Marek Holeček got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2018 for Gasherbrum
Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2018 today for the first ascent of the route on Gasherbrum I (8068 m) in Pakistan, he did last year with the Czech Zdenek Hak who could not attend ceremonial because of illness. ... full story
Arco Rock Legends 2018: Adam Ondra got Rock Award again
Adam Ondra has got Arco Rock Legends Award again today on the ceremony during Arco Rock Master for he is the first athlete ever to climb a 9c, the one is the cave in Flatanger, Norway. ... full story
Video with Marek Holeček and Satisfaction! on Gasherbrum I
8068 m ED+, M7,WI5+, 70° 3000m
Look at the video of the Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček about the first ascent on Gasherbrum I (8068 m), he did after years of attempt with the climbing partner Zdenek Hak. The route Satisfaction! Suggested grade ED+ (M7,WI5+), 70°, height 3000 meters: ... full story
Marek Holeček: Satisfaction! on Gasherbrum I 8068 m
ED+, M7,WI5+, 70° 3000m
Marek Holeček published the details to the first ascent on Gasherbrum I (8068 m), he did after years of attempt with the climbing partner Zdenek Hak. They named the route Satisfaction! (Im memory of Zdenek Hruby), they suggested the grade as ED+ (M7,WI5+), 70°, height 3000 meters. ... full story
Czech Libor Hroza the 5th as the Athlete of the Year 2015
Czech speed climber Libor Hroza finished on the 5th place in the poll of the IWGA Athlete of the Year 2015. He was the only Czech and the only climber on the shortlist of 18 athletes nominated by the International World Games Association. ... full story
Czech girl Lucie Hrozova won ice climbing competition in USA
Czech girl Lucie Hrozova won ice difficulty climbing competition in USA. There took place the ice climbing festival "elite mixed climbing competition" in Ouray, Colorado, on weekend on January 16-17, 2016. ... full story
Czech climber Ondra Benes and his friend did a new 1000 metres long multi pitch route in the wall of Jabal Misht in Oman, "The provisional name of the route is 'Boys do not cry!' and difficulty would be around 7c+. ... full story
From December 23rd to January 4th mounatin rescuers in Slovak mointains recorded 152 accidents, including seven fatal in Tatras mountains. Another six dead has been recorded in Polish side of the mountains. ... full story
Adam Ondra did probably the hardest route in Bohemia, CZ
Predator 9a+
Adam Ondra climbed yesterday probably the hardest route in Bohemia, West part of Czech Republic. He sent his new project Predator 9a+ PP in limestone area Srbsko, near Prague. ... full story
Adam Ondra (CZ) won the World Cup in lead climbing in Kranj
Adam Ondra won the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Kranj, Slovenia, and the overall World Cup in lead climbing for the season 2015. ... full story
Adam Ondra (CZE) was 2nd, Ramón Julian Puigblanque (ESP) won on lead climbing on European Championship in Chamonix (FRA). In speed Czech climber Libor Hroza won. ... full story
Youth Climbing World Championships Helsinki, Finland
Lukáš Mokroluský is the junior vice-world champion in lead climb
Last night, Lukáš Mokroluský became the junior vice-world champion in lead climbing in Helsinki, Finland. Lukáš reached the same position as the winner in the final, so the results were decided by Friday's semi-final. Yesterday morning, the last semi-final was held for the U17 category, in which Adéla Bodanská finished in 19th place. ... full story
Youth Climbing World Championships Helsinki, Finland
Lukáš Mokroluský 7th in boulder
Lukáš Mokroluský finished 7th in the bouldering final at the Youth Climbing World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, yesterday. The Youth Climbing World Championships continue over the next few days until Sunday. ... 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
Czechs first ascended new route on Hunza Peak in Pakistan
The first ascent of the impressive southwest face of the six-thousander Hunza Peak in the Karakoram in Pakistan was recently made by Zdeněk Hák and Radek Groh. ... 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
Frenchwoman Oriane Bertone won the World Cup bouldering event in Prague today. Frenchwoman Agathe Calliet was second, and Japanese Melody Sekikawa was third. The women´s final standings were decided by the result of the morning semi-final, as the evening final was canceled due to bad weather conditions. ... full story
Mejdi Schalck from France won the final of the 2025 World Cup in Bouldering in Prague this evening. Japanese Sorato Anraku was second, French Samuel Richard was third. ... full story
Adam Ondra finished with one top in the semi-finals of the Prague Bouldering World Cup 2025 today without advancing to the evening finals. This starts today at Letná at 6:30 PM without Czech representation. Adam was 15th out of 27 semi-finalists. ... full story