Africa - Page 19

25 members of our great expedition successfully climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro via the Umbwe route.  It was July 25th, and now the team has come down and is preparing to return home. We offer a large selection of photos sent by our guides Alexander Abramov, Sergey Larin and Anastasia Kuznetsova.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club from Tanzania:

Today our group climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. 25 people were at the highest point. The weather was perfect. Now we're going down to camp Millennium at 3600. And tomorrow we will celebrate at the hotel!

Hello! This is guide Boris Egorov from Kenya. Today we reached our assault camp. At height of 4200. Crossing 15 kilometers. In general, all have reached enough vigorously. But the height is already felt.

Sergey Larin from Tanzania: Hello! Alexander Abramov, Anastasia Kuznetsova and guide Sergey Larin arrived in Kilimanjaro to meet the team of the publishing group EKSMO-AST. As part of the ongoing partnership, the leaders of the largest Russian publishing holding consisting of 27 people plan to climb to the highest point of Africa - Kilimanjaro 5895m. In 2018, they have climbed on Elbrus the same big team.

Viktor Ershov, guide of the 7 Summits Club:

Hello everyone from Kilimanjaro! Today around 8 am the whole group of “Falcons-2019” climbed the highest free-standing mountain in the world! Than lived up to the name of group - it was fast, clear, a real Express! Now we went down to the camp Horombo, all wildly tired, because not every day you pass about 20 km in the mountains with a large difference in height. Tomorrow we run down and rest! Hurray!

Guide Viktor Ershov: Hello from the wet  Tanzania from the group of Sapsan-2019! In the morning we started from the hotel to the entrance of Kilimanjaro National Park under heavy rain.  On the way we stopped at the supermarket for batteries and repellent. Then we checked in at the Park reception.  The rain stopped and we moved to the camp of Mandara.  We got there quickly in 3 hours, but the shoes were soaked through. In the evening we passed the medical check, all the members have excellent performance and good health, and  we tasted a delicious dinner. We hope that there will be no more such heavy rains..

 On March 19th, 2019, a group of 7 Summits Club, guide Boris Yegorov and three  members, climbed the second highest summit of the Kenya massif, Nelion peak, with a height of 5188 meters. To the highest point, the peak of Batian (5199m), it was decided not to go, not to get to the "cold overnight".  Simply, there was not enough day time.  Now the group safely descended to the foot of the summit and Boris Yegorov sent a large selection of photos from the ascent. 

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, a group of the 7 Summits Club on the route Lemosho (18-26 February 2019). All members of the team has climbed the top!

The author of video - Anastasia Panfilova….

Super-Guide of  the 7 Summits Club Boris Yegorov by satellite phone from Africa:

Hello, Seven Summits! This is guide Boris Yegorov from Kenya, Africa. Today we climbed to the peak of Nelion... To the top of Batian we lacked a little bit of time (we expect details)…

 Super-Guide of the  7 Summits Club  Boris Yegorov  via satellite phone from Equatorial Africa:

 Hello, Seven  Summits! This is guide Boris Egorov from Kenya. Today, we,  without hurry, but at the same time quickly enough, went to the point of Lenana – this is the third highest peak in the Kenya massif. We passed the route in two and a half hours, which, in пeneral, is not bad. And we went down to  our assault camp - Austrian hut. And then suddenly a cloud with snow covered us. Snow fell, the mountain turned white.  So we turned relaxed and decided to have a rest tomorrow.  We have  for a rest one more day in a stock. And while, we plan to storm the day after tomorrow. All, of course, slightly upset. But…

Boris Yegorov, guide of 7 Summits Club from Kenya:

Good evening! Today I had a difficult day in Africa. Basically it went like this:

…  waiting for the participants of the expedition, and ended with the following…

We gathered in a very remarkable restaurant where you can taste the meat of wild animals.

 I liked the team gathered to climb Batian Peak (Kenya massif). Old friends were happy to meet.  Today we have a rest, and tomorrow in plans  there is moving to the National Park and small passes on jungle: 9 kilometers and 600 meters of a climb.

Tomorrow the program of ascent to Batian peak (5199 m) will begin.  This program is part of the project of our Club "7 Super Mountains"!  This project includes programs of climbing the iconic mountains from different continents (Matterhorn, Alpamayo etc…).

 Program guide Boris Yegorov is already in Kenya! He successfully passed acclimatization, climbing to the top of  Point Lenana (4985 m), the third highest peak of the Kenya massif. He has now returned to Nairobi to meet the participants of the programme tomorrow.

  Irena Kharazova, famous for her diaries from the expedition to Everest and became the brightest heroine of the film "Gene of Heights", returns with a new project.  After successfully completing the project "Seven Summits" and giving birth the child, as promised in the film,  Irena for some time disappeared from our field of vision. But now she appeared again and comes out with a new bright project – "Seven Super Mounts". Six months ago Irena made a successful ascent to the most beautiful peak of the world - Alpamayo in Peru.

  And now she goes to Kenya to make a difficult technical ascent to the most difficult peak of Africa - Kenya 5200 (peaks Nelion and Batian). Date of trip March 14-21. You can also join a support group and make a simpler ascent in the Kenya massif - to the top of Lenana 4895 at a special price.

We combined several separate fragments of the expedition into one video. It seems that it conveys a festive atmosphere in the group, which determined the overall success of the ascent. Alexander Abramov continues his project "Seven summits in seven months", the next – Carstensz  Pyramid in March, join us!

 Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club from Tanzania:

 Our expedition to Kilimanjaro is coming to an end.  It was great!  All 20 climbers (17 members and 3 guides) reached the top. It was difficult. But all are satisfied and happy. And all  people became much friends....

Information from Alexander Abramov: the whole group ("Children of Adam" or "Children of Abram") of 17 participants and 3 guides (Abramov Alexander,  Abramov Denis and Kuznetsova Anastasia) reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro via Marangu.

 We are waiting for details!

Project of Alex Abramov "Seven summits in seven months”.

The 7 Summits Club guide Dmitry Ermakov from Tanzania:

 7 Summits, Hello! Dmitry Ermakov from Kilimanjaro.  A group of "fast-legged deers" climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The fastest climbed in 3: 15, the other 5: 20, about that. All is well, we are already in the camp, now we will rest… 

The 7 Summits Club  guide Dmitry Ermakov from Tanzania:

 7 summits, Hello! Here is Dmitry Ermakov from the Karanga camp. Our group of "swift-footed deers" today came out the last from the Barranco camp, because we didn’t want  to stand in line on the Barranco wall and two hours (first) ran to the next camp. The weather is stable, it rains in the afternoon. Now we will rest a bit and go for a walk above. The mood is excellent!

Anastasia Kuznetsova, guide and manager of the 7 Summits Club:

  That is all! We did it – we finally got on the route!  All documents are completed, the ultimate goal is defined.  Today we passed the zone of Equatorial forests. On the road met the blue monkeys and the elegant endemics of Kilimanjaro - black-and-white colobus monkeys.  We ascended a kilometer and reached the first camp on the upper border of the forest -  Mandara Hut at 2800 m. And for Mandara there is news. First, there were sockets, which were not there before (they are few, but they are). And secondly, (and most importantly) there's  new huts, which is still not officially opened. We had to solve this issue informally, and we were the first group that settled there. Tomorrow we will move to Horombo at 3800….

Project  of Alex Abramov "Seven summits in seven months”.

Anastasia Kuznetsova, guide and manager of 7 Summits Club:

 Greetings from Tanzania! Alexander Abramov's group is practically gathered!  It remains to wait only two members arriving late flight. The rest of all we met, all equipment checked, all in hire remeasured.   There was a briefing and an evening of “dating” with live music on the outdoor terrace, under the stars.  In general, we are ready to go on the route! 

Project of Alex Abramov Seven summits in seven months…