UPDATE: According to the last news Martin Minarik is missing, and a Czech mountaineering source horyinfo.cz says he could be dead.
The news from April 20th: Czech mountaineer Martin Minarik and his French partner Elisabeth Revolt have topped east summit of Annapurna on Sunday April 19th, 2009.
Libor Hroza finished 6th on the competition of World Cup in speed climbing in Trento, Italy, this weekend. Sergey Abdrakhmanov (RUS) and Anna Stenkovaya (RUS) won.
UK top climbers James Pearson and Gaz Parry go to Czech Labak
Elite UK climbers James Pearson and Gaz Parry go on The North Face® 2009 Summit Series Road Trip across Europe and one stop they plan in Czech Republic.
Mountains and City Bratislava, Slovakia: Chris Charma etc.
10th annual of International festival of mountain films and adventure Hory a mesto (Mountains and City) takes place on 23rd- 26th April 2009 in Bratislava, Slovakia. 40 films from USA, Canada, Poland, Germany, Brazil, Australia, France, Denmark, Czechia and Slovakia will be presented. The main guests will be Chris Sharma, Steph Davis and Thomas Oehler.
The Russians Sinitsyn a Stenkovaya took the first positions without any compromise in the first World Cup competition in speed climbing this year, that took place in Tarnow, Poland this weekend.
Japanese women Akiyo Noguchi and French man Stephane Julien won the first World Cup competition in 2009 in bouldering taking place last weekend in Kazo, Japan.
Czech David Fojtik downhilled Dhaulagiri on skis on May 1st 2009 as the first man on world. Now he is said OK in base camp.
He down hilled Nord East edge that means normal route. In same time there were German and Japanese to try it too, say the report on Czech version of this web Lezec.cz sourced by David Fojtik blog on web site velehory.cz.
"Good news - On 1.5. I am reaching Dhaulagiri as the first man this year. And then I partly downhill the mountain on skis (without part 7300-6700m, where water ice was and therefor not possible for downhilling).
Bad news - The friend Mehdi, died during the ascent. I shared the tent with him after my climbing partner Pavla turned down before of C3. I have also minor frost of finger on hands and more serious on feet."
Czech Pavla Pilchova turned down between C2 and C3 and now she is also OK, David Fojtik writes.
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A traditional slack line festival with unique activities. No freestyle and speedline, but marathon, endurance challenges and long lines.
UPDATE: According to the last news Martin Minarik is missing, and a Czech mountaineering source horyinfo.cz says he could be dead.
Elite UK climbers James Pearson and Gaz Parry go on The North Face® 2009 Summit Series Road Trip across Europe and one stop they plan in Czech Republic. 
Adam Ondra onsighted two 8c "Una vida nomada" and "Nagay" in one day in Covolo, Italy. And at the same day he added one 8b+ "Shalom".
10th annual of International festival of mountain films and adventure Hory a mesto (Mountains and City) takes place on 23rd- 26th April 2009 in Bratislava, Slovakia. 40 films from USA, Canada, Poland, Germany, Brazil, Australia, France, Denmark, Czechia and Slovakia will be presented. The main guests will be Chris Sharma, Steph Davis and Thomas Oehler.
The Russians Sinitsyn a Stenkovaya took the first positions without any compromise in the first World Cup competition in speed climbing this year, that took place in Tarnow, Poland this weekend. 
Annual report about the best of mountaineering, rock climbing and bouldering in Europe, 2008 is here.
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