Adam Ondra has been penalized by the Committee of Alpinisum ČHS (Czech Mountaineering Association) for using chalk on such routes as: Pěkná ústa, oči zelené XIc and Boží muka Xb, in the sandstone areas around Zleb (Labe valley, Elbetal), in the north of the Republic. ... full story
The 2007 annual PADani boulder competition in Petrohrad village (western Bohemia) is over, the last song has played at the afterparty, and the main prizes this year went to Adam Ondra and Nelly Kudrova. ... full story
„La Rambla or Las Ramblas (Catalan Les Rambles) is a 1,258, 59 meters long boulevard in the center of Barcelona, which connects the Plaça de Catalunya with the port. “ (Source: wikipedia) ... full story
Tomas Mrazek got the silver medal on the first World Cup 2007 competition in lead climbing in Imst, Austria today.
1 David Lama (AUT), 2 Tomas Mrazek (CZE), 3 Patxi Usobiaga (ESP). ... full story
Tomas Mrazek wins!
Tomas Mrazek continued to the finals from the semifinals from 4th position. Silva Rajfova ended in semifinals 13th.
The finals podium results:
1 Tomas Mrazek CZE
2 Dmitry Sharafutdinov RUS
3 Kilian Fischhuber AUT
women:
1 Yulia Abramchuk RUS
2 Akiyo Noguchi JPN
3 Tatiana Tarasova RUS
The news from Friday:
The Czech climbing World Champion Tomas Mrazek and the best Czech women competition climber Silva Rajfova continued smoothly on Friday from qualifica ... full story
The mayor of the City of Prague, Pavel Bem, is doing acclimatisation trips in Himalayas on the beginning of the the attempt to climb to Mount Everest. ... full story
Czech Libor Hroza wins speed on Shenzen Masters in China
Alex Chabot wins the lead
UPDATE: Czech climber Libor Hroza (Mammut) won the speed climbing competition in Shenzen, China. Among women Cheng Lai-Sho won. We have learnt it from Libor Hroza who arrived from China today afternoon. ... full story
Several Czech mountain equipment manufacturers has issued safety recall of the some types of via ferrata sets after a death accident in Tyrolean Alps on the foreign goods of similar construction. ... full story
International Mountaineering Film Festival with Silvia Vidal
The Polish film Deklaracja nieśmiertelności (Declaration of Immortality) won the Grand Prize on International Mountaineering Film Festival 2012 in Teplice nad Metuji, CZ. The winners of the boulder Czech Cup were Stepan Stranik and Nelly Kudrova. ... full story
Premiere of film Piskari (Sandmen), bigwall expert from Calalunia Sílvia Vidal and more of climbing movies, guests and actions is scheduled on this year Festak, that is the 29th International Mountaineering Film Festival (MHFF- nicknamed Festak), that begins next Thursday. ... full story
EYC in Pieve (ITA): Czech got gold, silver and bronze
Czechs young climbers Veronika Scheuerova, Jan Kriz, Jan Dosedel and Miroslav Dosedel got 2 golden, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals on the European Youth Cup EYC in Pieve (ITA) in speed climbing last weekend. ... full story
Jorg Verhoeven (NED) and Momoka Oda (JAP) won World Cup in lead climbing in Imst, Austria) this weekend. From the Czechs the best was Tereza Svobodova on 32nd position among women. ... full story
Czech Mrs. mountaineer Zuzana Hofmanova died on Broad Peak
Zuzana Hofmannova, one of the Czech best woman mountaineers died on July 31st, 2012 when she did not come back from the summit of Broad Peak, her 4th 8000 meters high mountain. The sad news was published on the expedition site: ... full story
Czech mountaineer and politician (Member of Czech Parliament and ex mayor of Prague) Pavel Bém with Slovak mountaineer Peter Hámor reached the summit of K2 (8 611 m) in Karakoram on August 1st 2012. ... full story
The best Czech climber Adam Ondra escaped this summer Dipsy to Norway and according to his climbs it looks like the temperature there is very good for hard climbing. ... full story
The organizers of the Festival of Alpinismus in Prague in November 2012 announced that the mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner is the most probably expected among the main guests. ... full story
Spanish bigwall lady Sílvia Vidal will be the guest of Fesťak
The 29th International Mountaineering Film Festival (MHFF- nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ), takes place on August 23-26, 2012. One of the main guests is the spanish bigwall lady climber from Spain Sílvia Vidal. ... full story
Invitation for the another annual of the International bouldering competition came from our friend from Hungary. The competition for kids and adults takes place on June 23/24th 2012 in town Zsombó, near city Szeged, southern Hungary, close to Romanian and Serbian border ... full story
Highline Workshop 2012
Do you like slackline? Do you want to improve your skills, to get further, higher? You have a great opportunity to learn everything about the highline at Highline Workshop 2012.
On weekend 9th – 10th June 2012 there will 2nd Highline Workshop intended for public to learn how to prepare and walk on a highline. ... full story