Adam made the 2nd ascent of Alexander Hubers Weisse Rose, 9a, at the Austrian Schleier Wasserfall. We made a short interview, with him about the send. ... full story
Festak - International Mountaineering Film Festival 2008
How was it?
The Grand prize of the 25th annual of International Mountaineering Film Festival (MHFF) was granted to Slovak film Neznama Antarktida (Unknown Antarctica) by Pavol Barabas about walk from borders of Antarctica to its highest point. The festival nicknamed Festak in Teplice nad Metuji (close to Adrspach sandstone towers, north east Bohemia, north of Czech Republic) finished today. ... full story
Ennstall, Austria - sport rock climbing just around the border
Some of the most popular areas visited frequently by Czech climbers are just across the border. One of them is Ennstal- close to Linz, Austria- which is well know mostly by climbers from Souther Bohemia. ... full story
Adam Ondra climbed multipitch WoGü 8c in Ratikon (SUI)
Adam Ondra climbed multipitch WoGü 8c in Ratikon, Switzerland, last weekend. The route by Beat Kammerlander from 1997 had originally suggested two pitches of 8c and Adam is prepared to confirm the global grade of entire route, Adams father wrote today on Czech version of CzechClimbing.com. ... full story
Barefoot Amongst Czechs is name of the article and short movie from the Czech sandstones area Adrspach from the American point of view. The report and video was published on the North Face blog. ... full story
The annual Petzl Roc Trip in Millau, France took place on June 25-30 2008 with the participation of invited Czech climbers Adam Ondra and Martin Stranik. ... full story
It was just a very unexpected opportunity: "Would you go with me to Cuba?" my friend Hop asked. There must be some climbing. So the aim was the limestone paradise of Vinales, but for some organizational reason we went via the snobby beach resort Varadero, and there we discovered bouldering potential. ... full story
The 2nd international climbing and mountaineering website meeting took place in Prague. The web masters discussed further development of the cooperation founded in 2007 in Volx, France and established a basis of the global network of climbing websites. ... full story
Ostrava Boulder Centrum 2008, the 1st round of Czech Cup in bouldering took place last weekend in Ostrava, (North east of Czech Republic), was organized together with Slovakian Cup and Slovaks defeated Czechs. ... full story
2nd Report Dima, Basque, Spain: Tomas Mrazek (CZE) and Muriel Sarkany won Master Dimarock, the main competition in climbing event in Dima, Basque Country, Spain last night. Chris Sharma (USA) and Natalija Gros (SLO) were 2nd, ... full story
Adam Ondra climbed Action Directe 11 UIAA in Frankenjura, Germany. He climbed the legendary route from Wolfgang Gullich on Monday 19th May. ... full story
IFSC European Youth Series (L) - Prague (CZE) 2008
finals
Adam Ondra (CZE) and Katharina Posch (AUT) won the youngest categories today in the finals of IFSC European Youth Series in lead climbing in Prague, Czech Republic. Mario Lechner (AUT) and Dinara Fakhritdinova (RUS) won the older categories. Jakob Schubert (AUT) and Mathilde Brumagne (BEL) won the oldest categories. ... full story
Pepa Šindel climbed another 9a route: Nice Freshly Baked
Pepa Šindel has climbed another 9a route, Nice Freshly Baked in Frankenjura, Germany. He recorded the climb in his diary on Lezce and posted about it on Instagram. This is Pepa's twelfth route rated 9a to 9a+. ... full story
Jakub Konečný finished 8th in the final of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Madrid, Spain, this evening. The winners were Korean Dohyun Lee and American Annie Sanders. Second were Spain's Alberto Ginés López and Italy's Laura Rogora, third Japan's Satone Yoshida and America's Brooke Raboutou. ... full story
Pepa Šindel recorded the ascent of the legendary Action Directe (11 UIAA) in Frankenjur, Germany, the first route of this difficulty in history since Wolfgang Güllich in 1991. It is Pepa's eleventh route from 9a to 9a+. ... full story
Klára Kolouchová, 1st CZ woman on Everest, died on Nanga Parbat
Klára Kolouchová, the first Czech woman that had climbed Everest and K2, died today after a fall on Nanga Parbat. The portal aktuálně.cz reported this a while ago, citing the Pamir Times account on the X network (formerly Twitter). According to initial reports, the accident was caused by an explosion of an oxygen cylinder, but a Pakistani source on the spot connected to climber Jan Trávníček refuted thi ... full story
Czechs had three semifinalists today at the World Cup in lead climbing in Innsbruck, Austria. Michaela Smetanová did best in 9th, but first non-progressive place. Jakub Konečný finished in 19th place in the semifinals, Martin Stráník in 22nd. The lead final will therefore be without our competitors tomorrow. ... full story
European Cup in lead climbing Campitello di Fassa, Italy:
Our Jan Štípek finished in 4th place in the final today at the European Cup in lead climbing in Campitello di Fassa in northern Italy. Two other Czechs finished in the semi-finals: Šimon and Štěpán Potůček in 17th and 20th place. ... full story
Film: Adam Ondra and his climb of the trad route Lexicon E11 on
The promised film documentary of the climb of the extremely difficult trad route on Neil Gresham's own Lexicon behind E11 in Pavey Ark, Langdale in the UK, which Adam Ondra recently managed to flash, was published yesterday on Youtube by Adam's sponsor Mammut. The film is 22 minutes long and you can watch it here: ... full story
World Cup Prague again in 2026 and 2028, lead added to boulder
The International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC has confirmed that the World Cup competitions will be held in Prague in 2026 and 2028, with bouldering next year also adding lead climbing. The previously approved World Climbing Championships in Brno are scheduled for 2027. ... full story
Adam Ondra advanced from the World Cup bouldering qualification in Prague to tomorrow's semi-finals today from shared 7th place. Our other men finished in the qualification. Lukáš Mokroluský in 41st place, Jan Štípek in 49th and Martin Stráník in 73rd. Our women also finished in the qualification in the evening: Arina Jurčenko 39th, Michaela Smetanová and Ema Galeová both 43rd, Viktorie Konečná 66th, Na ... full story
Adam Ondra reported that he managed to climb on flash trad route Lexicon E11 by Neil Gresham in Pavey Ark, Langdale, UK. Adam wrote about the climb on social media. ... full story
Czech Lukáš Mokroluský won silver yesterday at the European Youth Bouldering Championship in Italy. The second medal was secured for the Czech Republic by Adéla Bodanská, who won bronze. ... full story
Pepa Šindel has climbed a Classified 9a/+ in Frankenjura
Pepa Šindel has recorded another route of difficulty 9a or higher, the Classified 9a/9a+ (11 UIAA) line in the German Frankenjura. He recorded the climb in his Lezec.cz diary and is reporting on it on Instagram. It is Pepa's eighth recorded route of 9a or 9a/+, and he also has one 9a+ in his diary. ... full story
Video: Adam Ondra Flash 8B+ and Attempts 9A (+) in Fontainebleu
Adam Ondra has posted a new video from a recent visit to Fontainebleau, France, where he managed to flash several difficult boulders at 8B and 8B+ and then tried the Imothep Assiss project with local legends, which could possibly be at 9A+. ... full story
Speed, lead and boulder will be separate at the 2028 Olympics
The International Olympic Committee confirmed yesterday that 3 sets of medals will be prepared for sport climbing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, meaning there will be separate competitions in speed, lead and boulder. They announced this on the Czech Olympic Committee's Facebook page. ... full story
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Adam made the 2nd ascent of Alexander Hubers Weisse Rose, 9a, at the Austrian Schleier Wasserfall. We made a short interview, with him about the send. 
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The Grand prize of the 25th annual of International Mountaineering Film Festival (MHFF) was granted to Slovak film Neznama Antarktida (Unknown Antarctica) by Pavol Barabas about walk from borders of Antarctica to its highest point. The festival nicknamed Festak in Teplice nad Metuji (close to Adrspach sandstone towers, north east Bohemia, north of Czech Republic) finished today. 
Some of the most popular areas visited frequently by Czech climbers are just across the border. One of them is Ennstal- close to Linz, Austria- which is well know mostly by climbers from Souther Bohemia. 
Andreas and Christian Bindhammer, our friends from neighborhood Germany, free “Hades 9a”, one of the hardest open projects in Tyrol. 
Adam Ondra climbed multipitch WoGü 8c in Ratikon, Switzerland, last weekend. The route by Beat Kammerlander from 1997 had originally suggested two pitches of 8c and Adam is prepared to confirm the global grade of entire route, Adams father wrote today on Czech version of CzechClimbing.com. 
Barefoot Amongst Czechs is name of the article and short movie from the Czech sandstones area Adrspach from the American point of view. The report and video was published on the North Face blog. 
The annual Petzl Roc Trip in Millau, France took place on June 25-30 2008 with the participation of invited Czech climbers Adam Ondra and Martin Stranik. 
It was just a very unexpected opportunity: "Would you go with me to Cuba?" my friend Hop asked. There must be some climbing. So the aim was the limestone paradise of Vinales, but for some organizational reason we went via the snobby beach resort Varadero, and there we discovered bouldering potential. 
Tomas Mrazek (CZE) and Johanna Ernst (AUT) won the first World Cup competition in lead climbing of 2008 in Quinhai, China. 
The 2nd international climbing and mountaineering website meeting took place in Prague. The web masters discussed further development of the cooperation founded in 2007 in Volx, France and established a basis of the global network of climbing websites. 
We introduced new maps two month ago and today we are going to bring a great number of new functionalities. 
Ostrava Boulder Centrum 2008, the 1st round of Czech Cup in bouldering took place last weekend in Ostrava, (North east of Czech Republic), was organized together with Slovakian Cup and Slovaks defeated Czechs. 
2nd Report Dima, Basque, Spain: Tomas Mrazek (CZE) and Muriel Sarkany won Master Dimarock, the main competition in climbing event in Dima, Basque Country, Spain last night. Chris Sharma (USA) and Natalija Gros (SLO) were 2nd, 
Adam Ondra climbed Action Directe 11 UIAA in Frankenjura, Germany. He climbed the legendary route from Wolfgang Gullich on Monday 19th May. 
Adam Ondra (CZE) and Katharina Posch (AUT) won the youngest categories today in the finals of IFSC European Youth Series in lead climbing in Prague, Czech Republic. Mario Lechner (AUT) and Dinara Fakhritdinova (RUS) won the older categories. Jakob Schubert (AUT) and Mathilde Brumagne (BEL) won the oldest categories. 
Pepa Šindel has climbed another 9a route, Nice Freshly Baked in Frankenjura, Germany. He recorded the climb in his diary on Lezce and posted about it on Instagram. This is Pepa's twelfth route rated 9a to 9a+. 
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Radek Votoček has completed his fifth 9a climb, the Vakuumgeist route in the Drachenwand area of Austria. 
Pepa Šindel recorded the ascent of the legendary Action Directe (11 UIAA) in Frankenjur, Germany, the first route of this difficulty in history since Wolfgang Güllich in 1991. It is Pepa's eleventh route from 9a to 9a+. 
Klára Kolouchová, the first Czech woman that had climbed Everest and K2, died today after a fall on Nanga Parbat. The portal aktuálně.cz reported this a while ago, citing the Pamir Times account on the X network (formerly Twitter). According to initial reports, the accident was caused by an explosion of an oxygen cylinder, but a Pakistani source on the spot connected to climber Jan Trávníček refuted thi 
Czechs had three semifinalists today at the World Cup in lead climbing in Innsbruck, Austria. Michaela Smetanová did best in 9th, but first non-progressive place. Jakub Konečný finished in 19th place in the semifinals, Martin Stráník in 22nd. The lead final will therefore be without our competitors tomorrow. 
Our Jan Štípek finished in 4th place in the final today at the European Cup in lead climbing in Campitello di Fassa in northern Italy. Two other Czechs finished in the semi-finals: Šimon and Štěpán Potůček in 17th and 20th place. 
The promised film documentary of the climb of the extremely difficult trad route on Neil Gresham's own Lexicon behind E11 in Pavey Ark, Langdale in the UK, which Adam Ondra recently managed to flash, was published yesterday on Youtube by Adam's sponsor Mammut. The film is 22 minutes long and you can watch it here:
The International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC has confirmed that the World Cup competitions will be held in Prague in 2026 and 2028, with bouldering next year also adding lead climbing. The previously approved World Climbing Championships in Brno are scheduled for 2027. 
Adam Ondra advanced from the World Cup bouldering qualification in Prague to tomorrow's semi-finals today from shared 7th place. Our other men finished in the qualification. Lukáš Mokroluský in 41st place, Jan Štípek in 49th and Martin Stráník in 73rd. Our women also finished in the qualification in the evening: Arina Jurčenko 39th, Michaela Smetanová and Ema Galeová both 43rd, Viktorie Konečná 66th, Na 
Adam Ondra reported that he managed to climb on flash trad route Lexicon E11 by Neil Gresham in Pavey Ark, Langdale, UK. Adam wrote about the climb on social media. 
Czech Lukáš Mokroluský won silver yesterday at the European Youth Bouldering Championship in Italy. The second medal was secured for the Czech Republic by Adéla Bodanská, who won bronze.
Pepa Šindel has recorded another route of difficulty 9a or higher, the Classified 9a/9a+ (11 UIAA) line in the German Frankenjura. He recorded the climb in his Lezec.cz diary and is reporting on it on Instagram. It is Pepa's eighth recorded route of 9a or 9a/+, and he also has one 9a+ in his diary.
Adam Ondra has posted a new video from a recent visit to Fontainebleau, France, where he managed to flash several difficult boulders at 8B and 8B+ and then tried the Imothep Assiss project with local legends, which could possibly be at 9A+. 
The International Olympic Committee confirmed yesterday that 3 sets of medals will be prepared for sport climbing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, meaning there will be separate competitions in speed, lead and boulder. They announced this on the Czech Olympic Committee's Facebook page. 
