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Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club: We send congratulations  on the international day of mountaineering from the group of Myasoedov and Kotlyar!!! We went down to rest from a height of 6100 to camp 1! The mood is cheerful, we will delay the rest for a couple of days, we will catch a weather window and good luck by the tail…

The message from a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

There is summit!!! We climbed Mont Blanc just in two days!!! The blitz was a success, thanks to the high physical shape and cool weather that accompanied us during the ascent!!! Good work!

The President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from Peru:

Team Dos Piskas. Today is the first day of trekking.  We drove 3 hours to the village at the altitude of 3100 m. Very scenic views.  We hired donkeys and went up. We planned to go directly to the camp 4500m, but changed our mind and decided to stay at an altitude of 3900. There's still Internet. Tomorrow we go to the pass 4800 m and go down to 4400. Weather's great.

Team Blitz “Desperate Housewive” tonight at 8: 00 am summited Mount Elbrus. We all return tired, but satisfied.  Weather was good.  Guide Alexander Dorojukov...

President of the 7 Summits Club Alexander Abramov from Peru:

Dos Piskas team gathered in Lima today. First of all, we visited local museums. And of course we joined the fish cuisine and local drinks. Tomorrow at 3 in the morning we leave for Huaraz

Group Blitz "Desperate Housewives" is preparing to climb. Today we ran to the Refuge of 11 and held snow training. The weather leaves much to be desired. But we are determined.

Today is the birthday of one of our climbers!  We congratulate Olga Martynova with the 18th anniversary!

The group "World on a string" today successfully climbed to the Western summit of Elbrus. Now the peak of the season and there is a huge number of people who want to the highest mountain of Europe. We waited for about half an hour on the plateau, a hundred meters from the long-awaited peak, until a place at the top was available to make a group photo of our large group (12 participants).

A message from the guide of the 7 Summits Club from France:

The Ukrainian group of the 7 Summits Club climbed to the summit of Mont Blanc. One of members was 13-year-old boy. The team successfully coped with all the difficulties. And the weather favored the ascent.

Vladimir Kotlyar, a guide of the 7 Summits Club from Lenin Peak:

 Hello, friends! The team of guides Valery Myasoedov and Vladimir Kotlyar "Jolly Roger" began its active acclimatization. Today we went to a small nameless summit with a height of 4100. We enjoyed the beautiful views and lunch brought with us from Osh…

Sergei Semykin, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Elbrus:

Group of Belgians welcomes you!

All the team members climbed the Western summit of Elbrus in excellent weather. Impressions and well-deserved fatigue we took down.

Today 01.08 at 6: 30 am KST group (corporate, from the company Karl Storz), all 8 people, climbed on the Western Peak of Elbrus. Later, at 9:30, 4 participants climbed on the Eastern summit. All this climb took place in conditions of poor visibility, strong wind and with reduced acclimatization. A worthy gift for the 20th anniversary of the company! Now we go down to the valley.

Long  bad weather did not allow the team of the 7 Summits Club reach the top of the Pamir seventhousander Lenin Peak. But members  got an experience of going into space. These were impressions of the days spent in the assault camp. High mountain showed its brutal power, but it remains the same attractive…

* Andrey Berezin, the main guide of the 7 Summits Club in Elbrus Region:

The group "World on a string" today has climbed to the refuge of the National Park and went on snow-ice sessions. Tomorrow according to the plan we will made a rotation to Pastukhov's rocks…

 * A group of Belgians today successfully climbed the Pastukhov rocks and also cheerfully descended to the refuge. All people feel great, and have a good appetite too!

The guide Sergei Semykin.

* The Korean group of  the 7 Summits Club moved to the refuge, the acclimatization continues.

 All participants feel well.  Tomorrow they go up to the Pastukhov rocks.

 *The 7 Summits Club on Elbrus takes corporate group the company's famous

 Sergey Larin, guide of 7 summits Club:

The corporate group of KST company (Karl Storz) stay in the National Park  refuge (3900m) to prepare for the ascent of Elbrus. There are 8 participants in the group. The ascent is timed to the 20th anniversary of the company. Everything's fine, except the weather. Guide Sergey Larin. Track leader-Evgeny Boyarsky.

Alexander Tishkov, the 7 Summits Club guide, expedition leader:

Hi!  The day before yesterday we passed the pass Gondogoro-La, 5700 meters high. The pass is difficult. The approach from the Ali camp to the foot took 3 hours.  The weather was not very good - there was light snow. 

By the time we reached the saddle, it was about 5 am. The descent was also steep. We went down on fixed ropes.

We spent the night in the camp Khuspang at an altitude of 4600 meters.

The next day we passed one of the most beautiful passages to the village of Saicho. And today we are in Skardu.

The message from a guide of the 7 Summits Club:

So, tomorrow we're going to Mont Blanc! Before that, we fruitfully climbed the rocks in the area of Brevent. And yesterday we moved to the glacier zone, to the Valley Blanche, where we went to Point Lachenal and Lawrence ridge. After spending the night in the refuge Cosmique, we went down to Chamonix. Today is a day of rest, and tomorrow night we start for climb Mont Blanc!

Alexander Tishkov, the 7 Summits Club guide, expedition leader:

The weather was good yesterday.  We were in the base camp K2 - visited the climbers memorial. We talked with the participants of the Japanese expedition, where 8 people reached the top of K2.  And as well we talked with members of the Ukrainian expedition to Gasherbrum. Then the weather got worse. Our group is now in the Concordia camp.  Everyone feels good, everyone is waiting for good weather to take more pictures.

Sergey Avtomonov, the 7 Summit Club guide from Elbrus: the Arabian group  named “Lost Luggage”, having lost part of the participants, climbed to the top of Mount Elbrus in perfect weather!

Andrey Berezin, the main guide of the 7 Summit Club in Elbrus region:

 Today the group "Fairy Dolores" climbed to the Western summit of Elbrus. Beautiful weather helped us. This day was one of the most popular of this Elbrus season.

Ludmila Korobeshko from the Italian Alps: 

 Hello from the group "Adventures of Petrov and Vasechkin"! Yesterday, July 26, friends of the 7 Summits Club in the number of 9 (i.e. all) have made a friendly climb to the top of the Monte Rosa (Punta Gnifetti). With the weather and the company we were lucky. On the same day, after lunch, we went down to civilization and again left in different directions. For conspiracy. See you!

Greetings from the slopes of Mount Elbrus! Group J & J has successfully climbed the Western summit of Elbrus! From the rocks of Pastukhov we  reached the top in just 3 hours. Everyone is satisfied and happy!  Guide Alexander Dorojukov…

The group the 7 Summits Club under the leadership of Olga Rumyantseva and Vladimir Kotlyar resting in camp 1 (4100) before attempting to climb Lenin Peak. And we can admire a variety of photos sent from the Pamirs…

On the eve the group completed acclimatization rotation, spending a night in camp 3 at an altitude of 6100. 10 group members and two guides are now ready to storm the summit.