Slovaks did a new route on Fitz Roy, Patagonia, Argentina
Slovaks Smolo Ján Smoleň and Michal Sabovčík did in Patagonia on peak Fitz Roy a new route "Asado M8, 7a+, A2". "After 32 years, 2nd Slovak route on Fitz Roy Asado M8,7a+,A2..." Smolo writes today on Facebook.
Winter FA of new boulder 8B+ in Petrohrad CZE, snow and -10.5°C
Video with the winter first ascent of new boulder problem Black River Society 8B+ in Petrohrad, Czech Republic, the ascender Petr Resch published yesterday. He had to clean out the snow first and according to his report the temperature was -10,5 °C.
Czech Milan Dvořáček finished 26th in the final competition of the World Cup in ice climbing in speed this weekend in Rabenstein, Italy. The competition was simultaneously European Championship. Milan Dvoracek ended on 22nd place in it.
Czech Milan Dvoracek was 12th in speed climbing on the last UIAA Ice climbing World Cup in Saas Fee, Switzerland on 22nd January. Russian climbers won all disciplines there.
Czech Libor Hroza nominated for the Athlete of the Year 2015
Czech speed climber Libor Hroza is among 18 athletes shortlisted for the IWGA Athlete of the Year 2015. He is the only Czech and the only climber on the shortlist of International World Games Association.
International Championship of Slovakia in drytooling
International Championship of Slovakia in drytooling took place on December 5th 2015 on Bratislava climbing wall K2. The Czech climber Jan Straka won the comp.
Avalanche in Austria killed 5 Czech ski mountaineers
Avalanche in Austria hit 17 Czech ski mountaineers and 5 of them have been killed.
The avalanche fell afternoon when they went to the cottage Lizumer Hütte undre mountain Junsjoch in heght of 2019 meters, in Wattenberg, Tirol, Eastern from Innsbruck.
Five people was killed, the rescuers informed. Two skiers were injured, they had to go to hospital. The rest of 10 escaped uninjured.
The avalanche was two kilometers wide and 5 meters high. There was 3rd grade of avalanche alert from the 5 grade scale in the area. About 18 avalanches fell down in the Tirolean Alps in Saturday.