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Lyudmila Korobeshko, guide and Director of the 7 summits Club:

You can congratulate our team with the first five-thousand meters summit. This year it is definitely the first for all:). On 2th January in bad weather, our group of the 7 Summits Club under the name of Brave Guinea Pigs, climbed on Iliniza Norte 5126м. It was an incredible amount of snow, and on the descent even more -  the storm caught us. But in parting, Iliniza gave us an insanely beautiful sunset.

That is all. Now we are going to Baños and we will be there to relax.

Lyudmila Korobeshko, a Guide and Director of the 7 Summits Club:

News from Ecuador. On the last day of the year, our Ecuadorian team got its name - Stunning SuperCuy.

 And this day we celebrated by climbing of Rucu Pichincha 4700. To a height of 4000  was reached by 20 people, including children. On up went 16 pigs and even the eldest of the children Nizhankowski Ilya, 13 years old.

100 meters to the top we were overtaken by a severe thunderstorm, so we had to wear helmets and run down. New Year in Moscow we began to celebrate in the cabins of the cable-car and continued near our bus, gathered around a pile of curious Ecuadorians. The heavy rain poured Quito until midnight and later.

Nevertheless, the most persistent of our team went out at midnight to Ecuador to square Fodzh where arranged fireworks and burning scarecrows.

Today, January 1 we leave Quito and drive towards Cotopaxi to the village of Machachi. And tomorrow there is already in the plans ascent to our first fivethousander - Iliniza Norte 5126.

Happy New Year to all!

Lyudmila Korobeshko, a guide of the 7 Summits Club: Today Dec 30th, the rest of our group,  12 people came to Quito. Now we are all together. Even the luggage, no one item got lost. The people came to be surprisingly cheerful. All immediately demanded bread and circuses. So I had to go for a walk on haunts of Vice of Quito in search of adventure. Found something. Tomorrow the fight starts - instead of the New Year table, we storm Rucu Pichincha (4700). Those who can handle it, get tickets for Ecuador Christmas tree.

While driving to the airport to meet the group it opened Cotopaxi in all its glory. A lot of snow.

Wellcome drink for Our big Group

Our guide Viktor Ershov reports with Aconcagua. We arrived at the village of Penitentes at 2600 m, climbed a small mountain on the opposite side. Height of about 3000 m. We feel good. Here blows strong  wind, a lot of the hot sun and the excellent Malbec (which I took with me...

 Happy New year!

Hello from Ecuador! In anticipation of the arrival of the group, I went with Edgar to the volcano Antisana (the fourth highest volcano in Ecuador, 5758). Route impressed, we may include it in our new program for Ecuador.

Yesterday December 28th, the first “two swallows” of the group Cristina and Andrey arrived in Quito. Today they visited the historic center and equator line. Tomorrow the 30th of December remaining 12 team members arrive. Grate! First on Rucu Pichincha, then Iliniza Norte. Well, and then we could think about Chimborazo;)

News from Galina Rossova from Ecuador: we climbed to the top of Mount Cayambe (5790m) - this is the highest volcano, located on the equator! Edgar Parra with the group of the 7  Summits Club  made yesterday a successful climb. We congratulate them !!!

Now the group continues acquaintance with Ecuador. After a short rest members will fly to one of the most beautiful cities, the most ancient city of Ecuador - Cuenco.

On December 6th, our group made an ascent to Mount Ilinica Norte. For most members, this was the first experience of such climb. But they really liked it.

Ahead of the team - a small holiday at the spa resort and the main peak of the expedition - Cayambe.

Farid Novruzi:

Yesterday for me there was a very emotional and bright day, I managed to do what I was getting to these edges, namely to climb one of the most beautiful six thousandths of the world, Huayna Potosi. And then yesterday at 7:50 am local time, I kept the flag of Azerbaijan on top of this mountain.

Join us to watch a short film about the mountains and wonderful nature! This is the story of the Northern island of Japan - Hokkaido, where wildlife is close neighbors with comfort and convenience for travelers.

Volcanoes, fumaroles, hot springs, flower fields, fruit picking, museums, acquaintance with the samurai, shows and even participating in a main role of local performance - all in a video clip from one of the most active participants of programs  of the 7 Summits Club - Smirnov family.

The author of the videos –15-year-old Nina Smirnova, editing- Smirnova Natalia.

Pleasant watching!

Active members of the 7 Summits Club Mikhail Nosov with his son finished the first part of their adventures in Peru. They went trekking route to Machu Picchu, breaking the pass with the altitude of 4600 meters. Next, our travelers fly to  meet with caimans and anacondas in the Amazonian rainforest.

In April 2017 a small group of 7 summits Club under the guidance of Olga Rumyantseva traveled to Ecuador.

The goal was, of course, volcanoes. But also important was the acquaintance with the original lifestyle of Equatorial countries, that President named Lenin. Weather conditions did not allow the group to implement all plans. But there are a lot of impressions.

Valery Rozov has successfully completed the highest BASE jump in South America in his quest to leap from the highest suitable peak on every continent on the planet. The expedition was organized by the 7 Summit Club.

The Russian took five days to climb Huascarán in Peru, which stands 6,768 metres above sea level, often doing much of his ascending during the night in cooler temperatures when the ice congeals.

Climbing the technically difficult and dangerous south summit, known for ice and snow avalanches, he made it to the top safely.

He then took off 50m from the absolute peak, landing at an altitude of 4,800m and having dropped some 2,000m into the valley, freefalling in his wing suit for one-and-a-half minutes.

He officially conjured up the idea of the Seven Summit project in 2015 but is only now just making it public.

Rozov, though, began it, of sorts, in 2009 with a jump from Elbrus in Europe followed by one from Ulvetanna, in Antarctica, the following year.

In 2015, he leapt from Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and last year took off from the 7,700m high Cho Oyu, Asia’s biggest suitable BASE-jumping peak.

“The idea of the Seven Summits project popped into my head right after my 2015 jump off Mount Kiliminjaro,” he explained. “So, I keep working on my idea to BASE jump from the highest points of all the seven continents. Every jump is, above all, a challenge to me.”

To complete the magnificent seven, Rozov still has BASE jumps to tackle in Australia and North America.

Base jump heights:

2009 — Elbrus / 4,650 m (Europe)

2010 — Ulvetanna / 2,650 m (Antarctica)

2015 — Kilimanjaro / 5,460 m (Africa)

2016 — Cho Oyu / 7,700 m (Asia)

2017 —Huascarán / 6,725 m (South America)

Discover more Valery Rozov content HERE.

Hello from Bolivia! For the past three days we have a lot of things  happened. We climbed to the lower hut on Huayna Potosi, where some members understood what the mountain sickness. Still, the altitude (4800 m) had an effect. But, having overcome all the difficulties, the next day we went to the glacier, where we had ice training. And the next day we went to the upper hut on the 5200. From there, after a short and disturbing sleep, we started the climb. And today our group has climbed to the top. Now we are in La Paz, resting and ready to continue the acquaintance with the country.

Olga Rumyantseva, guide of 7 summits Club: Today our group left La Paz. We went on the Lake Titicaca island of the Sun. On the way we stopped at a Museum built on the site where Thor Heyerdahl with local people built the boat RA2. And on the outskirts of La Paz we saw Huayna Potosi in the distance – it is our goal!

Olga Rumyantseva, guide of 7 summits Club, from Bolivia:

Today our expedition to Bolivia was launched. All night, the group members were arriving to La Paz. And early in the morning, we went out to sightsee and to acclimate - because La Paz is at an altitude of 3600 meters.

Olga Rumyantseva, guide of the 7 Summits Club: Hello, everyone! Our group attempted to climb Chimborazo tonight. Unfortunately, the continuous snowfalls last weeks left us no chance. It is very avalanche risky. There were a few small avalanches, next to the route, and a lot of snow, which is still lying. Therefore, we were forced to turn so as not to risk lives. The snow keeps on going. Now, even on the lower shelter, there is not a single climber left. But, thanks to an early descent from the mountain, we were able to visit the local village. There we ate caterpillars, rafted by canoe and passed a cave where we sailed on an underground river and dived into underground waterfalls.

Hello, still from Ecuador! Our journey has come to an end. Unfortunately, we could not climb Chimborazo. We were very confused by the amount of snow already fallen and still falling. The volcano has not seen such an abundance of precipitation 11 years.

 We, having gone down, have had a rest in a resort of Banos, and then we have changed activity. We flew over the river on zipline, walked along the waterfalls ....

And then we flew into the jungle, almost to Amazonia. We were nearly to stay there for long. But, thank you to the pilot, he brought us back in a very dubious conditions for the flight. In the end, we strolled to another home volcano and admired the museum and historical treasures in Quito.

Best regards! We're flying home!

Olga Rumyantseva, Guide of the 7  Summits Club: Yesterday our group spent a whole day in the town of Banos, resting and gaining strength before a new climb. Someone went fishing, someone - on waterfalls. Today we leave for Chimborazo ...

Today our group, all participants and  guide, made an ascent to our second volcano - Ilinica Norte ...

Artem Rostovtsev,  a guide of the 7 Summits Club: Hello everyone! The group "Ecuador avant-garde", after climbing the rocks under the snow and rain, slightly adjusted the plans. Yesterday we moved to the shelter at Chimborazo with two goals. We wanted to spend the night high, and therefore more effectively acclimatized. And we wanted to make sure that the forecasts of heavy snowfalls do not lie. The second question we have closed yet at the entrance-approach. That's it - snow is in abundance, the mountain has not seen it for more than 10 years. There is a path  only up to 5600. With the first task, we also coped, 8 hours of sleep-half-asleep passed at altitude. Now we are going down to rest in Baños.

 The shelters are empty, there are no daredevils.