At the this year first World Cup competition in ice difficulty climbing in Valle Daone (Italy) last weekend (22 January 2006) the Czech climbers ended: Standa Hovanec 26th, Jan Doudlebský 47th, Jiří Slabý 50th, Martin Louda 53th.
A snow avalanche killed a skier in Beskydy mountains (eastern Moravia, east part of Czech Republic) on Wednesday Jan 25. He and his coleague skied down out of the official skiing slope. The other guy escaped without any hit.
A World Cup Ice Climbing competition will take place on January 27/28 2006 in Northen Bohemia Tanvaldský Špičák ski resort in Jizerske mountains (Czech Republic). It will be 2nd year of the action named Tendon Icebreaker Ice World Cup.
Update by a new photo in the article
Ice is ready in one of the main Bohemian ice climbing area Oldřichov in Jizerske mountains (close to Liberec), according to the reader´s discussion (Forum) in Czech version on www.lezec.cz .
Lanex Cup, the series of kid´s climbing competitions, was renamed as Tendon Cup. It was in consequence of a new brand "Tendon" for ropes by Lanex manufacturer.
Boulder bar, the legendary bouldering meeting point and pub in Prague downtown at adress V Jámě 6, is going to be closed, after 5 years of its history. The reason is
Czech mountaineering union announced the ascents of the year 2005 and except the traditional categories evaluated as the overall the best performance deffinetely the sport resultes of Tomáš Mrázek,
At the this year first World Cup competition in ice difficulty climbing in Valle Daone (Italy) last weekend (22 January 2006) the Czech climbers ended: Standa Hovanec 26th, Jan Doudlebský 47th, Jiří Slabý 50th, Martin Louda 53th.
Brief results
Difficulty men:
1 57 Anthanatten Samuel (SUI)
1 47 Berger Harald (AUT)
3 65 Klammer Herbert (ITA)