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
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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
Czech best boulderer Martin Stráník did the most difficult boulder problem of this year Catalán Witness The Fitness 8C in La Cova de l'Ocell, Barcelona, Spain. ... full story
Video of the Czech attempt of the 1st ascent on Gasherbrum 1
Watch the new video about Czech mountaineers Mara Holecek and Ondra Mandula attempted the 1st ascent of the new route on the South West Face of Gasherbrum I (8068 m) this summer. They stuck there because of the weather. They spent in the wall 2 weeks and reached 7800 m. ... full story
1st Czech winter ascent on Fitz Roy (3405 m) Patagonia
1st Czech winter ascent on Fitz Roy (3405 m) Patagonia was made by Czech mountaineers Jindrich "Hudy" Hudecek a Radoslav Groh this September. They reached the summit on September 17th 2016 via route Californiana 6a+, 400 m on South Face. ... full story
Adam Ondra got the award of the sportsman of his hometown Brno
Adam Ondra was granted by the award of the sportsman of Brno (his hometown) mainly because of the recent climbing of Dawn Wall, El Cap, Yosemites. Besides, he was nominated for top 10 athletes of the year in the Czech Republic. ... full story
Adam Ondra climbing Dawn Wall on pictures by Heinz Zak
Watch the pictures with Adam Ondra climbing Dawn Wall by Heinz Zak. Adam Ondra has hold press conference in Prague today for mainstream media and we got the photos for publishing on our website here. ... full story
Watch the video: Adam Ondra says Good bye to Yosemite
Adam Ondra said good bye to Yosemite in a new video. After the free climb of the Dawn Wall he spent some time with Heinz Zak to take pictures from the wall and because of the coming winter he could not try to climb onsight Salathé Wall. He had the flight home to Czechia for today. ... full story
Adam Ondra: precise and reliable topo of the Dawn Wall
with corrections of the grades by Adam
Adam Ondra suggested the correction of some grades on the Dawn Wall he climbed last days. Adam sent us the changed topo to published it. He thinks it is the most precise and reliable topo of Dawn Wall. The author is Erik Sloan. ... full story
"Yes!" Czech Adam Ondra succeeded in the free climbing single push of the world hardest big wall Dawn on El Capitan, Yosemite, on the 8th day of ascent. His climbing partner Pavel Blazek has reported about it just after midnight of Central European time today. ... full story
Adam Ondra, Dawn Wall: pitches 16, 17 & 4 others to Wine T. done
Adam Ondra did the pitches 16, 17 and four others up to the Wine Tower at the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite on Saturday, the 6th day of free single push ascent of the world hardest big wall route. There are only 11 easier pitches to finish the multi pitch route. ... full story
Adam Ondra did the 14th pitch of Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, his climbing partner announced on Instagram. Just the 14th pitch stooped Adam day before. Then Adam tried pitch 15. He fell on the last move and he did it later too. ... full story
Adam Ondra, Dawn Wall: failing in 14th pitch, tomorrow next try
Adam Ondra has tried the 14th pitch of Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite on the 4th day of free ascent attempt, but he has not succeeded yet. Tomorrow he has to try again. ... full story
Adam Ondra, Dawn Wall: I did the other 4 pitches, it was hard
Adam Ondra did all 4 pitches he planed for the 2nd day of free climbing push attempt on Dawn Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite. It was harder then he expected. The hardest was the 12th pitch (5.14b), where he broke some holds. He could send it on the 4th try, almost completely exhausted. ... full story
Adam Ondra: 9 pitches on the 1st day in the Dawn Wall push
Adam Ondra did first 9 pitches of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite yesterday after 1st day of the push. It takes him 6 hours. Today he plans to continue from the 10th pitch. ... full story
Adam Ondra from Dawn Wall: we are going for the push
Czech top climber Adam Ondra is going for the push attempt of free climbing on the world hardest multi pitch route Dawn Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA, on Monday at 3 a.m. that means at noon of Central European time. He announced it on Instagram last night. ... full story
Czech film Climbing Higher with Czech mountaineer Radek Jaroš and his ascets to the 14 world tallest mountains got the award as the Best Feature-Length Mountain Film on the famous muintaneering film festival in Banff, Canada. ... full story