Two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal are brought by our representatives from the weekend competition of the European Youth Cup in lead climbing in Imst, Austria.
Hi, I am sending you the first more detailed information from our spring trip to the Himalayas. The goal of "Radar" (Radoslav Groh) and me was the Western wall of Baruntse (7129m), rising from the Hunku valley, in Khumbu region.
Adam Ondra quit the WC in bouldering in USA for shoulder injury
Adam Ondra did a last minute decision to not attend this round of the bouldering World Cup in Salt Lake City today because he hurt lightly his shoulder in the finals last week and he do not want to risk a serious injury. He informed about on Facebook:
Czechs Marek Holeček & Radek Groh climbed new route on Baruntse
Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Radek Groh climbed a new route via north west face of mount Baruntse (7162 m) in Nepal. After the top they begin descent down, but bad weather stucked them in about 7000 metres. They reported yesterday at Facebook:
World Cup in bouldering in Salt Lake City: Adam Ondra won
Adam Ondra won today the World Cup competition in bouldering in Salt Lake City, USA. It is his 2nd victory in row. He did 4 tops as the only one in the finals. Mejdi Schalck (FRA) was the 2nd, Jakob Schubert (AUT) 3rd.
Barbora Bernardová won today her category on the Youth European Championship in lead climbing in Perm, Russia. From the Czech boys in the last part of the event Lukáš Mokroluský was the most succesfull with the 3rd place in lead climbing. According to the overall results Czech girl Markéta Janošová was 2nd in climbing combination.
Adam Ondra: video of projecting "the hardest 8B+ in the Galaxy"
Adam Ondra published new video from the attempts in a quarry in his hometown Brno-Maloměřice on boulder project, that could be "the hardest 8B+ in the Galaxy" according to Adam.
First ascent from North to Kangchung Shar (Himalayas)
Czech mountaineers Zdeněk "Háček" Hák and Jaroslav "Banán" Bánský climbed the first ascent from the North to the top of the six thousand metres mountain Kangchung Shar in Nepal. They finished the ascent via the south side of the mountain. This is the first traverse of the massive at all.
Two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal are brought by our representatives from the weekend competition of the European Youth Cup in lead climbing in Imst, Austria.
There are the results of the Czechs here:
1. Michaela Smetanová (junior females)
1. Barbora Bernardová (girls B)
2. Marek Jeliga (junior males)
2. Markéta Janošová (girls A)
3. Nikola Králíková (junior females)
4. Lukáš Mokroluský (boys B)
7. Anna Mihaličková (girls B)
8. Mariana Janošová (girls B)
9. Jáchym Cink (junior males)
9. Jaroslav Šikula (boys B)
11. Arina Jurčenko (girls B)
19. František Danda (boys B)
20. Tereza Širůčková (junior females)
24. Eliška Suchá (girls A)
27. Jan Vopat (junior males)
27. Hana Šikulová (girls A)
28. Karolína Gendová (girls A)
34. Štěpán Bulena (boys A)
37. Jan Šťovíček (boys A)
39. Thomas Kroa (boys A)