Adam Ondra: the Prague comp will be my last bouldering World Cup
Adam Ondra is retiring from competitive bouldering at the World Cup. Today, he announced at a press conference that he wants to compete in the World Cup bouldering competition at Letná in Prague from June 6th to 8th for the last time. He wants to focus on world championships in lead climbing, as well as rock climbing, where he is currently focused on the B.I.G. route for 9c in Flatanger, Norway.
Lukáš Mokroluský climbed his first 9a: Action Directe in FJ
Lukáš Mokroluský climbed his first 9a, the legendary Action Directe (11 UIAA) in Frankenjura, Germany, the first route of this difficulty in history by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991.
Radek Votoček climbed his first 9a: the route Senzace on Krkavka
Radek Votoček, who has 14 routes of 8c+ to his credit, half of which he climbed in the last nine months, repeated the route Senzace 9a (11 UIAA) by Adam Ondra on Krkavka near Semily, CZ.
Adam Ondra has posted a new short documentary on Youtube from the Soudain seul 9A boulder in Fontainebleau, France, which he recently managed to climb.
The film is about 19 minutes long and you can watch it here:
Pepa Šindel has climbed another 9a route: Nid de Fadas
Czech Pepa Šindel (17) has logged another 9a route, the Nid de Fadas line in the Leonidio, Greece. He logged the climb on Lezec.cz and is reporting on it on Instagram. It is Pepa's seventh logged 9a route and he also has one 9a+ in his log.
Adam Ondra flashes another 8B+ boulder and is trying a 9A+
Adam Ondra flashed another 8B+ boulder, the Imothep du sol problem in Fontainebleau, a "standing" variant of the potential 9A+ Imothep Assiss (sitting) project. This achievement follows his recent repeat of the 9A Soudain seul boulder and flashing boulders 8B+ and 8B.
Adam Ondra announced that he managed the flash boulder El Elegido in the Spanish region of La Pedriza, rated 8B+/C. Adam suggested the difficulty level 8B+. "It is possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most, even though I probably can't take the slash grade," Adam said of his achievement. This is his second flash boulder of this difficulty.
Film: Adam Ondra at Jana Švecová's & on the Terranova 8C+
A new documentary film from a visit to our top boulderer Jana Švecová's home bouldering site, with her he then set off on his not repeated 2011 boulder Terranova 8C+ in the Moravian Karst, which Jana has been practicing recently, was published yesterday on YouTube by Adam Ondra.
Adam Ondra: the Prague comp will be my last bouldering World Cup
Adam Ondra is retiring from competitive bouldering at the World Cup. Today, he announced at a press conference that he wants to compete in the World Cup bouldering competition at Letná in Prague from June 6th to 8th for the last time. He wants to focus on world championships in lead climbing, as well as rock climbing, where he is currently focused on the B.I.G. route for 9c in Flatanger, Norway.
He wants to continue bouldering on rocks, where he recently managed to climb the Soudain Seul boulder for 9A.
He would then like to compete at the World Climbing Championship in South Korea in the fall, but only in difficulty.
He is leaving competitive bouldering because the bouldering routes at competitions have changed a lot and his body can no longer handle it. His hypermobile shoulders are suffering the most and the new style of climbing doesn't suit him that much. For example, in the slabs, where you used to stand on tiny steps, today you stand on the most bulky ones, Adam explained.
The organizers of the boulder world championship in Prague, who are saying goodbye to Adam with a campaign with the hashtag #lastboulderdance, are expecting a lot of interest again, but tickets for the stands and standing are still available.
Facebook SP in Prague with the hashtag #lastboulderdance:
Adam Ondra, Czech national team coach Petr Klofáč and head of the organizing committee of the Prague 2025 World Cup in Bouldering Matěj Gosman at today's press conference
Adam Ondra, Petr Klofáč and Matěj Gosman pose for photographers at today's press conference
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Adam Ondra is retiring from competitive bouldering at the World Cup. Today, he announced at a press conference that he wants to compete in the World Cup bouldering competition at Letná in Prague from June 6th to 8th for the last time. He wants to focus on world championships in lead climbing, as well as rock climbing, where he is currently focused on the B.I.G. route for 9c in Flatanger, Norway.
Lukáš Mokroluský climbed his first 9a, the legendary Action Directe (11 UIAA) in Frankenjura, Germany, the first route of this difficulty in history by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991.
Radek Votoček, who has 14 routes of 8c+ to his credit, half of which he climbed in the last nine months, repeated the route Senzace 9a (11 UIAA) by Adam Ondra on Krkavka near Semily, CZ.
Adam Ondra has posted a new short documentary on Youtube from the Soudain seul 9A boulder in Fontainebleau, France, which he recently managed to climb.
Czech Pepa Šindel (17) has logged another 9a route, the Nid de Fadas line in the Leonidio, Greece. He logged the climb on Lezec.cz and is reporting on it on Instagram. It is Pepa's seventh logged 9a route and he also has one 9a+ in his log.
Adam Ondra flashed another 8B+ boulder, the Imothep du sol problem in Fontainebleau, a "standing" variant of the potential 9A+ Imothep Assiss (sitting) project. This achievement follows his recent repeat of the 9A Soudain seul boulder and flashing boulders 8B+ and 8B.
Adam Ondra announced that he managed the flash boulder El Elegido in the Spanish region of La Pedriza, rated 8B+/C. Adam suggested the difficulty level 8B+. "It is possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most, even though I probably can't take the slash grade," Adam said of his achievement. This is his second flash boulder of this difficulty.
In the finals of the World Cup ice climbing competition in South Korea yesterday, the Czech Aneta Loužecká finished in 7th place in lead.
Happy New Year 2025 from Lezec.cz.
A new documentary film from a visit to our top boulderer Jana Švecová's home bouldering site, with her he then set off on his not repeated 2011 boulder Terranova 8C+ in the Moravian Karst, which Jana has been practicing recently, was published yesterday on YouTube by Adam Ondra.
