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Two groups of the 7 Summits Club gathered in Kathmandu.  The group leaders: Vladimir Kotlyar and Andrey Berezin.  Next day, they successfully flew to Lukla and took the route of the trek to the foot of  Mera Peak.

Alex Lonchinsky, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello! Yesterday we flew to Lukla, waited for the cargo, loaded on yaks. In honor of the birthday of the 7 Summits Club, slowly, for 3 hours, we reached Monjo. We stayed at the hospitable Monjo Gasthaus. We were welcomed, as it is here Sasha Gukov and I lived when I went to climb Mount Tamserku.

 Today we are already in Namche Bazaar, we continue to celebrate the birthday of 7 Summits Club!

Alexander Dorozhkov, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Nepal:

Greetings to all from Nepal!  Here is the group “Base camp of Everest”. We met yesterday in Kathmandu. Today we arrived in Lukla and took the route. The weather is great, the mood is also great. Tomorrow we have to go up to Namche Bazaar.

Alexander Abramov: the 7 Summits Club announce new expedition "Everest 2019".  This is the 16th our Everest  Expedition led by Alexander Abramov. And I reached the summit nine times, so I want to do the anniversary climb – for 10^Th time!

And there is a rumor that it will be the last his summit Everest climb …

Hurry up to touch the legend!

 Details here >>>>>>>

Sergey Larin, guide and head of the expedition:

Please find here photos from the climb on Shisha Pangma, summit day - 29th of September. Climbers: Sergey Larin, Zygmunt Berdychowski, Igor Smirnov. Due to the impending bad weather, we decided to go to the summit instead of the second acclimatization rotation.

Now we have already gone down to ABC (6400). We ordered a Yak caravan to return on 2th of October ... Wait for us at home!

Lyudmila Korobeshko: Hurray! There is the summit of Cho-Oyu! On September 28 at 11 am our team climbed the sixth highest peak of the World - Cho-Oyu! Our team: Irina Zisman, Dmitry Ghinculov, three of our brave Sherpa - Pasang, Dorjee and Norbu, and I, Lyudmila Korobeshko, the leader of the expedition. It was not easy: wind, cold, height. But we overcame everything!

  Hi!  There is Lyudmila Korobeshko from the Cho-Oyu expedition. So, yesterday, September 28, our team stood on top of Cho-Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world. Dmitry Ghinkulov, Irina Zisman, Lyudmila Korobeshko and our three Sherpas, without whom the expedition would have been much more difficult. In principle, we were lucky with the weather. Although not everything was so simple.  The wind was strong, it was cold. And also we got a night in a traffic jam due to the large Chinese team. We all bravely overcame it and climbed to the top of Cho-Oyu. Yesterday we went down from the top to camp 1 and spent the night at 6400.

 Today I'm calling from our actual base camp, ABC camp, at 5700 altitude. We are ready to accept congratulations… Tomorrow, September 30, we are already going down and are already leaving for civilization.

 All members of the expedition are happy, feel good and send greetings  to family and friends!

Sergey Larin, guide and head of the expedition on Shisha Pangma from Tibet:

Hello, Seven Summits! Take news from Shisha Pangma! Today at 8:30, Sergei Larin, Zygmunt Berdychowski and Igor Smirnov, that is, all members, as well as all the Sherpas climbed to the top of Shisha Pangma. ……

Now we have already gone down to 7500, this is our Third camp, where we came out at 3:30 today. Now we'll pack up and go down.…

We plan today to spend the night at 6400 ... Yaks are  ordered on 2-3 October ....

On August 22, a large group of the 7 Summits Club "Devil's dozen" under the leadership of Ivan Dusharin climbed to the top of Mount Kazbek. A couple of days ago, the participant of this ascent Elena Stepanenko published a wonderful photo-video film dedicated to this happy expedition:

 Shisha Pangma 2018. 12, 13, 14 day expeditions. Stay in the ABC.

 On Friday and Saturday, 21 and 22 September, the weather got a little worse, at night and sometimes in daytime it was snowing. This fact did not prevent us from actively exploring the surroundings of ABC: we went down to a lake and walked to the glacier.

 Today, Sunday, the weather is getting better. In the morning we held a Puja-a ceremony of consecration of the camp.

 We are preparing to make the second acclimatization rotation with overnight at Camp II at the height of 7100, we expect that ropes to be fixed. Today we plan to arrange a bath day.

 Despite the fact that our camp is almost at the height of Elbrus (5600), wild (feathered) life here is in full swing. Who croaks, who tweets, who whistles. Our Sirdar Nima lures next to her tent, mountain partridges snowcocks.  These are large poorly flying birds the size of a bigger chicken.  Now the snowcocks are running in herds around our camp, croaking and eating the remains of popcorn...

Sergey Larin

Greetings from the Cho-Oyu team! The expedition  continues. Yesterday we went down after a night at 7100. The acclimatization stage is over. Now we rest and wait for the weather.  The route has not yet been made, as long as the fixed ropes are only up to camp 2, 7100. Weather turned bad. Nothing is clear yet.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, head of expedition to Cho-Oyu:

We went down below ABC camp on the day of rest to catch the net. And it managed to be done.   So look at the photos, how we climbed to the camp 1 on 6400. Today we rest. Tomorrow we leave for three days in camps 1 6400 m and 2 7100 m.

Sergey Larin, the head of the expedition 7 Summits Club on Shisha Pangma:

 The sixth day of the expedition  group "Shisha Pangma-2018" arrived at the base camp at an altitude of 5000 meters. From the village of Xegar we got to BC for 3.5 hours, and 17 km moving on a dirt road.  On the turn of route  we took pictures at the sign "Shisha Pangma".

 Our Sherpas ' team was waiting for us in the base camp. The camp is fully prepared for a comfortable stay. And our Sherpas are already preparing the expedition cargo for shipment to the ABC camp.

All members feel well and prepare for the next stage of acclimatization.

The group of Vladimir Kotlyar and Olga Rumyantseva climbed to the top of this beautiful mountain! We waited for a weather window, until the end did not believe that it will be.  Thank you, Kazbek, for giving us a nice day and let us visit the top!

Greetings from Lhasa, from Lyudmila Korobeshko and team climbing Cho-Oyu!  The third day of our expedition began. Yesterday, as promised, we attended a historic show about the Chinese Princess Wencheng and her arrival in Tibet. Today we leave Lhasa and drive to Shigatse, where we buy everything for a good night's sleep - blankets, pillows and wine.

 The most famous Princess of China and Tibet Wencheng, revered by the Tibetans as the goddess of mercy, saw us off with a smile and a kind words. By the way, the mountain we are going to is translated as "the Goddess of turquoise". Beautiful!

Lyudmila Korobeshko, head of the expedition, from Lhasa: Group Cho-Oyu-2018 arrived in Lhasa.  The captain of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov decided to conduct our expedition to Lhasa. Next, we will move on our own. Irina Zisman and Dmitry Ghinculov feel fine, a height of 3700 has no visible problems…

 In September, the 7 Summits Club organizes two expeditions to Himalayan eight-thousanders Cho-Oyu and Shisha Pangma! 

 September 5^th the expedition to Cho-Oyu starts under the leadership of our Director, Lyudmila Korobeshko. The group consists of three members and a leader. And on September 10^th  Sergey Larin's team goes after them. Our irreplaceable doctor of Everest expeditions and honored guide leads the expedition to Shisha Pangma.  This will be the first attempt of the 7 Summits Club to climb this mountain.

A large group of the 7  Summits Club "Devil's dozen" under leadership of Ivan Dusharin climbed  Mount Kazbek!!! Hurray!

Today, a large group of climbers of the 7 Summits Club under the leadership of Ivan Trofimovich Dusharin went up for the night at the shelter weather Station. This is the starting point of the ascent to the famous Caucasian peak Kazbek. The weather is good, the participants feel great, everything is fine!

Today, a large group (8 people + guides) climbed the legendary mountain of Kazbek. Congratulations! And thanks to our Georgian friends, guides and organizers of the climb!

This Saturday, another group, this time the largest in the season - 12 people, arrives in Tbilisi.  The famous Russian climber Ivan Dusharin will lead this team in a campaign to Kazbek.