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
The fact that climbers also spend their time bouldering as part of their acclimatization at base camp is nothing new. However, climber Marek Disman (DISMANTEAM) has compiled a slim brochure from his recent expedition to the Himalayas, where he went with his climbing partner Honza Kreisinger, in which he clearly captured the bouldering problems with which the two climbers spent their time at ba ... full story
Adam Ondra's start at the WC in Briancon was prevented by covid
Adam Ondra's planned start at tomorrow's World Cup in lead climbing in Briancon, France, was prevented because he has covid infection. They informed about it today on Facebook of the Czech Mountaineering Union.
Only Eliška Adamovská, Míša Smetanová, Martin Stráník, the Potůček brothers and Jáchym Cink are to represent Czechs in tomorrow's qualification. ... full story
World climbing icon Chris Sharma is to be at Festák this year
At this year's climbing festival in Teplice nad Metují, East Bohemia, Czechia, on 25-28 August should be Chris Sharma, they said yesterday on the ČHS Facebook page. ... full story
Lucka Hrozová announced the climb of her hardest boulder Prehistorik 8B/8B+ from Martin Stráník in Labák. She matched the performance of Jana Švecová (Vincourková), who climbed the same bomber last month and was still the only Czech to have this bouldering difficulty. ... full story
Eliška Adamovská won a silver medal today in the European Boulder Cup in Brixen, Italy. "The first three boulders climbed with a clear flash! She also did well in the last, hardest boulder, and only two attempts separated her from the gold medal," commented on her final performance on Facebook by ČHS. ... full story
In addition to a lot of 8B +, Jakub Konečný climbed two 8C
In addition to a lot of boulders for 8B +, Jakub Konečný has recently climbed two 8Cs, namely Tekuté Štěstí and Ghost Rider in Sloup in the Moravian Karst. In the ranking on the Lezec.cz, he jumped to 2nd place behind Martin Stráník. Take a look at the videos that Jakub made of these boulders on Youtube: ... full story
European Boulder Cup in Prague started today with qualification
The Czechs Adam Ondra, Eliška Adamovská, Martin Stráník and Roman Kučera advanced today from the qualification of the European Boulder Cup in Prague to tomorrow's semifinals. ... full story
Jana Švecová (Vincourková): 1st Czech women's boulder for 8B/8B+
Jana Švecová (Vincourková) climbed the prehistoric 8B/8B+ boulder from Martin Stráník in Labák, which again increased the level for women's bouldering in the Czech Republic. Jana is thus the only Czech boulder who has climbed this boulder difficulty on Lezec or according to other available sources. ... full story
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská win, William Bosi 2nd
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won yesterday this year's first Czech Cup in lead climbing in Brno. The second were William Bosi (UK) and Michaela Smetanová, the third Šimon Potůček and Markéta Janošová. ... full story
Russian mountain.ru protests against Russian aggression in Ukrai
The Russian mountaineering server mountain.ru has published a call to end military operations in Ukraine, stating that it is a disgrace to Russia and its citizens for several generations.
It takes a great deal of courage to write such a statement in present-day Russia and attach your signature to it. There are 234 names under the call so far. ... full story
Adam Ondra: let us help the Ukrainian people suffering from war
Adam Ondra published a call to support the People in Need organization, which can quickly help the Ukrainian people suffering from the war. He wrote on social networks: ... full story
Aneta Loužecká: 3rd in speed and 5th in lead at WCH of N.America
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Aneta Loužecká succeeded at the North American Ice Climbing Championships this weekend in Ouray, Colorado. She was 3rd in speed and 5th in difficulty, she said on Facebook. ... 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. 
The fact that climbers also spend their time bouldering as part of their acclimatization at base camp is nothing new. However, climber Marek Disman (DISMANTEAM) has compiled a slim brochure from his recent expedition to the Himalayas, where he went with his climbing partner Honza Kreisinger, in which he clearly captured the bouldering problems with which the two climbers spent their time at ba 
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Adam Ondra's planned start at tomorrow's World Cup in lead climbing in Briancon, France, was prevented because he has covid infection. They informed about it today on Facebook of the Czech Mountaineering Union.
At this year's climbing festival in Teplice nad Metují, East Bohemia, Czechia, on 25-28 August should be Chris Sharma, they said yesterday on the ČHS Facebook page. 
Adam Ondra won the World Cup of lead climbing in Chamonix, France today. 
Lucka Hrozová announced the climb of her hardest boulder Prehistorik 8B/8B+ from Martin Stráník in Labák. She matched the performance of Jana Švecová (Vincourková), who climbed the same bomber last month and was still the only Czech to have this bouldering difficulty. 
Eliška Adamovská won a silver medal today in the European Boulder Cup in Brixen, Italy. "The first three boulders climbed with a clear flash! She also did well in the last, hardest boulder, and only two attempts separated her from the gold medal," commented on her final performance on Facebook by ČHS. 
In addition to a lot of boulders for 8B +, Jakub Konečný has recently climbed two 8Cs, namely Tekuté Štěstí and Ghost Rider in Sloup in the Moravian Karst. In the ranking on the Lezec.cz, he jumped to 2nd place behind Martin Stráník. Take a look at the videos that Jakub made of these boulders on Youtube: 
Adam Ondra won the European Boulder Cup competition in Prague tonight. Eliška Adamovská finished in 6th place in the finals. 
The Czechs Adam Ondra, Eliška Adamovská, Martin Stráník and Roman Kučera advanced today from the qualification of the European Boulder Cup in Prague to tomorrow's semifinals. 
Jana Švecová (Vincourková) climbed the prehistoric 8B/8B+ boulder from Martin Stráník in Labák, which again increased the level for women's bouldering in the Czech Republic. Jana is thus the only Czech boulder who has climbed this boulder difficulty on Lezec or according to other available sources. 
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won yesterday this year's first Czech Cup in lead climbing in Brno. The second were William Bosi (UK) and Michaela Smetanová, the third Šimon Potůček and Markéta Janošová. 
Fun competition in bouldering on nature stones. Different categories of climbing, difficulty from 1 to 8B+ Fb. 
The Russian mountaineering server mountain.ru has published a call to end military operations in Ukraine, stating that it is a disgrace to Russia and its citizens for several generations.
Adam Ondra published a call to support the People in Need organization, which can quickly help the Ukrainian people suffering from the war. He wrote on social networks: 
Aneta Loužecká succeeded at the North American Ice Climbing Championships this weekend in Ouray, Colorado. She was 3rd in speed and 5th in difficulty, she said on Facebook. 
