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Group of Everest Women Seven Summits Eco-Action at the top of Mount Elbrus

31/08/2010 11:49

August 29, our team climbed the summit of Western Elbrus. Early in the morning nine climbing women from Nepal and three guides from the 7 Summits Club (Alexander Abramov, Lyudmila Korobeshko and Tatiana Stukalova) stood on the highest point in Europe (5642 meters). The weather was favorable for a ...

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Children of adventurers go to Elbrus with their parents

28/08/2010 19:00

August, 25th the group of mountaineers of different ages under the direction of Maxim Bogatirev has climbed the Eastern Top of Elbrus from the northern side. That’s a usual situation when children of alpinists follow in their parents’ footsteps and start going to the mountains. For ...

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With one good leg for three, US veterans climb Mount Kilimanjaro

27/08/2010 17:32

Don't ever make the mistake of telling Kirk Bauer he cannot do something. The Ellicott City resident was one of three amputee retired veterans -- with only one good leg among them -- who earlier this month climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, in a living-billboard effort to show people ...

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First acclimatization outing for Nepalese Women team

26/08/2010 20:23

Today a group of Nepalese ( nine climbers) and Russian women (two form 7 Summits Club) led by Alexander Abramov went to the first acclimatization climb up to the Ice Base Refuge, at 3800 meters. Along the way, hosts and guests enjoy the beauty of waterfall Girl Braids, photographed on his ...

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Our team on Ararat

26/08/2010 17:32

By morning the good weather came on Ararat, and a group of climbers from 7 Summits Club to seize the opportunity. From the camp at an altitude of 4100 meters, our team reached the summit of the legendary mountain for six and a half hours. Almost all members of the expedition reached the highest ...

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Crina Coco Popescu. The Antarctic expedition: december 2010 – january 2011

24/08/2010 17:02

We’ve returned from America with our objectives met (Pico de Orizaba! McKinley!). On top of that, i’ve made a new friend: Jordan Romero. Together we should leave for Antarctica in the following winter. As you know, along with the 7 Summits circuit, I am also very close to completing the ...

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The programme of conference “The development of mountaineering in Caucasus. State and business. The strategy of development”

23/08/2010 10:52

The group of companies “SLON” invites you to international Conference “The development of mountaineering in Caucasus. State and business. The strategy of development”. The Conference will be conducted from 20th to 22nd September in hotel “Balkaria” which is near ...

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Christian Stangl K2 summit pic and report: "It was not fun at all"

18/08/2010 11:49

(ExplorersWeb/Madrid) “If mountain climbing were as the last 70 hours here at K2, I would immediately stop,” Christian Stangl ensured at arrival back in BC. The Austrian sky-runner bagged the only K2 summit this season on Aug12th, at 10:00am, local time, in a lonely 70 hours-long push up ...

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Khan-Tengri. We have come back. Impressions and memories.

17/08/2010 18:05

We have just come back from Tian Shan. The trip has excited us and provoked strong feelings which are not easy to be described. Can you imagine the brightness of the greenery near Carcara river, the cold slopes of Khan-Tengri, walking up to the Camp 2 on rimed fixed ropes, dodging from ...

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The African adventures have started

17/08/2010 09:32

August, 14th, a big group of people left to Tanzania. It was directed by the guides of 7 Summits Club, Victor Bobok and Olga Rumiantseva. Their aim was to climb the highest mountain in Africa – Kilimanjaro. Using different ways, all the participants of the expedition came to Kilimanjaro ...

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The whole group has safely climbed down Khan-Tengri

12/08/2010 17:26

Long-expected news from Ludmila Korobeshko! All participants of the expedition have safely walked down to the side of South Inilchek. Yesterday they stayed in the base camp, and today they are going to fly away by helicopter. Then they will rest near Issyk Kul Lake for a few days. Congratulations to ...

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Khan-Tengri – our adventurers are on the summit now!

09/08/2010 14:54

We have just got a message from Ludmila Korobeshko who is on Khan-Tengri at the moment. Her group had been waiting in the assault camp since August, 6th at a height of 5800 meters. They had been waiting for good weather for 3 nights. The weather improved at last and they started the ascent at 3 ...

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Mission Seven Summits by Indian Air Force

06/08/2010 18:21

In a befitting ceremony at Air Headquarters, Air Marshal JN Burma, Air Officer-in-charge Administration (AOA) flagged off a six member mountaineering expedition team as a part of mission Seven Summit now ready to climb Mt Elbrus (5633m) in Europe and Mt Kilimanjaro (5895m) in Africa. Handing over ...

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Our adventurers have descended from Ararat; Ludmila Korobeshko has started an expedition to Khan-Tengri…

05/08/2010 19:31

The expedition of 7 Summits Club and PECO Guaranty Company to Ararat has finished happily. Our group has safely walked down to Dogubeyazit. Tomorrow the adventurers are going to the museum devoted to the search of the Noah's Ark. Everyone is healthy and everything is Ok. On the other side of Asia, ...

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Ascent and traverse of Elbrus

05/08/2010 13:56

Today, August, 5th, the group of 7 Summits Club in a body climbed the Western Top of Elbrus (5642 m). At seven o’clock a.m. there were 7 people staying on the summit: our guides, Alexander Abramov and Sergej Onufenko, and also Andrej Prozukin, Alexander Buriakov, Erich Wenzel, Tina Taova and ...

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The big success on Greater Ararat – 42 people on the summit!

04/08/2010 21:48

August, 4th 37 adventurers from “RESO-Guarantee” and 5 guides from 7 Summits Club climbed the mountain. The weather was nice, it wasn’t windy. The group has already descended to the camp 3300m. Everyone is healthy and happy. In the evening they are going to celebrate the ascent. ...

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Khan-Tengri: Acclimatization in the bad weather

01/08/2010 18:21

July, 30th the group of the 7 Summits Club led by Ludmila Korobeshko went up to Camp 1 on the slopes of Khan-Tengri. The next day, we went to camp 2 (5600m). It was hard work: a real ice-wall, plus bad weather. Fixed ropes are iced over, jumars not holding. The marsh took 8 hours. That night it ...

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7 Summits Club and the RESO Guarantee Company sets record at Ararat

01/08/2010 12:21

Flight to Turkey was not easy, we had to change planes in Anapa. Nevertheless, a group of 7 Summits Club - RESO- Guarantee arrived by special plane to the Turkish airport Van. After formalities on the border and dinner, in the evening the expedition moved by bus to the city of Doğubeyazıt. ...

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