Jorg Verhoeven (NED) and Momoka Oda (JAP) won World Cup in lead climbing in Imst, Austria) this weekend. From the Czechs the best was Tereza Svobodova on 32nd position among women.
Czech Mrs. mountaineer Zuzana Hofmanova died on Broad Peak
Zuzana Hofmannova, one of the Czech best woman mountaineers died on July 31st, 2012 when she did not come back from the summit of Broad Peak, her 4th 8000 meters high mountain. The sad news was published on the expedition site:
Czech mountaineer and politician (Member of Czech Parliament and ex mayor of Prague) Pavel Bém with Slovak mountaineer Peter Hámor reached the summit of K2 (8 611 m) in Karakoram on August 1st 2012.
The best Czech climber Adam Ondra escaped this summer Dipsy to Norway and according to his climbs it looks like the temperature there is very good for hard climbing.
The organizers of the Festival of Alpinismus in Prague in November 2012 announced that the mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner is the most probably expected among the main guests.
Spanish bigwall lady Sílvia Vidal will be the guest of Fesťak The 29th International Mountaineering Film Festival (MHFF- nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ), takes place on August 23-26, 2012. One of the main guests is the spanish bigwall lady climber from Spain Sílvia Vidal.
Invitation for the another annual of the International bouldering competition came from our friend from Hungary. The competition for kids and adults takes place on June 23/24th 2012 in town Zsombó, near city Szeged, southern Hungary, close to Romanian and Serbian border
Highline Workshop 2012
Do you like slackline? Do you want to improve your skills, to get further, higher? You have a great opportunity to learn everything about the highline at Highline Workshop 2012.
On weekend 9th – 10th June 2012 there will 2nd Highline Workshop intended for public to learn how to prepare and walk on a highline.
Jorg Verhoeven (NED) and Momoka Oda (JAP) won World Cup in lead climbing in Imst, Austria) this weekend. From the Czechs the best was Tereza Svobodova on 32nd position among women.
Andrea Pavlincova was 35th and from men Petr Cermak was 48th and Tomas Binter a Michal Rozek finished on the 50th-51st place.
Results
men
1. Jorg Verhoeven (NED) 47+
2. Jakob Schubert (AUT) 46+
3. Sachi Amma (JPN) 46+
51 competitors
women
1. Momoka Oda (JPN) 60+
2. Mina Markovic (SLO) 57+
3. Johanna Ernst (AUT) 51+
39 competitors
Rank of nations
1. Japan (JPN) 230
2. Austria (AUT) 214
3. France (FRA) 210 16-21st Czech Republic (CZE) 0
Continuous ranking after Imst
men
1. Sachi Amma (JPN) 265
2. Jakob Schubert (AUT) 176
3. Ramón Julian Puigblanque (ESP) 174
4. Magnus Midtboe (NOR) 161
5. Sean McColl (CAN) 145
women
1. Mina Markovic (SLO) 235
2. Momoka Oda (JPN) 216
3. Hélene Janicot (FRA) 202
4. Johanna Ernst (AUT) 180
5. Jain Kim (KOR) 152
Rank of nations
1. France (FRA) 709
2. Japan (JPN) 676
3. Austria(AUT) 631
4. Russia (RUS) 419
5. Korea (KOR) 357 21-29th Czech Republic (CZE) 0