South America - Page 18

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Semenov reports from Argentina:

Well, our small but friendly team has gathered in the wonderful city of Mindosa and is ready for further adventures. We have already tried the famous steaks and malbec, the equipment has been checked, the little things have been bought. Today we will start in Pinitentes, this is the first camp on our way to the summit of Aconcagua.

Director of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko reports from Peru:

Greetings from Peru from Alexander Abramov and Lyudmila Korobeshko! Our exploration of the new program in Southern Peru continues! Yesterday we climbed a five-thousand-meter peak near Ausangate, not far from the Rainbow Mountains.  The area is beautiful - there are a lot of colorful lakes along the way (there are “7 Lakes trek” here, but in reality there are much more lakes), sharp snow-capped summits rise around.

The peak of Maria  with a height of 5500 is a simple to climb, but very beautiful. From the camp at 4500, the first 2-3 hours are a simple but extremely picturesque trek, then another 1.5-2 hours with crampons on a glacier with closed crevasses and the last pre-summit steep snow-ice slope. You go out on the top carefully (there are overhanging cornices) and are stunned by the beauty that opens up!

A couple of hours down - and you are greeted with lunch (in Peru, good service in the mountains - and tents are set up and a whole dining room is organized even for a small group), a couple more hours past the most beautiful lakes down - and you jump into hot springs, soak and restore muscles tired after a hike with a view of grazing alpacas and snow-white summits.

For the future, we decided that join a trekking in the Rainbow Mountains + a piece of trek around Ausangate + climbing Maria Peak with a descent to hot springs. It will be a super program!

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Bon Dias! The “Coca-Cola 2×5” group climbed on the highest point of South America Aconcagua on December 25. Catholic Christmas turned out to be snowy, in the second half it started snowing. But at that moment we were already on the descent from the top. Tomorrow we have a transfer to Horcones, from where we move to hot Mendoza. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Viktor Volodin.

Director of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko reports from Peru:

Greetings from Peru from Alexander Abramov and Lyudmila Korobeshko!  We want to tell you how we spent an unforgettable night on the wall at the Sky Lodge Hotel in the Sacred Valley in Peru, near Machu Picchu. We got to the beginning of the route around 17.00. The way to our hotel room on the wall ran along Via Ferrate (staples in the form of stairs and cables). We were given harnesses, helmets, gloves and we ran, as we wanted to get to our hotel before dark. Usually it takes 1.5-2 hours. Although we are accustomed to via Ferrata (in the Crimea and the Alps), we still often stopped to capture each other and the gorgeous views - the Sacred Valley of the Incas, leading to Machu Picchu, spread out below us. The way up is not difficult, but there are overhangs and an interesting place like the Tyrolean traverse (as on Carstensz).

By six in the evening, with sunset, we reached the hotel itself - several capsules on platforms attached to the wall. It turned out that we are the only guests of this hotel. The rest refused or could not come because of the recent political unrest in Peru.

The sleeping room is chic - transparent walls with 360 views, soft beds. There's even a toilet. But to get into the capsule-dining room, every time you need to put on helmets and climb the via Ferrata.

Christmas was celebrated with a wonderful dinner from a Swiss chef. Dinner is prepared in advance, it is warmed up on the wall and beautifully decorated before serving. And also with a bottle of Peruvian red and to the sounds of fireworks from local towns.

In the morning, we whistled merrily down six ziplines, where a bus was already waiting for us, taking us to new adventures. We plan to make a super program in Peru in the near future with Rainbow Mountains, an overnight stay on the wall, beautiful simple ascents to the 5th and 6th thousandths, possibly with the addition of Machu Picchu. Everything is nearby. And everything is so interesting!

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Artem Rostovtsev reports from Tierra del Fuego:

 Greetings from the island of Tierra del Fuego! Our sudden exploration of these areas for future programs is coming to an end. We have already managed to drive more than 2000 km, all roads to the end. To go and run for a hundred kilometers, it's a pity we didn't take a kayak, more locations would be available. Undeterred animals and birds, beautiful untouched views around: mountains, forests, lakes, islands, straits – there was everything. There are plans to get to higher mountains covered with glaciers. This is the next time, but very soon. Guides Artem Rostovtsev and Lena Abramova.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Bon Dias from Argentina! The group of the 7 Summits Club "Coca-Cola 2×5" today moved up to Colera's high-altitude camp. The height is six thousand meters. We settled in tents. Tonight we have an assault. Since we got to Christmas today, we met it with a small snowfall, which is now happening outside our tents. Tomorrow we will start to the summit!

Director of the 7 Summits Club Lyudmila Korobeshko reports from Peru:

Greetings from Peru from Alexander Abramov and Lyudmila Korobeshko!  On the first morning of our stay in Peru, we went to the Rainbow Mountains. On the way, we admired the endless herds of alpacas and wonderful views. We drove part of the way to the Rainbow Mountains on quad bikes, as we had to hurry to the second part of the program of this eventful day (which we will tell you about later)…

At the top, we unfurled the flag of the 7 Summits Club and enjoyed the views of the local highest point - AUSANGATE - a technically difficult six-thousandther. Rainbow Mountains pleased us with their multicolored iridescences. Plus, we were lucky to climb almost alone, as we decided to go from another, less popular side.

By lunchtime we had already returned to Cuzco and set off to meet a new adventure.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

The group of the 7 Summits Club "Coca-Cola 2×5" left the Plaza de Mulas camp to climb Mount Aconcagua.  According to the plan, we are going to storm the summit on December 25. Tonight we'll spend the night at Nido de Condores, tomorrow we'll spend the night at the camp Colera. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Viktor Volodin.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Buenos Dias! The Coca-Cola 2×5 group successfully acclimatizes before climbing to the highest point of the two Americas. Yesterday we climbed the Nido de Condores, 5600 meters.  We spent the night in a high-altitude camp, and to consolidate the acclimatization process, we climbed to Plaza Berlin, 5900 meters. After that, we went down to the base camp of Plaza Mulas, where we will rest before the final climb to the summit. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Viktor Volodin.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Bon Dias! Today our small but very friendly team continued to acclimatize on the slopes of Aconcagua.  The acclimatization plans included an ascent to Plaza Canada, an altitude of 5000 meters.  Upon returning to the base camp, we learned that Argentina became the World Football champion for the first time in 36 years! Tomorrow we rest, go through a medical check and prepare to go out with an overnight stay in Nido de Condores.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Viktor Volodin.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Bon Dias!  We are in the Plaza de Mulas!  The Coca-Cola 2×5 group came to the Plaza de Mulas, an altitude of 4,300 meters, this is the Aconcagua base camp. Here we will spend most of our time, simultaneously making radial and acclimatization rotations before storming the summit. The path from Confluencia to Plaza de Mulas is 18 km, with a height difference of 800 meters. The first part of the way passes through the valley of the river without a significant set, and the second part of the way, from where the camp is visible, passes through the rugged terrain of the western slope of Aconcagua.  We are resting today.  We are recovering.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Viktor Volodin.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Buenos  Dias! The Coca-Cola 2 ×5 group, after the first night at 3500, in Confluencia camp, to consolidate acclimatization, made rotation towards Plaza France, climbing to a height of 4000 meters. We did not reach the Place France itself, as it takes 6 hours to go there in one direction.  We decided to save energy, because tomorrow we have to climb to the Plaza de Mulas, and this is already 4,300 meters and 18 kilometers over rough terrain, sometimes meeting with herds of mules, and in the heat above 30 degrees.  After returning from a walk, there was a daytime siesta, after which there was a mandatory medical check giving permission to move to the next camp.  The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Viktor Volodin.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Andrey Berezin reports from Argentina:

Bon Dias!  Our Coca Cola 2×5 group started the walking part of the way to the Aconcagua base camp, Plaza de Mulas. After we registered at the entrance to the Aconcagua National Park, we had to come to our place of residence for the next three days – the Confluencia camp. We covered a distance of 7.5 km in 3 hours with halts and photo sessions of the surroundings and local birds. The guides of the group are Andrey Berezin and Viktor Volodin.

And here we are again gathering here, on the other side of the world in the Southern Hemisphere, when we have a cold winter in Russia, there is always sunshine, lots of light and warmth, delicious tart wine and the best steaks, endless pampas and numerous mountain peaks, amazingly beautiful snow-capped summits and fantastic glaciers, unique Patagonia and Iguazu waterfalls... It's all about Argentina, of course! The team of guides of the 7 Summits Club gathered in Mendoza yesterday on the eve of the upcoming season in Aconcagua, and it promises to be long and eventful.  By the end of February, dozens of lucky people will try to realize their dreams with us. Aconcagua, 6962 m, always attracts climbers with its exclusivity - the highest point of America, the second highest peak of the Seven Summits program, a unique corner of the world in the Andes mountain system. And we have a lot to do to ensure that our groups receive everything necessary for the successful completion of the program. In the next few days we will reactivate our casts, check all the equipment, buy the necessary equipment and food for high-quality operation of the Base and high-altitude camps.  There is a lot of work to be done, and we will do everything possible, put our whole soul into providing our groups with the highest level of service. If you still have doubts about participating in the ascent program on Aconcagua, discard them! We are waiting for you!

From Mendoza, the guides of the 7 Summits Club are Viktor Volodin, Andrey Berezin, Dmitry Semenov and Valery Myasoyedov.

Valery Myasoedov, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:  Greetings from Mendoza! The atmosphere of the city last night was to match the mood of the participants of the group! The traditional awarding of medals and certificates, the exchange of emotions and conversations about plans for the future. "... And it wasn't so difficult.." - it sounded like this! A strong team, we are waiting for you on other programs of the 7 Summits Club!

 And we are closing the 2021-2022 season on Aconcagua and inviting new participants to Argentina. In order to plunge into the atmosphere of sunny Mendoza in a year and accept the challenge, still difficult and tempting, Aconcagua. Guides Sergey Avtomonov, Dmitry Semenov, Valery Myasoedov…

Sergey Avtomonov, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:

The group "Bezbabos" has climbed the summit of Aconcagua! It was not easy, but everyone who went on the ascent was able to reach the top and return to the base camp on the day of the ascent! And now we are resting and watching a real snowfall! Helicopters do not fly, and we are resting after a difficult two days in the upper camps! Then there will be easy days of departure and packing of equipment for closing the camp! Super-guides Sergey Avtomonov, Dmitry Semenov and Valery Myasoedov!

Sergey Avtomonov, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina: The Bezbabos group returned today after acclimatization in high-altitude camps. We spent a night in the Nido De Condores camp, felt the height. Then the group climbed up to the assault camp of Colera 6000m.  We went down to the Plaza De Mulas camp and immediately got into the shower! Tomorrow will be a day of rest! The guides of the 7 Summits Club are Sergey Avtomonov and Dmitry Semenov.

 Sergey Avtomonov, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:

News from the slopes of Aconcagua! The Los Litros Leche group today moved from the Nido De Condoras camp to the Colera assault camp. Today it is planned to go to the summit, the weather promises to be good! The Bezbabos group rested at the base camp today and tomorrow goes to acclimatization in Nido De Condoras. Next to the camp we went to an abandoned hotel. Today we passed a medical examination: everyone is healthy enough to go to the summit. The guides of the 7 Summits Club were in touch.

Sergey Avtomonov, Guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Argentina:

Greetings to all from the group "Bezbabos"! Today we climbed to the Plaza Canada, at an altitude of 5000 meters. We went down a straight path for acclimatization. After returning to the camp, the weather turned bad and it started snowing. Then everyone rested in the camp, even slept. Now we are preparing to go to the Nido de Condores the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow is a day of rest and collecting things for the exit. And in the evening there will be a medical check. Guides Dmitry Semenov and Sergey Avtomonov were with you.