Czech Adam Ondra won the 5th annual of international opendoor bouldering competition „Melloblocco“ in Val Masino (northern Italy) this bridged weekend (8.5.-11.5.2008). The event attracted the record number of competitors: around 1500. ... full story
When Petzl released its Reverso belay device several years ago it was a novel design. Its primary innovation was combining the ability to function as an auto-block device while belaying two seconds directly off a belay point, with the ability to also belay the leader and rapel in the same device. A multifunctional tool that saved weight on long routes, and a great all around problem solving tool for rope systems. Problem was that the action of two of these functions- belaying ... full story
The record in numbers of participants, super boulder problems, nice weather, excellent people, that was the 6th annual of Petrohradske padani, the international outdoor meeting-competition in bouldering on granite stones in Petrohrad, west Bohemia, Czech Republic. ... full story
Since we introduced the climbing diary to our readers, people thought that we were just resting on our laurels here at czechclimbing.com. But they guessed wrong. ... full story
Spring is finally here, it brings with it those beautiful clear, slightly breezy days where the air is warm but the stone is still cold. We here at czechclimbing/Lezec took advantage of such conditions and hit the rocks with three different models Ocun sent us: the Mojave, the Zeptor, and their latest model- the Twist. Read more about each below. ... full story
Czech mountaineering union approved chalk ban again
Czech Mountaineering union (CHS) organized the annual general assembly where the most discussed topic - the ban of chalk on Czech sandstone criticized by the majority of all Czech elite climbers - was approved again and chalk is still prohibited. ... full story
Adam Ondra came back from his trip to Spain with a collection of hard sends that shocked not only us. His impressive list of sends brings to question where exactly is the physical limit of climbing. Adam´s climbs indicate that it would be much farther than we think. We spoke with Adam not only about this topic, but other things interesting us as well. ... full story
Everyone knows that global warming is leading to the deterioration of the greatest Nordwands in the Alps. So last week a young team of German Alpinists went after the Eiger North Face like there is no tomorrow, climbing it about 10.30 hours. The team was composed of Lukas Binder, Fritz Miller, Florian Jehle and Michael Wohlleben, who provided us with the info and pics. More information to come so stay tuned... ... full story
I don't know, what I should title the news about Adam's trip to the climbing areas in northern Spain. And a lot of beta has already been written, so what´s more? ... full story
Well, now that the holiday season is over, we have resumed our testing here at Lezec. Appogies to all readers for the long spans between instalments in this series, but like most of the Czech Rep. (the world?) our testers have fallen ill in the past couple of weeks. Must be the lack of climbable rock outside that has affected our health. So Plan B, we retreated into our top secret testing facilities to continue with the testing of the second line of harnesses, Singing Rock. ... full story
Adam Ondra on his latest trip keeps sending the hardest routes of the world. This time he achieved to climb very famous test piece La Rambla, 9a+. ... full story
Czech young climber Adam Ondra (15) climbed yesterday in Spanish cave Santa Linya the route La novena enmienda, 9a+, RP, and also the route Digital system, 8c in on sight style. The Spaniard Dani Andrada informs about the climbs on his blog. ... full story
Slovaks Peter Hámor and Michal Sabovčík toped Dhaulágiri
Slovaks Peter Hámor and Michal Sabovčík reached the summit of Dhaulágiri (8.167 m) today. They are on way down to C2 now, they inform on Facebook. It is the last one of all 14 eight-thousanders by Peter Hámor and the 1st by Michal Sabovčík. ... full story
Adam Ondra: simulation of moves for Project Hard 9c?
Adam Ondra did simulation of difficult moves for his Project Hard 9c?, he has in Flatanger, Norway. Watch the video shots, he published on Instagram. ... full story
The international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani 2017 has been over. There were 107 climbers registered, about 150 people including the audience, about 20 people from abroad: Germany, Slovakia, UK and Romania. Rosťa Štefánek and Kateřina Zímová won. ... full story
Watch a video from the attempt of Adam Ondra for PP climb of indoor 9a, that was set up by Czech route setter Honza Zbranek on Prague climbing gym Smichoff on event Adam Ondra Tour. And several picture how was it about. ... full story
Czech Martin Stráník finished in the qualification of World Cup competition in bouldering in Japan today. He ended on 49th place with result of 3t7 4b6. ... full story
Czech Ondra Beneš climbs 9a on Czech trad sandstones
Czech Ondra Beneš climbed the hardest route on Czech trad sandstone To tu ještě nebylo XIIb (9a) in Labak (Elbe valley). Here is the video from the ascent ... full story
Climbing World Cup - speed and bouldering: Nanjing (CHN)
Czech Libor Hroza was the 8th on the World Cup in speed climbing in Nanjing, China,today. Martin Stráník ended in the bouldering qualification on the 26th place. ... full story
Petrohradske Padani international bouldering competition
12th-14th May 2017
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, takes place on 12th-14th May 2017. ... full story
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won the Czech Cup in lead climbing in Brno today. Jakub Konečný and Lenka Slezáková were 2nd, Rishat Khaibullin and Iva Vejmolová 3rd. ... full story
Adam Ondra: auction of Dawn Wall climbing shoes for NGO
Adam Ondra announced tonight an auction for a Czech NGO People in Need / Člověk v tísni of his climbing shoes he had used on Dawn Wall. The bids in euros cab be given among comments on his Instagram profile. The deadline is on Tuesday 28th on 8 pm GMT+2. ... full story
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Czech Adam Ondra won the 5th annual of international opendoor bouldering competition „Melloblocco“ in Val Masino (northern Italy) this bridged weekend (8.5.-11.5.2008). The event attracted the record number of competitors: around 1500. 
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When Petzl released its Reverso belay device several years ago it was a novel design. Its primary innovation was combining the ability to function as an auto-block device while belaying two seconds directly off a belay point, with the ability to also belay the leader and rapel in the same device. A multifunctional tool that saved weight on long routes, and a great all around problem solving tool for rope systems. Problem was that the action of two of these functions- belaying 
The record in numbers of participants, super boulder problems, nice weather, excellent people, that was the 6th annual of Petrohradske padani, the international outdoor meeting-competition in bouldering on granite stones in Petrohrad, west Bohemia, Czech Republic. 
Since we introduced the climbing diary to our readers, people thought that we were just resting on our laurels here at czechclimbing.com. But they guessed wrong. 
Spring is finally here, it brings with it those beautiful clear, slightly breezy days where the air is warm but the stone is still cold. We here at czechclimbing/Lezec took advantage of such conditions and hit the rocks with three different models Ocun sent us: the Mojave, the Zeptor, and their latest model- the Twist. Read more about each below. 
Hey, here we are, already for the sixth time. Brush, saw, chalk, paint, pencil, brush, saw, chalk, paint, pencil, … 
Czech Mountaineering union (CHS) organized the annual general assembly where the most discussed topic - the ban of chalk on Czech sandstone criticized by the majority of all Czech elite climbers - was approved again and chalk is still prohibited. 
Adam Ondra came back from his trip to Spain with a collection of hard sends that shocked not only us. His impressive list of sends brings to question where exactly is the physical limit of climbing. Adam´s climbs indicate that it would be much farther than we think. We spoke with Adam not only about this topic, but other things interesting us as well. 
Finally after two years we managed to set out to on a spring climbing warming up. The decision was by all votes for Spain. 
Everyone knows that global warming is leading to the deterioration of the greatest Nordwands in the Alps. So last week a young team of German Alpinists went after the Eiger North Face like there is no tomorrow, climbing it about 10.30 hours. The team was composed of Lukas Binder, Fritz Miller, Florian Jehle and Michael Wohlleben, who provided us with the info and pics. More information to come so stay tuned... 
I don't know, what I should title the news about Adam's trip to the climbing areas in northern Spain. And a lot of beta has already been written, so what´s more? 
Well, now that the holiday season is over, we have resumed our testing here at Lezec. Appogies to all readers for the long spans between instalments in this series, but like most of the Czech Rep. (the world?) our testers have fallen ill in the past couple of weeks. Must be the lack of climbable rock outside that has affected our health. So Plan B, we retreated into our top secret testing facilities to continue with the testing of the second line of harnesses, Singing Rock. 
Adam Ondra on his latest trip keeps sending the hardest routes of the world. This time he achieved to climb very famous test piece La Rambla, 9a+. 
Czech young climber Adam Ondra (15) climbed yesterday in Spanish cave Santa Linya the route La novena enmienda, 9a+, RP, and also the route Digital system, 8c in on sight style. The Spaniard Dani Andrada informs about the climbs on his blog. 
Czech mountaineers Leopold Sulovsky and Josef Lukas climbed Aconcagua (6 962 m) via a new route in the west face. 
Adam Ondra has got a new internet web site. 
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Adam Ondra is back on his potentially 9c Project Hard in Flatanger, Norway. 
Slovaks Peter Hámor and Michal Sabovčík reached the summit of Dhaulágiri (8.167 m) today. They are on way down to C2 now, they inform on Facebook. It is the last one of all 14 eight-thousanders by Peter Hámor and the 1st by Michal Sabovčík. 
Adam Ondra did simulation of difficult moves for his Project Hard 9c?, he has in Flatanger, Norway. Watch the video shots, he published on Instagram. 
The international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani 2017 has been over. There were 107 climbers registered, about 150 people including the audience, about 20 people from abroad: Germany, Slovakia, UK and Romania. Rosťa Štefánek and Kateřina Zímová won. 
The 3rd Czech Cup 2017 in lead climbing took place in town of Svitavy. The winners were: Štěpán Volf and Eliška Adamovská. 
Watch a video from the attempt of Adam Ondra for PP climb of indoor 9a, that was set up by Czech route setter Honza Zbranek on Prague climbing gym Smichoff on event Adam Ondra Tour. And several picture how was it about. 
Czech Martin Stráník finished in the qualification of World Cup competition in bouldering in Japan today. He ended on 49th place with result of 3t7 4b6. 
Adam Ondra a Eliška Adamovská won the Czech Cup competition in bouldering today in Ostrava. 
Czech Ondra Beneš climbed the hardest route on Czech trad sandstone To tu ještě nebylo XIIb (9a) in Labak (Elbe valley). Here is the video from the ascent 
Czech Libor Hroza was the 8th on the World Cup in speed climbing in Nanjing, China,today. Martin Stráník ended in the bouldering qualification on the 26th place. 
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, takes place on 12th-14th May 2017. 
Adam Ondra did the first ascent of Queen Line yesterday. It is the 1st 9b in Arco, Italy. 
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won the Czech Cup in lead climbing in Brno today. Jakub Konečný and Lenka Slezáková were 2nd, Rishat Khaibullin and Iva Vejmolová 3rd. 
Adam Ondra announced tonight an auction for a Czech NGO People in Need / Člověk v tísni of his climbing shoes he had used on Dawn Wall. The bids in euros cab be given among comments on his Instagram profile. The deadline is on Tuesday 28th on 8 pm GMT+2. 
