Czech climbers Marek Holecek and Jan Kreisinger got an "Honourable mention" for their first ascent of the Meru Central in Garhwal Himalaya, India by the American magazine Climbing in its Golden Piton awards celebration.

They got the Honourable mention in the Global Alpine category.

Besides them, Slovaks Jozef Kopold and Gabo Cmarik also got the same "Honourable mention" in the same category for the first ascent Drastissima of Uli Biaho, Karakoram.

The list of all Golden Piton awards, even the honourable mentions, announced by the last issue of Climbing Magazine has been published by British web UKclimbing.com

The site of the magazine Climbing

The article about the ascent of the Czechs  on Meru Central: New 2000 m route on Mt. Meru (6310m) in 7a, M5

The article about the Golden Piton Awards


Meru Central: ascent lines: red Czechs, yellow Babanov (Russia), blue Japanese


Meru Central: the traverse


Meru Central: Marek Holecek and Jan Kreisinger on the top

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The article about the ascent of the Slovaks of Uli Biaho: Slovaks ascents of the year 2006


From the ascent of the Slovaks Jozef Kopold and Gabo Cmarik on Uli Biaho