Adam Ondra (13-years-old) was on this weekend in Labské údolí (The valey of Labe River, Elbetal, North Bohemia, Czech Republic) and sent 3rd PP of the route THC, Xc(8b+), 1. repetition of the route Mongol party, Xb (8b/8b+) and
The first Slovakian mountaineers reached Himalayan mountain Tilicho Peak (7134 m) on Saturday. But one of the three members of the succesful summit team died on the way down.
Frankenjura Extrem for 8 UIAA and Beyond in English
The Guidebook "Frankenjura Extreme" about Northern Frankenjura, for Grade 8 (UIAA) and Beyond, the one of the first climbing guidebooks for this famous area (so close to Bohemia) in English has been published.
Report from Dimarockmaster: men 1. Patxi Usobiaga (ESP), 2. Tomáš Mrázek (CZE), 3. Daniel Andrada (ESP), 4. Alexandre Chabot (FRA), 5. David Lama (AUT), 6. Cristian Core (ITA),
Women 1. Natalija Gros (SLO), 2. Maja Vidmar (SLO), 3. Olga Shalaghina (UKR), 4. Irati Anda (ESP), 5. Helena Lipenská (CZE), 6. Olga Bibik (RUS)
Rosťa Štefánek climbed the route Monolithic Baby, 11-/11 in Frankejura, Germany.
Rosťa sais, that in French scale it could be about 8c+/9a. The route is on the wall named Welle(Welle is in translation wave and the wall has this look) and is close to Pegnitz.
The wall is short, but firm and quite compact and there are hard boulder routes. The route Monolithic Baby, 11-/11 is one of them. There is the hardest on the wall is 10 metres long and slightly overhanging. The route was made by Markus Bock in 2004. It leads in the middle of the right side of the wall Vede přibližně středem pravé stěny. Rosťa tried the route during trips he hed done since this spring.