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29/04/2009 13:29
Today the first group of climbers go to Camp 1. At the camp they will surprise. Today Dmitry Nikitin celebrating his birthday. In honor of this event, the chef at a Camp 1 prepared celebratory pie of rice. Who comes first, to get more. Seven Summits Club congratulates Dmitry Happy Birthday!!! ... Details » |
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28/04/2009 13:21
A couple of days ago the entire group bid farewell to Phillipe Bourlet, who left the climb for his native Grenoble, France. For further climbs two sub-groups were formed: Team One: Andrei, Vladimir, Dmitry, Michael and Eric Team Two: Lynn, Noel, Patric and John. Team One is heading up the Ice Fall ... Details » |
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27/04/2009 13:15
It is a rest day at the Base Camp after going to Camp 2 - Advanced Base Camp (ABC). Our ABC is located right at the foot of Mt. Everest`s Western wall and overlooks other camps at the location. From ABC one looks straight at Western Cwm - a giant amphitheater made up by the Everest, Lhotse and ... Details » |
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23/04/2009 11:30
April, 22. As the days are getting longer and the Sun is becoming warmer we are getting ready to head up for our second acclimatization trip tomorrow. Given earlier sunrise we are planning for a 5 am start up the Icefall. We will spend next two nights in Camp 1 (6000m)and Camp 2 (6400m) before ... Details » |
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20/04/2009 12:17
April,19. The entire team returned to the base camp today after successfull acclimatization trip to Camp 1 at 6000m. Crossing Khumbu Icefall was the first serious exercise of the trip. The Icefall is constantly moving, so we had to leave early before the sun started to melt the ice formations, some ... Details » |
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19/04/2009 12:40
April 18, the team of 7 Summits Club reached the top of Amadablam (6856m). First in this season. The team members to stand on the top were: Victor Bobok, Alexander Perepelkin and Sonam Sherpa Base camp was Pangboche. They set up Camp 1 ( 5600 ), then next day Camp 2 ( 6000m), and the last camp was ... 1 comment, Details » |
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16/04/2009 17:01
Training on ice and further equipment testing took place today not far from the camp site. Sherpa team started setting up two higher camps above Kumbu Ice Fall, and the team will rest tomorrow before heading up and crossing the full length of the Fall and spending the night at Camp 1, which is ... Details » |
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15/04/2009 13:08
Buddhist puja ceremony this morning officially opened our camp and the blessing was given to the climb, the climbers and climbing gear. Now buddhist prayer flags criss-cross the camp. In the afternoon the climbing team made its first incursion to Khumbu Ice Fall. The roundtrip took 3 hours during ... Details » |
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14/04/2009 21:44
April 14 - our first full day at the Base Camp (5300m). Last night we fell asleep to periodic rumble of rock and ice from surrounding slopes. While the slopes are a safe distance away, the sound of the rumble was still drammatic. We spent the night in our brand new tents (each group member has ... Details » |
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13/04/2009 17:00
Today all the participants of the Everest expedition led by Alexander Abramov arrived to the Base Camp. They had a holiday dinner on this subject. During the lunch Alex Abramov announced the program for the following days. In the next two days, participants will have a rest, check the equipment and ... Details » |
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13/04/2009 13:44
April 10, 7 Summits Club team reached the North Pole. During the trip participants had skiing more than 100 kilometers. They had to go through open water "leads" and over pressure rid ges. Despite the cold and the many adventures whole group has reached 90 degrees north - the North Pole. This is the ... Details » |
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12/04/2009 15:44
April,9 Today 7 Summits Club team led by Viktor Bobok has climb Island Peak (6130m). According to local people it was the first successful ascent to Island Peak in this season. It was acclimatization climb before the main goal of this expedition - Ama Dablam (6858 meters). Our congratulations!!!! Details » |
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06/04/2009 14:39
After two days stay in Longyearbyen (Norway), where the participants of expedition met, make acquaintance with each other, tested equipment, all members of the expedition to the North Pole by plane went to Borneo Ice Camp. Then thay moved by a helicopter to 89 degrees north latitude and 160 degrees ... Details » |
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05/04/2009 16:48
Yesterday we went to the airport in order to fly to Lukla. We passed the queue other expeditions, draggled our trunks, got into a small plane. After 15 minutes we were asked to go out and wait, because the weather in Lukla became bad. But five minutes later we again went to take off. Weather ... Details » |
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03/04/2009 22:01
Alex Abramov from Kathmandu: Yesterday all participants of the expedition came to Kathmandu. There is the list of participants of the expedition: Guides Russia Abramov Alexander Russia Bogatyrev Maxim Russia BOBOK Victor Russia CHERNYY Nikolay Dr. Uzbekistan Matkhalikov Avazkhon Participants Russia ... Details » |
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