Elbrus(5642) - Page 32

 Dmitry Semenov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus region:  Today (August 13), a group of the 7 Summits Club under the modest name "Victoria" climbed the Western peak of Mount Elbrus.

News of the Elbrus region. Today we climbed the Western peak of Elbrus. The weather wasn't favorable, but we did it! It's a pity only this time the landscapes did not open. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Avtomonov: The whole group of the 7 Summits Club reached today the Western peak of Elbrus in very bad weather conditions. All night we struggled with a squally wind and walked through the deep snow that had fallen over the past few days. On the way, we put up hangers for future groups. In the evening, everyone went down to the hotel and then left for Pyatigorsk to continue the program.

News of the Elbrus region.  Today the group of the 7 Summits Club planned to climb the Pastukhov Rocks.  But on the way, the weather turned bad, and a thunderstorm began in the area of the rocks. We reached the height of 4400, where we decided to turn around. Tomorrow, according to the plan, we have a rest day, we will prepare for the ascent. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.

Alexander Dorojukov, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Elbrus region: Today we went up to the refuge "National Park", settled in comfortable houses. According to the acclimatization plan, we walked to the former Refuge of Eleven and held snow and ice training there. There are streams flowing around, there is already little snow on the slopes, but we found it.  Now we had lunch and are resting at the refuge. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov.

 A new group of the 7 Summits Club arrived in the Elbrus region and began to acclimatize on the slopes of Mount Cheget. By the time we ascended to the first station of the Cheget Mountain cable car, it began to rain, which we safely waited out in the Ai cafe. There we ate delicious hychins with hot mountain tea. After the rain stopped, we went down to the Cheget glade, rented the missing equipment and went to the hotel for dinner. After dinner, it was time to relax and get ready for tomorrow's move to the National Park Refuge. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Alexander Dorojukov

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus area: The group "Unbearable Lightness of being" climbed the Western peak of Mount Elbrus today. We reached the highest point in two groups. There were those who used the snowmobile, but part of the group climbed on foot from the National Park Refuge (3888). The weather for climbing was perfect, the whole day was clear, without clouds and precipitation. The result is 100% of the participants were at the top during the day.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, director of the 7 Summits Club and the group's guide: Greetings to all from the Elbrus region from the Oscar Angels group! Today, a group of Angels climbed the Western peak of Elbrus, although without Oscar. It was not easy for the Angels, but they proved to be extremely persistent. At 9 am, three angels named Yana, Sofia and Ksenia, plus a support group of Angels in the person of George and Olga, were standing on the top of Elbrus.

A group of the 7 Summits Club with a guide Evgeny Fedyunin made a successful ascent on Mount Elbrus from the North. The Eastern peak (5621 m) was reached on August 3th, at 11: 40. All the group members and guides climbed to the highest point. Today the group is moving to Pyatigorsk: to relax and celebrate. The program has been successfully completed.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin: The group "Unbearable lightness of being" today climbed the Pastukhov rocks. The ascent took 4 hours, we sat on the rocks for half an hour and went back down to the refuge. Tomorrow we have a day of rest and preparation for the ascent.

Lyudmila Korobeshko from the Elbrus Region: Greetings to all from the Elbrus region from the group "Oscar's Angels"! Today we had a difficult day – we climbed to the Pastukhov Rocks. But it is noteworthy that an 11-year-old boy (the son of one of the participants) named Stepan decided to go with us. As a result, Stepa ran almost faster than everyone else (we had to restrain him). And since he had previously watched the "High-Altitude Gene", he kept asking on the way: "Will it be approximately the same on Everest?"

The 7 Summits Club guide Sasha Dorojukov also took a walk with us. He decided to check his leg, because of which he was out of action a couple of weeks ago.

Tomorrow morning we rest, and after lunch we go up to the refuge and at night we go to storm Elbrus.

Greetings to all from the Elbrus Region from the team "Oscar's Angels"! Today we went up to Refuge 11 and had fun there - first we walked in crampons, then we learned to work on fixed ropes. And at the end, we arranged a slide with self-arrest with ice axes.

And near the Refuge 11, a stunningly beautiful husky dog came to us. We arranged a photo shoot with him. And after lunch, hungry but happy, we went down to our hotel, where the children were already waiting for us.  They just returned from their own heroic ascent.

The guide of the climbing part of the group and the head of the Angels, Lyudmila Korobeshko.

The 7 Summits Club congratulates our guest Nirmal Purja with Elbrus summit! On the 1st of August Nims successfully summited mountain  Elbrus 5642m - the highest peak of Europe - and on the descent he jumped on a paraglider from 5100m!

Congratulations, Nimsdai!

Guide of the 7 Summits Club Vladimir Murzaev from the Elbrus region:  News from Elbrus. Today, on July 31, the group "Lucky Chance" made an ascent on Elbrus. The weather was perfect.

Impressions from the participant @Katiachup : I had a long-standing dream to conquer Elbrus, I offered my son and he agreed, in return, not to go to a camp.

We have already bought a tour on Kilimanjaro, from the 7 Summits Club. Then the son did not reach summit and regretted it. We agreed very quickly, collected some things from the list for climbing Elbrus, we rented everything else on the spot.

We had 4 days, we were very lucky with the guide Vladimir. This is a professional in his field, we learned so much about mountaineering and other extreme sports, time flew by very quickly!

On the day of the ascent, we had another cool guide, he is a local resident and works in the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Aznor. I was very calm for my son, as he was walking with him. The ascent was very difficult for me, there was hard mountain sickness until the very descent. But with our guides, we had no chance not to reach the summit.

We conquered Elbrus, together with my son, largely thanks to our guides! I want to say thank you for their professionalism! For finding the right words, for helping me with mountain sickness all the way up. I also want to mention the cuisine in our camp, Zulya and Olya prepared very delicious dishes for us, they were always very friendly, and in general, the atmosphere in the kitchen was very cool.

We got more than we expected! Thanks to Marina and Irma! For the organization and for always being in touch!

Andrey Berezin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from the Elbrus region:

News of the Elbrus region. The group "Fresh cucumbers" climbed the Western peak of Elbrus. The weather did not let us down, there was a calm and bright sun on the top. The peaks of the Main Caucasian Ridge were clearly visible.

Alexander Avtomonov, guide of the 7 Summits Club: On July 28, a team of Gazprom Nedra specialists made a successful ascent from the North side to the Eastern peak of Elbrus - 5621m. And then the group made descent to the Southern slope of the highest mountain in Europe, thus making the traverse of Elbrus.

A Nepalese mountaineer, a former military Gurkha, who amazed the whole world with his epic "14 eight-thousand-meters in 7 months" and winter K2, begins to collect a collection of the highest peaks of all continents, or "Seven Summits". Therefore, he was invited to Elbrus (persuaded) to come by our 7 Summits Club. This is the second visit of Nims to Russia and we can safely call him an old friend. We hope that luck will be on his side again and all his plans will be implemented.

The group's guide Lyudmila Korobeshko from the Elbrus area: Today our group "Chebureks with Lingonberries" , all members, quickly ran on the top of Elbrus. At 6.40 we were already opening champagne and unfurling flags on the Western peak. We were very lucky with the weather and views.

Lyudmila Korobeshko had a birthday today and the 7 Summits Club sent her warm congratulations!

Greetings to all from the Elbrus region from the group "Chebureks with lingonberries"! Today we were not too lazy and climbed up to the Pastukhov Rocks. For this, they were awarded a bright sun and a blue sky, although it rained all day in Terskol. In 4 hours we reached the rocks, flew back in less than an hour - we were afraid to be late for the cable car.

Tomorrow, late in the evening, we go up to the refuge and at night we go to the Elbrus assault.

The group's guide is Lyudmila Korobeshko.

Two groups of the 7 Summits Club climbed the slopes of Elbrus and settled in the National Park refuge. One of group is led by the director of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko, the other is by our main guide on Elbrus Andrey Berezin. In bad weather conditions, the participants and guides climbed up the slope in the direction of the former Refuge of the Eleven and conducted training sessions on climbing on snow and ice. Tomorrow, groups will climb the Pastukhov Rocks.