orizaba, the highest volcano in North America.

The guide of the group, the President of the 7 Summits Club, Alexander Abramov reports from Mexico: 

The video and photos show how the team is preparing to go to the assault camp of Orizaba. Camps, food.  The participants and guides are all in a great mood.  The team leaves the Base Camp.  The weather is not the worst.

The guide of the group, the President of the 7 Summits Club, Alexander Abramov reports from Mexico: 

The group of the 7 Summits Club moved to the base camp Orizaba.  Before leaving, we took a photo with our guides Julio and Katrina. On the way, we waited for our mountain to open. At first it was in the cloud. But then, we were lucky and Orizaba opened.  People often die on this mountain.  Steep ice slopes without gentle slopes. And at the bottom there is a stone scree.  There are years when there is clear ice on the route. But we are lucky. There is little ice on the mountain now. Mostly snow and firn.

The guide of the group, the President of the 7 Summits Club, Alexander Abramov reports from Mexico: 

News of the Quinteto Mexicano team from Mexico. Leaving the city of Pueblo early in the morning, we made an acclimatization ascent on the famous peak of La Malincha. The flag of the 7 Summits Club was raised at the highest point.  From the summit of the mountain there was a view of all the five thousand meters of Mexico: Istaxihuatl, Popacatapetl and the object of our ascent, the highest volcano in North America Pico Orizaba.

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov reports from Mexico:  Today the team enjoyed the atmosphere of the Day of the Dead in Mexico City.  We visited the pyramids, then the Trotsky House Museum. Everything is very interesting. Then we visited the Frida Kahlo Museum. We ate grasshoppers and ant eggs. The day was a success!

The guide of the expedition of the 7 Summits Club to Orizaba, the highest volcano in North America, Alexander Abramov.

The 7 Summits Club Guide Alexander Dorozjukov from Mexico:

Greetings from our group! We finished all the exercises, yesterday we trampled the pyramids, charged with the sun, awarded the orders! In general, everything is fine with us! Everyone went to the roof of Mexico. And we also congratulated our participant Natalia Filatova on her birthday!

The 7 Summits Club Guide Alexander Dorojukov from Mexico:

I want to congratulate my group on the successful ascent of Orizaba Peak! It is the highest volcano in North America. The weather, as promised, was excellent, we met the dawn on the way to the top, and also observed the shadow of the mountain.  In general, we are all delighted! All the band members were on the top today!

The 7 Summits Club Guide Alexander Dorojukov from Mexico:

Hello everyone! The group of the 7 Summits Club went up to the assault camp of Orizaba. Tomorrow we plan to storm the summit. The weather forecast is good. We are cheerful and full of energy.

The 7 Summits Club Guide Alexander Dorojukov from Mexico:

Hola Amigos!  Today our cheerful and friendly team moved to the base camp of Orizaba. Well, we took a little walk up to sleep better. Also, our team congratulates everyone on February 23! Everything is fine with us, beautiful landscapes, clouds, mountains.

The 7 Summits Club Guide Alexander Dorozhukov from Mexico:

Hola Amigos! Today, according to the acclimatization plan, we climbed La Malinche Volcano. The road passed through a beautiful forest: rubble of logs, fresh air, beautiful views, accompanied by stray dogs. In general, we had a great day!

The 7 Summits Club Guide Alexander Dorojukov from Mexico:

Greetings from Mexico!  Our excursion program has ended today, we are moving  to mountains tomorrow. Today we visited the largest pyramid in Mexico, well, there is an opinion that it is the largest in the world. We moved to the foot of La Malinche. We ate, got ready for tomorrow, rest.

The 7 Summits Club Guide Alexander Dorojukov from Mexico:

Greetings from Mexico City! From our new group. The whole group gathered in the capital of Mexico. Today we had a sightseeing tour of the city, where we got acquainted with the local culture and local attractions. Naturally, in the homeland of tequila, we tried this delicious drink. Tomorrow we start the acclimatization program.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, Director of the 7 Summits Club and group guide, from Mexico:

Greetings from Mexico from Lyudmila Korobeshko and the Nahui group. Today we saw amazing Mexico - we visited the main Catholic shrine of all Latin America - the Church of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The place is stunning in beauty and energy. And also visited the most famous pyramids of Mexico - Teotihuacan - pyramids of the Moon and Sun. Although this ancient city has been excavated by only 15%, the scale is amazing. From our guide to the historical places of Mexico - Natalia Pushkareva - we learned a lot of interesting things from the culture and history of Mexico. In the evening, we walked on our own through the dark streets of the center of Mexico City and - voila - we are alive, healthy and satisfied! Tomorrow we are going to the monarchs. What are the assumptions, what is it?

Lyudmila Korobeshko, director of the 7 Summits Club and group guide, from Mexico:

Greetings from Mexico from Lyudmila Korobeshko and the Nahui group! Yesterday we spent a hard night at the Orizaba Base Camp - a storm raged all night, the wind shook our tents. In the morning everything was covered with snow. And the snow continued to fall. A little sad, after lunch we went to the assault camp at 4700. The weather has not improved. The strong wind and snow continued. But the forecast promised a weakening of the wind and the end of precipitation after midnight. At one o'clock we woke up to the sounds of heavy snowfall.  We were sad, but we decided not to change our plans. At 2 am we went out to climb.  By 4 a.m., the snowfall had stopped. But not the wind. And the cold was terrible. Nevertheless, at 8 a.m. our team reached the top of the highest volcano in North America.

By lunchtime we were already in Zoapan, and now we are heading to Mexico City to continue the cultural program. Pyramids and butterflies are waiting for us.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, Director of the 7 Summits Club and group guide, from Mexico:

Greetings from Mexico from Lyudmila Korobeshko and the group "Nahui"! After spending a stormy night in the wonderful Mexican town of Puebla, at 6 am we drove to the foot of La Malinche. By 13.00 we were already standing on the top of the volcano La Malinche (4440m). In the evening we went down and moved to the cozy hacienda of Soltepec next to the best pulqueria in the area (here they prepare pulque - braga from agave). Tomorrow we will move to Piedra Grande - the base camp on Orizaba.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, director of the 7 Summits Club and group guide, from Mexico:

Greetings from Mexico from Lyudmila Korobeshko and the team that changed its name! Yesterday we were called "Tacos", but today we were given a sign - in Cholula, an ice cream lady with this name (Tacos) crossed the road and stopped us. We had no choice but to accept the sign from above. And now we are a Nahui group. Today our group made the first ascent in Mexico to the lowest volcano in the world. This is the Koshkamate volcano with a height of 13 meters. We also visited the largest pyramid in the world - Cholula. Tomorrow we are going to climb on La Malinche (4200).

Lyudmila Korobeshko, Director of the 7 Summits Club and group guide, from Mexico:

Greetings from Mexico, from Lyudmila Korobeshko and a new group on Orizaba called "Tacos" (former "Cacas" on Kilimanjaro)! This morning, finally, the whole group came to Mexico City and we immediately went to explore this 36-million city.

In half a day we managed to explore the historical center of Mexico City, visit several churches, visit the largest cathedral in Latin America, found the house of Count Orizaba, visited the sculpture museum of the richest Mexican Carlos Slim, listened to the history of the conquest of Mexico by Cortez, refreshed the details of the struggle for independence, remembered the Mexican revolution, which almost coincided with ours. With some surprise, we recalled that about half of the current territory of the United States once belonged to Mexico. We listened to stories about the blood sacrifices of the Aztecs, learned the recipe for soup made from human flesh (yes, the Aztecs were also cannibals, like our good friends the Papuans).

At sunset, we went boating on the Xochimilco canals to the Mariachi songs.

Tomorrow we leave Mexico City and head to the largest pyramid in the world! Can you guess what it's called?

P.S. Many thanks to our wonderful guide to Mexico City - Natalia Pushkareva!

Boris Egorov, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Mexico:

Long-awaited news from Mexico. Yesterday at two o'clock in the afternoon our team climbed the last rope of the huge wall, it is called El Gigante.  It was an incredible adventure! Three and a half days of continuous vertical movement, three nights suspended on inflatable platforms. There were practically no places on our route where you could at least stand, they were hanging in safety systems all the time. The rock is very wild, there is no one around, we have not seen a soul during the entire ascent. But it turned out to be absolutely detached from everything in the world, there were only us, the wall and our multi-kilogram trunks, which we dragged up after us. There are only a few such ascents in the world, and even more so in such exotic places. (Even just to get under the wall, we needed local guides with machetes). Of course, this is not our first rock adventure with Alexey and Zhenya, but we are experiencing such difficulty and danger for the first time. And such an event will be all the more memorable. Guides Boris Egorov and Vladimir Murzaev.

Once again, we congratulate our Mexican team, who ascended the highest volcano in North America and the highest peak in Mexico - Orizaba Peak (5636 m) under the strict guidance and care of the guide Lyubov Ivanova-Pershina! With the Summit!!!! Now the team descends, visits the pyramids, sums up the results and already remembers how it was.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Lyubov Ivanova: Summit! On January 8th at 10:30 am we were at the top. The group left the glacier 5000 m at 7 am.  After 2.5 hours, everyone was on the top, the first Natasha Sklyar!  The descent from the summit was also made in record time: 2 hours from the top to the upper camp at 4650 m. I must say that the weather has been seriously scaring us all these days, and there was a snowfall (hail) and a thunderstorm in earnest. And not a very good forecast, even from the Oso itself, for the night of the ascent.  But our team went into battle without hesitation and doubt, and reached the top in the shortest possible time!  I recommend all participants without exception for further ascents with the 7 Summits Club.