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
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
Adam Ondra: the Prague comp will be my last bouldering World Cup
Adam Ondra is retiring from competitive bouldering at the World Cup. Today, he announced at a press conference that he wants to compete in the World Cup bouldering competition at Letná in Prague from June 6th to 8th for the last time. He wants to focus on world championships in lead climbing, as well as rock climbing, where he is currently focused on the B.I.G. route for 9c in Flatanger, Norway. ... full story
Lukáš Mokroluský climbed his first 9a: Action Directe in FJ
Lukáš Mokroluský climbed his first 9a, the legendary Action Directe (11 UIAA) in Frankenjura, Germany, the first route of this difficulty in history by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991. ... full story
Radek Votoček climbed his first 9a: the route Senzace on Krkavka
Radek Votoček, who has 14 routes of 8c+ to his credit, half of which he climbed in the last nine months, repeated the route Senzace 9a (11 UIAA) by Adam Ondra on Krkavka near Semily, CZ. ... full story
Youth Ski Mountaineering World Cup France: Eva Matějovičová gold
Eva Matějovičová won gold at the Youth Ski Mountaineering World Cup in the Olympic sprint discipline on Wednesday at the race in Puy-Saint-Vincent, France. ... full story
Adam Ondra has posted a new short documentary on Youtube from the Soudain seul 9A boulder in Fontainebleau, France, which he recently managed to climb.
The film is about 19 minutes long and you can watch it here: ... full story
Pepa Šindel has climbed another 9a route: Nid de Fadas
Czech Pepa Šindel (17) has logged another 9a route, the Nid de Fadas line in the Leonidio, Greece. He logged the climb on Lezec.cz and is reporting on it on Instagram. It is Pepa's seventh logged 9a route and he also has one 9a+ in his log. ... full story
Ice Climbing World Cup in Canada: Aneta Loužecká 2nd in speed
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the silver medal yesterday in the last race of the Ice Climbing World Cup season in Edmonton, Canada. She has bronze for the overall ranking in the Ice Climbing World Cup. ... full story
Adam Ondra flashes another 8B+ boulder and is trying a 9A+
Adam Ondra flashed another 8B+ boulder, the Imothep du sol problem in Fontainebleau, a "standing" variant of the potential 9A+ Imothep Assiss (sitting) project. This achievement follows his recent repeat of the 9A Soudain seul boulder and flashing boulders 8B+ and 8B. ... full story
Adam Ondra sent boulder Soudain seul 9A in Fontainebleau
Adam Ondra announced that he had successfully repeated the 9A Soudain seul boulder in Fontainebleau, France. The following day, he flashed boulders Ubik assis (8B) and La Ligne de Bête (8B+). ... full story
Adam Ondra announced that he managed the flash boulder El Elegido in the Spanish region of La Pedriza, rated 8B+/C. Adam suggested the difficulty level 8B+. "It is possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most, even though I probably can't take the slash grade," Adam said of his achievement. This is his second flash boulder of this difficulty. ... full story
World Cup speed ice climbing Saas Fee (SUI): Aneta Loužecká 3rd
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the bronze medal in the female finals of the World Cup in speed ice climbing in Saas Fee, Switzerland, yesterday. In the men's category, Czechs competitors finished in the qualification: Matyáš Lienerth 29th, Jan Mikel 30th and Pavel Motal 44th. ... full story
Ice Climbing World Cup South Korea: Aneta Loužecká 7th in lead
In the finals of the World Cup ice climbing competition in South Korea yesterday, the Czech Aneta Loužecká finished in 7th place in lead. ... full story
Film: Adam Ondra at Jana Švecová's & on the Terranova 8C+
A new documentary film from a visit to our top boulderer Jana Švecová's home bouldering site, with her he then set off on his not repeated 2011 boulder Terranova 8C+ in the Moravian Karst, which Jana has been practicing recently, was published yesterday on YouTube by Adam Ondra. ... full story
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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. 
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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. 
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: 
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. 
Czech Adam Ondra climbed another hard grade route 9b in Santa Linya, Spain. 
Czech Lucie Hrozova did the world first climb of the hard mix route Saphira M 15- in Vail, Colorado. 
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. 
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. 
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+. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
Czech Adam Ondra won the legendary Rock Master Duel competition and also got La Sportiva Competition Award. 
Winners of the 32nd International mountaineering film festival in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach), Nord East Bohemia, Czech Republic. 
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. 
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Adam Ondra is retiring from competitive bouldering at the World Cup. Today, he announced at a press conference that he wants to compete in the World Cup bouldering competition at Letná in Prague from June 6th to 8th for the last time. He wants to focus on world championships in lead climbing, as well as rock climbing, where he is currently focused on the B.I.G. route for 9c in Flatanger, Norway. 
Lukáš Mokroluský climbed his first 9a, the legendary Action Directe (11 UIAA) in Frankenjura, Germany, the first route of this difficulty in history by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991. 
Radek Votoček, who has 14 routes of 8c+ to his credit, half of which he climbed in the last nine months, repeated the route Senzace 9a (11 UIAA) by Adam Ondra on Krkavka near Semily, CZ. 
Eva Matějovičová won gold at the Youth Ski Mountaineering World Cup in the Olympic sprint discipline on Wednesday at the race in Puy-Saint-Vincent, France. 
Adam Ondra has posted a new short documentary on Youtube from the Soudain seul 9A boulder in Fontainebleau, France, which he recently managed to climb.
Czech Pepa Šindel (17) has logged another 9a route, the Nid de Fadas line in the Leonidio, Greece. He logged the climb on Lezec.cz and is reporting on it on Instagram. It is Pepa's seventh logged 9a route and he also has one 9a+ in his log. 
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the silver medal yesterday in the last race of the Ice Climbing World Cup season in Edmonton, Canada. She has bronze for the overall ranking in the Ice Climbing World Cup. 
Adam Ondra flashed another 8B+ boulder, the Imothep du sol problem in Fontainebleau, a "standing" variant of the potential 9A+ Imothep Assiss (sitting) project. This achievement follows his recent repeat of the 9A Soudain seul boulder and flashing boulders 8B+ and 8B. 
Adam Ondra announced that he had successfully repeated the 9A Soudain seul boulder in Fontainebleau, France. The following day, he flashed boulders Ubik assis (8B) and La Ligne de Bête (8B+). 
Adam Ondra announced that he managed the flash boulder El Elegido in the Spanish region of La Pedriza, rated 8B+/C. Adam suggested the difficulty level 8B+. "It is possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most, even though I probably can't take the slash grade," Adam said of his achievement. This is his second flash boulder of this difficulty. 
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the bronze medal in the female finals of the World Cup in speed ice climbing in Saas Fee, Switzerland, yesterday. In the men's category, Czechs competitors finished in the qualification: Matyáš Lienerth 29th, Jan Mikel 30th and Pavel Motal 44th. 
In the finals of the World Cup ice climbing competition in South Korea yesterday, the Czech Aneta Loužecká finished in 7th place in lead. 
Happy New Year 2025 from Lezec.cz. 
A new documentary film from a visit to our top boulderer Jana Švecová's home bouldering site, with her he then set off on his not repeated 2011 boulder Terranova 8C+ in the Moravian Karst, which Jana has been practicing recently, was published yesterday on YouTube by Adam Ondra. 
