Greetings from Nepal to everyone from the "Anahata" group, who reached Everest Base Camp today and saw Everest up close! Or rather, we saw Everest first, and then reached Base Camp.

It was a very challenging day. First, we reached the village of Gorak Shep, drank tea there, and then headed to Base Camp, admiring the incredible peaks and glacier along the way.

Having reached the treasured stone marking the entrance to Base Camp, we took photos and continued our tour of the camp. We saw where the 7 Summits Club sets up their camp – it's very unusual to see these places without tents – then continued along the glacier to get a good look at the Klumbu Icefall. Incredible beauty surrounded us, and after enjoying the amazing views, we returned to Gorak Shep. In total, it took about seven hours of walking, and everyone was very tired, but it was worth it.

The Everest-2025 expedition is ending successfully. It was a difficult expedition, unstable weather. Many expeditions have not been without tragedies. Everything is consistently good with us. In 3 hours we are flying to Kathmandu. We will celebrate the victory.

And prepare for the production of the film "Space Everest".

 At 9:30, Hero of Russia, cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky, cameraman Luis Lopez and 4 Sherpas of the 7 Summits Club ascended the summit of Everest. Their condition is good. They are starting their descent to the South Col. Where 3 more Sherpas are waiting for them.

7 Sherpas and 2 participants will begin their descent from the Col together. This is important for Safety.

Sergey Ryazansky became the first cosmonaut to reach the summit of Everest!!!

He is now the closest person on the planet to the stars.

We are filming a movie.

Watch the movie "Space Everest" on screens across the country in the fall of 2025.

 On May 19, the members of Viktor Volodin's group stood on the summit of Everest!

 Dmitry Pilshchikov - at 06:28

Andrey Kravchenko - at 08:30

Natalya Bryukhovetskaya - at 09:00

Valery Zaitsev - at 09:40.

On May 19, our first team in full force climbed to the summit of Everest. On the 19th, the second team climbed to the South Col in a strong wind. By evening, the wind had increased to 70 km/h. Having spent the night in jumping tents and the morning in tents with a torn vestibule, we decided to descend. Thus, we postponed the attempt to climb Everest to May 25 or 26.

 Now the team has descended to the second camp at 6500. And with the words "it was a good training session", we went to bed. In total, this year the 7 Summits Club has 12 permits for climbing, four of which have been realized.

 Latest news from the highest peak on the planet:

 Viktor Volodin's group

On May 19, the following were on the summit of Everest:

— Andrey Kravchenko and Dmitry Pilshchikov — at 08:30

— Natalia Bryukhovetskaya — at 09:00

— Valery Zaytsev — at 09:40

At the moment:

— Viktor Volodin and Natalia Bryukhovetskaya are already in Lukla, on their way to Kathmandu

— Dmitry Pilshchikov, Valery Zaytsev and Andrey Kravchenko continue their descent to Base Camp.

 Alexander Abramov's group:

— Alexander Abramov, Vasily Taradin — on the descent to Camp 2 (6,500 m), where they plan to wait for weather conditions for the second attempt at the ascent

— Sergey Ryazansky, Dmitry Demchuk — in Camp 2, where they plan to wait for weather conditions for the second attempt at the ascent

— Roman Sklyar is at the base camp.

 We are following the developments and sending strong support to all participants!

A Nepalese namaste from the slopes of Everest to everyone! Information from the Everest-25 expedition. Today, the group of Alexander Abramov (7 Summits Club, VIP) left Base Camp for Camp 1 at the crack of dawn. By two o'clock in the afternoon, all participants had successfully reached the overnight location at 6100. The group of Viktor Volodin (8000 Club) had a good rest in Camp 1 and slowly went to Camp 2. The weather is hot and we all also safely reached our second camp. There is complete comfort here, including the Internet, which is only available at the 7 Summits Club and this is at an altitude of 6500. Tomorrow we leave early and move to the third camp at 7200. I hope everything will work out for us.

 The season of Everest ascents has begun. We held classes on strategy and tactics of ascent. The guides told members all the subtleties and nuances of working on the mountain with toilet paper and food bags. We checked masks and regulators again. And today, Viktor Volodin's team (Club 8000), consisting of 6 participants, set off for Camp 1.

Alexander Abramov's team is leaving in a day. And the film crew of the movie "Space Everest" is going with us.

The Everest 2025 team returned from Namche Bazaar to the Everest base camp. Everyone is rested. Yesterday, for the first time in human history, we broadcast live from the slopes of Everest to the ISS space station.

Cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky, who is in the camp at an altitude of 5300 m, participated in the broadcast along with the Everest 2025 team of the 7 Summits Club.

ISS crew commander Sergei Ryzhikov and astronaut Alexei Zubritsky were in touch from orbit.

Sergey Ryazansky: I showed the guys from the ISS views of Everest from the Base Camp. We had a warm conversation, I was happy with the modern technologies that made this call real.

Today, the 7 Summits Club Everest-2025 team celebrated Victory Day at the Base Camp. And after that, they descended by helicopter to Namche Bazaar to rest and recuperate before storming the summit.

 Today we descended from Camp 2 to Base Camp. Acclimatization is complete. On the way, I met sisters Katya and Masha, the heroines of the film High-Altitude Gene 2. As usual, they are doing a high-speed ascent. Tomorrow, our team flies to Namche Bazaar to rest for a few days and prepare for the assault on Everest.

 The Everest-25 team (Alexander Abramov's group) today reached an altitude of 7,000 meters, towards Camp 3 (7,100 m). At first it was incredibly hot, and then it started snowing. And we have this kind of weather every day. Tomorrow we descend to the Base Camp. And then the day after tomorrow we fly to Namche Bazaar to rest. The 8000 Club group led by Viktor Volodin successfully descended to the base camp today.

 Today, the 7 Summits Club team led by Alexander Abramov successfully ascended to Camp 2, located at an altitude of 6500 m on the slope of Everest. Here we met the 8000 Club team led by Viktor Volodin. On the way, we were overtaken by a flying drone carrying 25 kilograms of cargo.

 Hello everyone from the Everest-25 expedition! Yesterday (May 4) Viktor Volodin's group (Club 8000) early in the morning, at 3 o'clock, set out for the second acclimatization rotation. Alexander Abramov's group (7 Summits Club - VIP) continued to rest and gain strength. In good weather, we climbed to the first camp at 6100 without incident, according to plan. Today, May 5, Alexander Abramov's group, at the crack of dawn, also at three in the morning, set out in the direction of the first camp. And we got some sleep after yesterday's long march and slowly moved to the second camp, at 6500. The weather is good again, but it's hot as hell. Now the sun has set and it has become quite cool. Abramov's team is spending the night in Camp 1.

Today, the 7 Summits Club group continued their rest at Everest Base Camp. They held classes on the use of oxygen equipment. It was very useful for everyone. We studied for almost 4 hours.

And in the evening there was a friendly meeting with Victoria Bonya. She is also storming the slopes of Everest. We ate, drank, talked, sang songs. After all, we have the same blood and the same themes.

Tomorrow will be dedicated to preparing for the final acclimatization rotation.

The 7 Summits Club team successfully completed the first stage of acclimatization. We spent the night in Camp 1 and then in Camp 2. At an altitude of 6500 m. Irina Bichikova climbed to 7100 meters under the program "Touching Everest" and successfully completed her adventure. Now we are all resting in the Base Camp. The day after tomorrow is scheduled for the second acclimatization rotation . Everyone should climb to 7100 meters.

Expedition guides Alexander Abramov and Viktor Volodin.

Today, Alexander Abramov's team climbed to Camp 2 on the slopes of Everest. Altitude – 6500 m. Everyone feels great. Tomorrow we will descend to Base Camp and rest for four days. The weather is good today.

Guides Alexander Abramov and Viktor Volodin.

Today was a great day. Everything around was covered in snow. But the dinner was great. Trout, very tasty soup and Russian salad. Valery Babanov came for lunch.

Today the first team (8000 Club) led by Viktor Volodin, 6 participants and 6 Sherpas, climbed to Camp 1. At an altitude of 6,000 meters. Tonight, Abramov's team, 8 participants and 8 Sherpas, will also leave for Camp 1. And then to Camp 2. At 6,500 m. Acclimatization is in full swing.

Today, the Everest-25 team had ice-climbing training. All participants demonstrated high-level ice climbing techniques. Today, we also celebrated two birthdays: Ira Bichikova's and Dima Demchuk's.

Today there was the Puja festival. Blessings of our expedition. The leading monk from the Tyangboche Monastery was there. The expedition is blessed. Now we can go higher than the Base Camp. Lena Abramova was sent to Kathmandu for treatment today. She developed eye problems at altitude. This is the first time since 2016 that she has worked as a manager of the Base Camp.

Guides Alexander Abramov and Viktor Volodin.

We had lunch in the town of Tukla, then walked to the memorial dedicated to the climbers who died in the Himalayas. At 4900, of course, it is much cooler and you can feel the altitude, but Dr. Ovchinnikov is with us, who will heal and cure everyone!

Tomorrow our huge friendly team will split up. Trekkers will go to Gorakshep and will go to climb Kala Pattar, and climbers will spend a day of rest in Lobuche.
See you at Everest Base Camp on April 24!
Alex Abramov, Victor Volodin and Sveta Kotlyar.

Greetings to everyone from Nepal from the Everest trekkers and climbers team! Another beautiful day of our adult pioneer camp is coming to an end. Today we crossed over to the village of Dingboche, gaining 600 meters in altitude. All day long we were accompanied by simply unreal views of the pearl of the Himalayas - the beautiful Ama Dablam, and now it can be seen from the windows of our lodge.

We decided that we definitely needed a team song and gave the doctor a party task - to write the lyrics. As it turned out, there are a lot of creative people in our team! In the evening we will learn the lyrics.

Alex Abramov, Viktor Volodin, Sveta Kotlyar.

After breakfast, we received permits and went on the trek. Today's walking was short, in 4 hours we reached Phakding and checked into a very cozy lodge! Spring Nepal is beautiful! Rhododendrons have already started to bloom, nature pleases with greenery and we managed to complete the entire route before the rain.

Guides: Alex Abramov, Victor Volodin and Sveta Kotlyar.

In the evening, we held a meeting of two subgroups of future Everest climbers. We packed our bags, which will go to the base camp tomorrow. Early in the morning we fly to the mountains and tomorrow we will begin moving towards the Everest base camp.

Guides: Alex Abramov, Viktor Volodin, Sveta Kotlyar.

The team of guides has arrived in Kathmandu. We have already met many friends. Many more are yet to come. Today is a holiday in Kathmandu – the country is celebrating the New Year. The Ministry of Tourism of Nepal gave us permits for Everest. Now there is nowhere to retreat, we must ascend.

The 7 Summits Club and the 8000 Club are holding their 22nd expedition on Everest in 2025 under leadership of Alexander Abramov.

 We present the participants of the Everest ascent under the program "VIP Ascent to Everest (8848 m) with the legendary man - Alexander Abramov"

 Kamynin Igor (60 years old)

Volgograd, Graduate of Volgograd University, major - mathematics. General Director of the UNICO enterprise (wireless communication). Aconcagua, Kazbek, Vinson, mountainering schools in Crimea and the Caucasus. Three children.

Ryazansky Sergey (50 years old)

Moscow. Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation. The world's first scientist - commander of a spacecraft. Graduate of Moscow State University, candidate of biological sciences. Author of books and albums, lecturer, public figure. Climber of Lenin Peak and Aconcagua. Five children.

Sklyar Roman (45 years old)

Moscow. Lawyer. Managing partner of the law firm "Intellectual Capital". Elbrus, Orizaba, Kilimanjaro, Mera Peak, Island Peak, Demavend, Aconcagua, Lenin Peak, Ojos Del Salado.

Taradin Vasily Vladimirovich (57 years old)

Moscow. Entrepreneur. Founder and co-owner of the networks "Wild Orchid", "Magnolia", "Khozyayushka". Elbrus, Lobuche, Khoser-Gang, Orizaba, Aconcagua.

We present the participants of the ascent of Everest under the program "Climbing Everest (8848 m) with a Russian guide. Tour, travel to Nepal".

Bryukhovetskaya Natalia (34 years old)

Kursk. Entrepreneur. Pastry chef and owner of a cafe-pastry shop. Elbrus, Island Peak, Lenin Peak, Aconcagua.

Demchuk Dmitry (38 years old)

Moscow. Entrepreneur. Owner of the company "Kardan Balance". Ultramarathon runner, triathlete, traveler, enjoys aviation. Elbrus traverse.

Zaitsev Valery (54 years old)

Korolev. Graduate of Moscow State University, majoring in economic geography. Denali, Aconcagua, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro.

Kravchenko Andrey (51 years old)

Nizhny Novgorod. Entrepreneur, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. Seven volcanoes (46th on the list), Aconcagua, Vinson, mountain school in Crimea.

Pil'shchikov Dmitry  (38 years old)

Tyumen. Entrepreneur. Kilimanjaro, Demavend, Elbrus, Orizaba, Lenin Peak, Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado.

Participant in the program "Touching Everest. Climbing the Khumbu Icefall to Camp 2 (6400 m) with oxygen and 1 Sherpa per participant"

Bichikova Irina (37 years old)

Moscow. Elbrus, Mera Peak, Aconcagua.

 After storming the highest peaks in the world and the tragic expedition to Broad Peak, Vitaly Lazo, who has completed more than 40 high-altitude expeditions during his career, including the first ascent in Antarctica, sets off on a new dangerous journey.

 Together with his friend, Anton Pugovkin, they plan to conquer Everest without oxygen and ski down from the summit. But the ascent itself is not an end in itself. There are other reasons why Vitaly goes to the summit...

 This is an adventure on the edge of possibilities, on the edge of reason, on the edge of life...

 Kathmandu is a bright, unusual and very interesting city. The capital of Nepal, from which expeditions to the Summits of the Himalayas start. Kathmandu is a real "mecca" for climbers, a point of attraction for mountain lovers from all over the world.

We invite you to plunge into the atmosphere of this mysterious city with its unique flavor: Buddhist stupas and temples, a kaleidoscope of cars and people, the smells of burning candles and garlands of colorful sacred flags.

You will find all this in our video, and we hope you will feel the mood of the city.

 Alex Abramov: On May 19 of this year, the team of my "Seven Summits Club" descended from the slopes of Everest in full force with the summit…

 And me?  It is on the height of 8000, a couple of hours before the exit. Well, why should I climb to the top for the 13th time? Everything is going according to plan, but in places with a creak. God grant memory... This is my twenty-first Everest expedition and I have been on the summit 12 times. And in January of this year I celebrated my 60th birthday. And it would be nice to celebrate the following years as well. And this is the thirteenth time... Well, at least there are no black cats at an altitude of 8000, otherwise there's something going on with this mountain illness.

 View of Mount 8848 from the South Col 8000

  Well, what should I create? Not a damn thing, but the facts: between the 3rd and 4th camps at an altitude of 7800, I was covered specifically despite the fact that I had been training all year. But then it's worth a little snot to break through, and the writing is gone... Or maybe you should quit smoking after all? Well, wait, I quit smoking for another 7,200, so why did it get covered?

  Covered and dispersed, let's forget it. It's time to think not about yourself, but about the group. What do people pay me for? For my experience, which will keep them alive, for the fact that I control every little thing on the ascent, keep the best guides and Sherpas as part of the expedition. We have everything from a doctor to a cook, everyone is focused on the result of a small, variously prepared group. My task was to prepare the group for the ascent as much as possible, both mentally and technically. But I can't walk in their place and I can't breathe in their place. Therefore, now it is "H time" for them - they must walk the distance from 8000 to 8848 themselves. And the main thing is to return as stalkers.

 In order for them to return intact, and not be left without fingers or eyesight, each participant needs to have an experienced partner. Everything is clear here, there are 7 proven Sherpa guides for 7 of my members. But what if something goes wrong? If we get stuck in traffic and into oncoming traffic, as it was last year, when due to the many delays of weak climbers in narrow places, instead of 8 hours we went up for as much as 12 hours, wasting oxygen? And if the weather covers us like it did here three days ago? There's Kotlyar and his group barely got out of the storm, people froze.

  And two independent climbers from Mongolia, who got lost on the descent, still cannot be found. What's there to guess - they're corpses. And to prevent all this from happening to mine, we need our small private rescue team, which will drag up and spread emergency oxygen in critical places, and which will instantly participate in rescue operations if someone is covered in the death zone. This is a classic of Soviet mountaineering - we always went to serious mountains only when we were released by the head of the rescue, and he released us if there were rapid response and support groups in the climbing area.

 The group is in the area of the Southern Peak at 8750

 It's now climbing who wants where he wants and with whom he wants — that's the result. But the Soviet classics are ironclad, it's been tested. And my clients in the group — they are not athletes, so they walk at different speeds, which means they will stretch over the mountain. There was a "steam locomotive" for 3 or even 4 hours of difference: who will get into which traffic jam is not to guess. This means that seven reserve Sherpas with emergency oxygen need to be stretched along the mountain at a reasonable distance between the pairs. I can't help them there anymore, there's a real death zone there. Now we need to discuss all the little things with everyone and concentrate their forces, systematize every detail so that they do not deviate from the plan and do not come to the top at the utmost possibilities: the road down is longer. The statistics of Everest are known: more died on the descent than on the ascent. Climbing up at full strength and with euphoria, with a warm heart. What's wrong — turned around and went down. But after the summit, they go down exhausted, often in bad weather and on the last liters of oxygen, with imperceptibly creeping frostbite of the face and hands and feet.

 Well, that means 14 Sherpas, of which 7 go up the mountain and 7 stretch out on the mountain in a support group. They all have walkie-talkies. But I have only 14 Sherpas, and we are in group 7 + 1, so I am left without a partner.

   And you need to carry a lot of oxygen — 5 bottles for each pair at least: two for a sherpa, three for a tourist. And this is 22 kg of weight for two. And he gets 5 more kilos of his personal belongings for small things — the backpack itself also has weight, thermos flasks, food, battery flashlights, first-aid kit, spare glasses, spare mittens... In short, either bring in additional oxygen and arrange the emergency support group correctly, or someone from the reserve team will go with me. Either cargo and belay for the participants, or for my 13th summit. But it hit me specifically yesterday. And now the tourists will count their partners, and someone will be in the red. And then this "minus" does not go away and all his life he will think that this is because he did not receive "his" paid sherpa from me, but I went. What's more important here? Should I go and be relatively close to them, or should I give them 200% success rate? And how can I provide them with 200% if I'm not on the mountain with them? They feel better mentally when I'm around. Nevertheless, my people know and see that those Sherpas — they are getting stupid sometimes and if something is wrong, they run away under various pretexts.

 9 p.m. We have a start at 22:00. It's time to decide. Either I'm going and one of the Sherpas is with me in a rope, and we won't bring enough emergency oxygen, or I'm not going. Well, how is it — I'm not going? I'm coming, of course. But for the 13th time... And yesterday it was covered specifically. Should I throw heads/tails? What nonsense. Is it covering up again? You need to think, not throw coins.

 The stratosphere. Everything is frozen

How much oxygen can I really carry on my own? I can, of course, have my 3 cylinders. A total of 20 kilos with a first aid kit. But then I'll walk slowly and I'll be of no use. That means 2 cylinders, as usual. And that means I won't have enough oxygen. Well, somewhere at the top of the support group, something is twitching. Then we return to option 1: I'm going, but I won't fully provide belay for the participants.

 Stupidly. What am I playing with now? With the lives of other people who believe me. How fucked up all these corpses are here! Every year at least one of the guides or organizers will screw up, and then instead of analyzing the causes of the accident by specialists, as was customary in our time, we have an analysis on the Internet by sofa experts with hundreds of repostings by "peek-a-boo bloggers" with photos the wrong mountain, the wrong year, and the wrong corpse.... in short, some nerves are due to the many unwelcome cases of Sherpas. At least hire a triple supply...

  Stop. An interesting thought flashed through my mind. I'll go with two cylinders, at the back of the group, without a partner, and I won't take anything from the emergency. On the third day, people frostbitten in a storm were running down from the middle of the mountain, they probably left half-empty cylinders on the trail. Maybe I find something, if I don't find it, I'll turn down. In any case, I'll get to the middle and be reasonably close to the group and reasonably safe to return if I'm left without oxygen.

 And there is also a better idea! Either I go and find the abandoned oxygen, or I go until mine runs out at the rate of two ends, or I go to the first corpse. Well, these two Mongols have gone somewhere. And where can the corpses go? They're lying along the rope, I guess. And we are just the first group after the storm, so we will find it.

 Well, here's the first one. And above, my team members climb up and the Sherpas - well, they have stretched out competently. The mountain turned out to be empty after the storm — those who got into it were dumped down from the middle, those who were going to sit it out - they are sitting in the base camp, my plan is to climb through intermediate camps in a storm so that on the first fine day to reach the summit — it worked. It doesn't blow as much on the intermediate ðàrts as on the saddle and above, where people froze. In short, the plan worked. We are alone on the mountain and the guys are walking fast, without traffic jams on the oncoming lane, I can't catch up with them.

 I didn't find any abandoned oxygen, but I found a corpse — as I expected. One of the Mongols, probably. There have been no others this year yet. The height is 8700, it's time to go down, so as not to lie down next to it.

 The First Mongol

The road down at a minimum of oxygen is not fast, I freeze specifically. Oxygen is the fuel for the body to create heat, without it fats do not burn. And when there is not enough of it, the brain turns off peripheral blood circulation and drives blood only to critical points, turns off the arms and legs.

 Oh, suddenly there's a second one. He was not visible at night. So both Mongols have been found. We need to tell their team to take it off before the people go. The day after tomorrow there will be a crowd here - early tonight, from 5400 from base camp, a caravan of people moved out. Someone sat out the storm in the first 6200, so you need to shoot the Mongols quickly. Well, fortunately, this place is not difficult to organize the descent of bodies, four will cope.

 The second Mongol

 7 a.m. That's it, my friends are all on the summit and the whole support group is stretched along the route. Lord, bear with us a little longer by your side, we're leaving!

 — Yes, Andrey, I'm in touch! What happened? Can't you walk? What happened? Are you blind? How much? At all? What is the height? As under the top at 8800... Right on the Hillary step drops? ...

 God, I told you to put up with us a little longer...

 To be continued…

Successful ascent of Mount Everest as part of the 8000 Club group (head Viktor Volodin) Denis Grachev has completed a program of ascents to the highest peaks of all continents -The Seven Summits. Congratulations! Denis did it "according to Kosciuszko's version." Therefore, we not only congratulate him, but also invite him to join our expedition to the summit of the Carstensz Pyramid next year.

Denis is 50 years old, a Muscovite, a veteran of law enforcement agencies, and professes a lifestyle that is sympathetic to us. That is, adventures of various kinds. Motorcycle, parachute, mountaineering…

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