Czech legendary climber Oldrich Kopal died on June 16th, 2011 in age of 80 years. He is author of many legendary traditional Czech sandstone routes e.g. The Crack on Hlaska, Teplicke Skaly, Adrspach.
Adam Ondra won Doldy Championship of Czech and Slovak Republic 2011 this weekend on Prague climbing centrum SmichOFF. Tereza Svobodova was the best women.
World Cup competition in bouldering in Viena, Austria, May 13-14th, 2011: Czechs: Martin Stráník 7th, Ondra Nevelik 21st, Petra Ruzickova 31st a Karolina Neveliková 39th.
Spanish climber Dani Andrada should be as the guest on the 28th International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 (nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ).
Petrohradske PADani international bouldering competition
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske PADani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, takes place on April 30th and May 1st 2011.
Czech legendary climber Oldrich Kopal died on June 16th, 2011 in age of 80 years. He is author of many legendary traditional Czech sandstone routes e.g. The Crack on Hlaska, Teplicke Skaly, Adrspach.
He did also first ascents in High Tatras, Slovakia and attended mountaineering expedition in Kaucasus and Himalayas 50s and 60s of the 20th century.
Photo from 2006: The 50th anniversary of the first ascent to the the famous tower Hlaska (Sentinel Rock - on the picture - 5 Aug 1956) was remarked by a discussion with the firstascenter Oldrich Kopal and comp.
Photo by Standa
Climbers in the Crack on Hlaska, 50 years after the first ascent by Oldrich Kopal