Reinhold Messner at Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague
Reinhold Messner is the main guest of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague. He considers as his the best mountaineering success the fact that he is still alive, he said on opening press conference of the festival today.
Let me just touch the initial data in brief, as they never reveal either a breakthrough information or anything entertaining and they mostly convey just ordinary, and, in a way, boring portion of every expedition.
Czech Tomas Mrazek finished 3rd in the finals of the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Brno, Czech Republic. Jakob Schubert (AUT) won, Patxi Usobiaga (ESP) was 2nd. The biggest favorite, Czech Adam Ondra finished in semifinals on 11th place.
Tomas Mrazek has completed his hard project „Xaxid Hostel" 9a+.
Tomas Mrazek is after injury back in great shape. He has just climbed his hard project „Xaxid Hostel“ 9a+ in Osp. The 45 meter long route leads in the midle of Misja Pec, next to the route JSFK 7c+. Tomáš has tried it occasionally for last four years. He sent it on his twentieth attempts.
A 35metres long, extremely overhanging route - called Marina Superstar (extension of existing route Marina 8c/c+) was bolted by Matteo Marini, is situated in sector "Bronx" near Domusnovas vilage about 40kms from Cagliari.
The only 9 days after we left Kathmandu we reached the summit of beautiful CHO OYU on 1.10.2009:
Zuzana Hofmannova, Olga Novakova, Josef Milfait, Antonin Belik, Pavel Matousek
In spite of forecast was not good and dry, the old projects awaited for sends before the first frosts and winter snow. So more people went to colorful woods in German Frankenjura in this fall.
Czech Adam Ondra has won the competiton of the World Cup in lead climbing in Puurs, Belgium, this night. He was the only one man who reached the top of the finals route.
Czech big wall climber Ondra Benes has finalized this summer the Alp trilogy by climbing the route Des Kaisers neue Kleider on Fleischbank in Wilder Kaiser, Austria.
Reinhold Messner at Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague
Reinhold Messner is the main guest of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague. He considers as his the best mountaineering success the fact that he is still alive, he said on opening press conference of the festival today.
Messner also said he mainly spent his time now by his project of mountains museums, and he climbed recently with his son only occasionally. He explained to journalist from Czech mainstream media, that in his age of 65 years climbing is not so easy, and that such extremes, like Adam Ondra climbed, even 40 years old climbers could not managed.
At the address of Prague Mayor Pavel Bem, who sat next to him at press conference, Reinhold Messner said, that he did not know any other Mayor who had reached Everest. Pavel Bem climbed Mount Everest at on May 8, 2007, during his first governing period as Mayor of Prague.
The Festival continues till Sunday 22nd 2009 and the detailed program is on web: www.festivalalpinismu.cz
Reinhold Messner at press conference of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague with Prague Mayor Pavel Bem
Reinhold Messner at press conference of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague with Prague Mayor Pavel Bem, left is the main organizer of the Festival Ladislav Jirasko, on the right former chairman of the Czech Mountaineering Union Jiri Novak