A rather bold statement, no? While I am by no means an encyclopedia of American climbing, I have been around the block a few times. And the Red River Gorge is the nicest house on Sport Climbing Street, believe that. While other areas, such as Smith Rock, may have more historical value, no single area in the US offers as much variety as well as quality as the Red. Don't believe me? There is only one way to find out... ... full story
UPDATED by story and photos+video Adam Ondra (13-years-old, CZ) climbed the route Martin Krpan 9a in Osp, Slovenia, this Saturday November 11. Brano from Slovak web climb.sk posted the info to CzechClimbing.com. ... full story
A week ago we returned from the succesful expedition Madagascar 2006. Tomáš Sobotka and Ondra Beneš (D.Žleb Company, Czech Republic), and then two Austrians: Harald Berger and Florian Scheimpflug participated. ... full story
Andreas Bindhammer, who did a week ago the first repetition of the route Abysse 9a (set by Alex Chabot), thinks it should be 9a/a+, because during the attempting he broke two important footholds. ... full story
Tomáš Mrázek finished 5th in the finals of the World Cup competition in bouldering today in Moscow. Tomáš Mrázek finished in bouldering World Cup 2006 overall on the 6th position. He the 1st in combination of lead and bouldering. ... full story
UIAA Climbing Council released provisional competition calendar
2007: also Prague and Brno
UIAA Climbing - International Council for Competition Climbing (former name UIAA ICC) has released the provisional competition calendar 2007 and confirmed terms of the competitions of the World Cup in Prague and Brno (Czech Republic). ... full story
Dimarockmaster is competition in masters category for elite invited climbers and we could not have missed that even though we had been quite exhausted after all the events we had taken part in last year. ... full story
Provisional ICC calendar: lead in Prague, bouldering in Brno
World Cup 2007
According to unofficial provisional ICC calendar for competiton climbing in 2007 there should be the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Prague on May 26/27 2007 and the World Cup in bouldering in Brno (east side of Czech Republic) on November 9/10 2007. The World Championship in Marbela (ESP) should take place on September 17-23 2007. ... full story
Updated topo of the acscent Czech climbers Marek Holecek and Jan Kreisinger did new 2000 metres long route on NW face of Mount Meru (6310m) in difficulty 7a, M5, 80 degrees ice in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttar-Pradesh, India. ... full story
Vysoke napeti 8b+ in Adrspach area has another repetition
The legendary route Vysoke napeti (The High Tension) for 8b+ (Fr) in Teplicke skaly (Adrspach sandstone area, Czech Republic) had another PP repetition by Czech climber Lubos Mazl. ... full story
Adam Ondra inscribed after weekend into his diary another PP climb of route 11-/11 UIAA. The route name is Vanquish, it is in Frankenjura, Germany. ... full story
We have received a message from a photographer Bruno Karadza who is also behind the web www.penjanje.net that Tomas Mrazek and his girlfriend enjoyed their holiday in Croatia. ... full story
Film about mountaineer Johann Stüdl granted on Tourfilm
The mountaineering film "Johann Stüdl - visionary and discoverer of the Alps" was granted on the international film festival Tourfilm 2011 in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) yesterday - by the award of the journalist association Prix FIJET. ... full story
International Mountaineering Film Festival: results
The Polish film Co sie wydarzylo wyspie to Pam about climbing in Greenland won the Grand Prize on International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 in Teplice nad Metuji, CZ. The winners of the boulder Czech Cup were O.Nevelik and N.Kudrova. The Spanish guest Dani Andrada was 3rd. ... full story
The 28th International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 (MHFF- nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ), takes place on August 25-28, 2011 and is full of climbing films. The guest is the legendary climber from Spain, Dani Andrada. ... full story
Adam Ondra (CZE) was the 3rd in the World Championship in lead climbing on FRiday in Arco, Italy. The finales results:
1 Ramón Julian Puigblanque 1981 ESP Top
2 Jakob Schubert 1990 AUT -50
3 Adam Ondra 1993 CZE -50 ... full story
Czech legendary climber Oldrich Kopal died on June 16th, 2011 in age of 80 years. He is author of many legendary traditional Czech sandstone routes e.g. The Crack on Hlaska, Teplicke Skaly, Adrspach. ... full story
Adam Ondra won Doldy Championship of Czech and Slovak Republic 2011 this weekend on Prague climbing centrum SmichOFF. Tereza Svobodova was the best women. ... full story
World Cup competition in bouldering in Viena, Austria, May 13-14th, 2011: Czechs: Martin Stráník 7th, Ondra Nevelik 21st, Petra Ruzickova 31st a Karolina Neveliková 39th. ... full story
Spanish climber Dani Andrada should be as the guest on the 28th International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 (nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ). ... full story
Petrohradske PADani international bouldering competition
April 30-May 1, 2011
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske PADani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, takes place on April 30th and May 1st 2011. ... full story
Registration
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UPDATE +video Kranj, Slovenia, finals results: 1st David Lama (AUT) , 2nd Cedric Lachat (SUI), 3rd Jorg Verhoeven (NED).
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UPDATED by story and photos+video Adam Ondra (13-years-old, CZ) climbed the route Martin Krpan 9a in Osp, Slovenia, this Saturday November 11. Brano from Slovak web climb.sk posted the info to CzechClimbing.com. 
A week ago we returned from the succesful expedition Madagascar 2006. Tomáš Sobotka and Ondra Beneš (D.Žleb Company, Czech Republic), and then two Austrians: Harald Berger and Florian Scheimpflug participated. 
Andreas Bindhammer, who did a week ago the first repetition of the route Abysse 9a (set by Alex Chabot), thinks it should be 9a/a+, because during the attempting he broke two important footholds. 
Tomáš Mrázek finished 5th in the finals of the World Cup competition in bouldering today in Moscow. Tomáš Mrázek finished in bouldering World Cup 2006 overall on the 6th position. He the 1st in combination of lead and bouldering. 
Adam Ondra (13-years-old) climbed Strelovod, 8c, in Mišja peč- Osp, Slovenia. 
UIAA Climbing - International Council for Competition Climbing (former name UIAA ICC) has released the provisional competition calendar 2007 and confirmed terms of the competitions of the World Cup in Prague and Brno (Czech Republic). 
Dimarockmaster is competition in masters category for elite invited climbers and we could not have missed that even though we had been quite exhausted after all the events we had taken part in last year. 
According to unofficial provisional ICC calendar for competiton climbing in 2007 there should be the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Prague on May 26/27 2007 and the World Cup in bouldering in Brno (east side of Czech Republic) on November 9/10 2007. The World Championship in Marbela (ESP) should take place on September 17-23 2007. 
Updated topo of the acscent Czech climbers Marek Holecek and Jan Kreisinger did new 2000 metres long route on NW face of Mount Meru (6310m) in difficulty 7a, M5, 80 degrees ice in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttar-Pradesh, India. 
The legendary route Vysoke napeti (The High Tension) for 8b+ (Fr) in Teplicke skaly (Adrspach sandstone area, Czech Republic) had another PP repetition by Czech climber Lubos Mazl. 
Tomas Mrazek (CZE) wins Shanghai World Cup in lead climbing today. The 2nd was Patxi Usobiaga (ESP), 3rd Eduard Marin Garcia (ESP). 
Adam Ondra inscribed after weekend into his diary another PP climb of route 11-/11 UIAA. The route name is Vanquish, it is in Frankenjura, Germany.
We have received a message from a photographer Bruno Karadza who is also behind the web www.penjanje.net that Tomas Mrazek and his girlfriend enjoyed their holiday in Croatia. 
Czech team is going to the World cup this weekend. - Results - 
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The mountaineering film "Johann Stüdl - visionary and discoverer of the Alps" was granted on the international film festival Tourfilm 2011 in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) yesterday - by the award of the journalist association Prix FIJET. 
The Polish film Co sie wydarzylo wyspie to Pam about climbing in Greenland won the Grand Prize on International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 in Teplice nad Metuji, CZ. The winners of the boulder Czech Cup were O.Nevelik and N.Kudrova. The Spanish guest Dani Andrada was 3rd. 
The 28th International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 (MHFF- nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ), takes place on August 25-28, 2011 and is full of climbing films. The guest is the legendary climber from Spain, Dani Andrada. 
Adam Ondra (CZE) was the 3rd in the World Championship in lead climbing on FRiday in Arco, Italy. The finales results:
Update: The film is complete, the premiere is June 23, 2011 in Italy. 
Czech legendary climber Oldrich Kopal died on June 16th, 2011 in age of 80 years. He is author of many legendary traditional Czech sandstone routes e.g. The Crack on Hlaska, Teplicke Skaly, Adrspach. 
Adam Ondra won Doldy Championship of Czech and Slovak Republic 2011 this weekend on Prague climbing centrum SmichOFF. Tereza Svobodova was the best women. 
World Cup competition in bouldering in Viena, Austria, May 13-14th, 2011: Czechs: Martin Stráník 7th, Ondra Nevelik 21st, Petra Ruzickova 31st a Karolina Neveliková 39th. 
Spanish climber Dani Andrada should be as the guest on the 28th International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 (nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ). 
Two Czech mountaineers Jan Trava and Jakub Vanek reached summit of Manaslu (8163m), Himalayas on Friday 29th April, 2011. 
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske PADani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, takes place on April 30th and May 1st 2011. 
The new harness by Czech manufacturer SINGING ROCK got prestige award EDITOR´S CHOICE by CLIMBING magazine. 
The results of the international masters climbing competition CupOFF Prague Open:
