China refused entrance of Prague mayor to climb Everest
China declined to allow to cross border to the mayor of the City of Prague, Pavel Bem, who is going there to climb Mount Everest with a small Czech-Slovak expedition. Therefore the expedition changed the plan and aims now to the ascent Everest from the South, Nepali side.
Three Czechs were in the first 10 of the absolute ranking in the finals of the Central European Cup in ski mountaineering 2007 in Jasna, Slovakia last week.
Adam Ondra climbs the route 8c/c+ in the home Moravian Karst
Adam Ondra (14 years old) climbed the route Kostej nesmrtelny 8c/c+ PP in the home Moravian Karst area Holstejn a week ago, on March 30, 2007. He wrote the ascent to its diary on Czechclimbing.com .
The results of the first Czech Cup competitions in bouldering and lead climbing in Lomnice nad Popelkou (North East Bohemia) 31.3.-1.4. 2007: Martin Stranik won bouldering and lead, in women Lenka Trnkova won bouldering and Sona Hnizdilova won lead.
Slovak extreme mountaineer Jozef Kopold climbed Cho Oyu (8201 m) on March 31, 2007. Kopold has been recently awarded by "Honourable mention" by American Climbing magazine in its Golden Piton awards celebration.
China refused entrance of Prague mayor to climb Everest
China declined to allow to cross border to the mayor of the City of Prague, Pavel Bem, who is going there to climb Mount Everest with a small Czech-Slovak expedition. Therefore the expedition changed the plan and aims now to the ascent Everest from the South, Nepali side.
The Czech mainstream media (e.g. iDNES) reported that according to the mayor Bem behind the refusal are political reasons, because the mayor represents the Czech conservative governing party which is not friendly to communists.