The Czech writer Josef Skvorecky, who died yesterday in Toronto, used to be a mountaineer and climbing blends many of his books. Climbing is the topic of a short story "Death on the needle" from the stories collection of Sorrow of Lieutenant Boruvka. It was also filmed.
Czech Mountaineering Union sorrow over the death of Vaclav Havel
Czech Mountaineering Union released the statement on the death of the ex-president of Czech Republic Václav Havel: "The Executive Committee of the Czech Mountaineering Association expresses deep sorrow over the death of Vaclav Havel.
Rescue service in the high altitude was one of the main topics of the this year annual of the International Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague.
Film about mountaineer Johann Stüdl granted on Tourfilm
The mountaineering film "Johann Stüdl - visionary and discoverer of the Alps" was granted on the international film festival Tourfilm 2011 in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) yesterday - by the award of the journalist association Prix FIJET.
The Polish film Co sie wydarzylo wyspie to Pam about climbing in Greenland won the Grand Prize on International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 in Teplice nad Metuji, CZ. The winners of the boulder Czech Cup were O.Nevelik and N.Kudrova. The Spanish guest Dani Andrada was 3rd.
The 28th International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 (MHFF- nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ), takes place on August 25-28, 2011 and is full of climbing films. The guest is the legendary climber from Spain, Dani Andrada.
Adam Ondra (CZE) was the 3rd in the World Championship in lead climbing on FRiday in Arco, Italy. The finales results:
1 Ramón Julian Puigblanque 1981 ESP Top
2 Jakob Schubert 1990 AUT -50
3 Adam Ondra 1993 CZE -50
South Korea hosted a World Cup competition of Ice Climbing. Young Czech competitor Lucie Hrozova achieved third position.
Ice Climbing World Cup 2012 - trailer
Saturday
Lucie's father sent us a message that Lucie promote into semifinal on saturday from the third position. There were six tops and therefore the time was the measure.
"Lucie had severe jet leg from the flight to South Korea before the competition and he couldn't sleep for two nights", wrote us Libor Lucie's father. Sunday
Lucie achieved a bronze medal.