Bernd Arnold christens Czech book: Climbing in Saxony
German (Saxon) climbing legend Bernd Arnold christened the new book Lezeni v Sasku (Climbing in Saxony) at last weekend's release party. The book was compiled from several years worth of articles on www.lezec.cz (the Czech version of CzechClimbing.com) written by Jarda Marsik. ... full story
Earlier this month the RRGCC (Red River Gorge Climber's Coalition) and Petzl joined forces to organize what was one of the largest outdoor climbing events since Konstein. Huh? ... full story
Maybe you think that Pilates is for joga-mat-carrying, twenty-something single girls who eat granola in the morning and not much else the rest of the day. But Pilates is also a great way to get in shape for climbing. ... full story
Rost'a recently wrote in his diary here on lezec.cz the FA of what is to be the hardest boulder in CZ- Posledni Mazoret, which he graded as 8C. Rost'a is currently ranked number one on both our site and 8a.nu for bouldering. ... full story
Prague Mayor Bem released his film from his ascent on Everest
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UPDATE: The full version of the film released Prague Mayor Pavel Bem presented his own movie from his ascent to Mount Everest. The trailer from the film which was this week presented in festival Tourfilm in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad, Czech Republic) was published by the Czech general news portal iDNES. ... full story
This year the World Championship in climbing after moving from Marbela has moved to the other end of Spain to Avilés. After our Sunday's arrival we attended the opening ceremonial, which was a bit boring. Already the following day there were three qualification routes in lead climbing awaited for us. ... full story
Martin Stranik 2nd in boulders, Tomas Mrazek 3rd in lead
Info from World Championship in climbing, Avilés (ESP) 2007: Czech Martin Stranik was 2nd in bouldering tonight! Dmitry Sharafutdinov (RUS) and Anna Stohr (AUT) win. ... full story
Rock Master: Tomas Mrazek 3rd, and 1st in after Duel
+Legends
The news from Rock Master: Ramon Julian Puigblanque (ESP) and Angela Eiter (AUT) win, Tomas Mrazek (CZE) was 3rd. But Tomas Mrazek won the after competition Duel. Silva Rajfová was in bouldering 5th, same as Libor Hroza who finished in speed on 5th place. UPDATE +Legends... full story
Czech climber Honza Riha is probably the second blind person to climb El Capitan in Yosemite, California via the Nose (V 5.9 C2, or 5.13+ free). ... full story
The Canadian film Asiemut about a bicycle tour across Asia won the main prize of the International Mountaineering Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují 2007 (North of Czech Republic) today. ... full story
Adam Ondra wins lead comp in Junior World Championship Ecuador
UPDATE +photos Adam Ondra (14) won the Junior World Championship in lead climbing in Ibarra, Ecuador, this weekend. Silva Rajfová finished 5th in her category, and Martin Stráník 6th in his. ... full story
Free climbing perhaps the hardest bigwall route in the South Hemisphere is the main task of the expedition Karambony 2007, which French web Kairn.com organized to Tsaranoro in Madagascar with the participation of Francois Legrand and other world-class climbers. ... full story
Petrohradske padani international bouldering compet. canceled
on 7th-8th October 2016
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, that should place on the 7th-8th October 2016, has been canceled because of the bad weather forecast. ... full story
The Czech Championship in bouldering 2016 took place i Slane (30 km wester of Prague). Martin Stráník and Veronika Šimková won the competition and are the Chech Champions 2016.... full story
Czech Adam Ondra has become the World Champion in lead climbing in Paris today, and was the Vice-champion in bouldering yesterday there..
Other Czechs: Libor Hroza 7th and Jan Kříž 16th (speed climbing), Jakub Konečný 23rd (lead climbing). ... full story
Results of the 33rd International mountaineering film festival
Winners of the 33rd International mountaineering film festival in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach), Nord East Bohemia, Czech Republic. The Grand Prize was given to "K2 Dotknac nieba", by Eliza Kubarska, Poland. ... full story
Czech Adam Ondra finished 5th in the finals of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Arco, Italy today. Same as him, another Czech Libor Hroza finished 5th in speed climbing there. The competitions were held during the legendary festival of Rock Master. ... full story
Czechs did not succeeded in the qualification in the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Imst, Austria. Domen Škofič (SLO) and Magdalena Röck (AUT) won today. ... full story
Czechs Mara Holecek and Ondra Mandula ecaped from Gasherbrum 1
Czech mountaineers Mara Holecek and Ondra Mandula survived dangerous escape from the upper part of the South West Face Gasherbrum I (8068 m) where they tried to make the 1st ascent. They stuck there because of the weather. They spent in the wall 2 weeks and reached 7800 m. ... full story
Czech Martin Stráník finished the 17th on the World Cup competition in bouldering in Munich, Germany today. He did 2t4 4b9 result in semifinals. Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) and Miho Nonaka (JPN) won. ... full story
Adam Ondra nominted for the Arco Rock Legends again
Adam Ondra has been again nominated for the Arco Rock Legends. The 11th annual sport climbing Oscars will take place on Friday 26 August 2016 during the historic 30th Rock Master climbing competition, the organizers reported yesterday. ... full story
Adam Ondra recorded hard ascents in Switzerland and Germany
Adam Ondra recorded yesterday to his climbing log on our web site several hard ascents in Switzerland and Germany. Hi did Barracuda 11-/11 OS on 22nd July in Kaitersberg, Germany, just behind Czech border and Gimmel Express 8c+ OS in Gimmelwald, Switzerland couple days before. ... full story
World Cup in speed and lead climbing 2016 Villars, SUI
Czech women Gabriela Vrabliková finished 26th at semifinals of the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Villars, Switzerland today. Libor Hroza finished last night 11th in 1/8 finals of the WorldCup speed climbing there. ... full story
World Cup in speed and lead climbing 2016 Chamonix, France
Czech Libor Hroza got silver medal on the World Cup speed climbing competition in Chamonix, France today. Other Czech Jan Kriz finished on 6th place. Czech girl Gabriela Vrablikova finished 27th in the semifinals of lead climbing competition there. ... full story
Czech Martin Stráník finished the 7th on World Cup competition in bouldering in Vail, USA today. He did 2t10 4b18 result in semifinals. Kokoro Fujii (JPN) and i women Megan Mascarenas (USA) won. ... full story
Martin Stráník and Petra Růžičková won 3nd round of Rock Point Czech Cup in bouldering 2016 today in Ostrava. Štěpán Stráník and Klára Halmo were 2nd, and Michal Běhounek and Karina Bílková 3rd. ... full story
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German (Saxon) climbing legend Bernd Arnold christened the new book Lezeni v Sasku (Climbing in Saxony) at last weekend's release party. The book was compiled from several years worth of articles on www.lezec.cz (the Czech version of CzechClimbing.com) written by Jarda Marsik. 
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Earlier this month the 
Maybe you think that Pilates is for joga-mat-carrying, twenty-something single girls who eat granola in the morning and not much else the rest of the day. But Pilates is also a great way to get in shape for climbing. 
Czech climber Tomas Mrazek wins World Cup competition in lead climbing today in city of Kazo in Japan. 
Rost'a recently wrote in his diary here on lezec.cz the FA of what is to be the hardest boulder in CZ- Posledni Mazoret, which he graded as 8C. Rost'a is currently ranked number one on both our site and 8a.nu for bouldering. 
UPDATE: The full version of the film released Prague Mayor Pavel Bem presented his own movie from his ascent to Mount Everest. The trailer from the film which was this week presented in festival Tourfilm in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad, Czech Republic) was published by the Czech general news portal iDNES. 
This year the World Championship in climbing after moving from Marbela has moved to the other end of Spain to Avilés. After our Sunday's arrival we attended the opening ceremonial, which was a bit boring. Already the following day there were three qualification routes in lead climbing awaited for us. 
Info from World Championship in climbing, Avilés (ESP) 2007: Czech Martin Stranik was 2nd in bouldering tonight! Dmitry Sharafutdinov (RUS) and Anna Stohr (AUT) win. 
Last autumn we decided to visit our recent dream destination Geyikbayiri near Turkey town Antalya. 
The news from Rock Master: Ramon Julian Puigblanque (ESP) and Angela Eiter (AUT) win, Tomas Mrazek (CZE) was 3rd. But Tomas Mrazek won the after competition Duel. Silva Rajfová was in bouldering 5th, same as Libor Hroza who finished in speed on 5th place. UPDATE +Legends 
Czech climber Honza Riha is probably the second blind person to climb El Capitan in Yosemite, California via the Nose (V 5.9 C2, or 5.13+ free). 
It was at Weissenstein in Frankenjura when I met him for the first time. 
The Canadian film Asiemut about a bicycle tour across Asia won the main prize of the International Mountaineering Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují 2007 (North of Czech Republic) today. 
UPDATE +photos Adam Ondra (14) won the Junior World Championship in lead climbing in Ibarra, Ecuador, this weekend. Silva Rajfová finished 5th in her category, and Martin Stráník 6th in his. 
Free climbing perhaps the hardest bigwall route in the South Hemisphere is the main task of the expedition Karambony 2007, which French web Kairn.com organized to Tsaranoro in Madagascar with the participation of Francois Legrand and other world-class climbers. 
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, that should place on the 7th-8th October 2016, has been canceled because of the bad weather forecast. 
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The Czech Championship in bouldering 2016 took place i Slane (30 km wester of Prague). Martin Stráník and Veronika Šimková won the competition and are the Chech Champions 2016. 
Czech Adam Ondra has become the World Champion in lead climbing in Paris today, and was the Vice-champion in bouldering yesterday there..
Adam Ondra won the 30th annual of the legendary Rock Master Trophy duel and also KO boulder Contest in Arco, Italy, today. 
Winners of the 33rd International mountaineering film festival in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach), Nord East Bohemia, Czech Republic. The Grand Prize was given to "K2 Dotknac nieba", by Eliza Kubarska, Poland. 
Czech Adam Ondra finished 5th in the finals of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Arco, Italy today. Same as him, another Czech Libor Hroza finished 5th in speed climbing there. The competitions were held during the legendary festival of Rock Master. 
Czechs did not succeeded in the qualification in the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Imst, Austria. Domen Škofič (SLO) and Magdalena Röck (AUT) won today. 
Czech mountaineers Mara Holecek and Ondra Mandula survived dangerous escape from the upper part of the South West Face Gasherbrum I (8068 m) where they tried to make the 1st ascent. They stuck there because of the weather. They spent in the wall 2 weeks and reached 7800 m. 
Czech Martin Stráník finished the 17th on the World Cup competition in bouldering in Munich, Germany today. He did 2t4 4b9 result in semifinals. Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) and Miho Nonaka (JPN) won. 
Adam Ondra has been again nominated for the Arco Rock Legends. The 11th annual sport climbing Oscars will take place on Friday 26 August 2016 during the historic 30th Rock Master climbing competition, the organizers reported yesterday. 
Adam Ondra recorded yesterday to his climbing log on our web site several hard ascents in Switzerland and Germany. Hi did Barracuda 11-/11 OS on 22nd July in Kaitersberg, Germany, just behind Czech border and Gimmel Express 8c+ OS in Gimmelwald, Switzerland couple days before. 
Czech women Gabriela Vrabliková finished 26th at semifinals of the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Villars, Switzerland today. Libor Hroza finished last night 11th in 1/8 finals of the WorldCup speed climbing there. 
Czech Libor Hroza got silver medal on the World Cup speed climbing competition in Chamonix, France today. Other Czech Jan Kriz finished on 6th place. Czech girl Gabriela Vrablikova finished 27th in the semifinals of lead climbing competition there. 
Czech Martin Stráník finished the 7th on World Cup competition in bouldering in Vail, USA today. He did 2t10 4b18 result in semifinals. Kokoro Fujii (JPN) and i women Megan Mascarenas (USA) won. 
Martin Stráník and Petra Růžičková won 3nd round of Rock Point Czech Cup in bouldering 2016 today in Ostrava. Štěpán Stráník and Klára Halmo were 2nd, and Michal Běhounek and Karina Bílková 3rd. 
