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
Two Czechs Václav Šatava and Dušan "Stoupa" Janák finalised the 17 years old project Fram on the south face of Marmolada, running between The Fish and Via Italia. They sent it in PP style on 11.-13.9.2006 and graded the pitches above the Fish Cave 8+, 10-, 9/9+, 9+ and 5 (UIAA). ... full story
The victory of Tomas Mrazek in the Duel was the nice fullstop after the overall Rock Masters. I felt it as the superb representation of the Czech climbing and the Czech Republic at all, when Tomas Mrazek in the last finals beat with a nice advantage the winner of the Rock Masters Ramon Julian. Let´s look at the small video. ... full story
To the end of Rock Masters Tomas Mrazek won Duel, play off contest of the four best from Rock Masters.
Sandrin Levet (FRA) won the Duel of women.
Final results of Rock Masters (after rp route): 1 Ramon Puigblanque (ESP), 2 Jorg Verhoeven (NED), 3 Tomas Mrazek.
Women Rock Masters: 1 Sandrin Levet (FRA), 2 Angela Eiter (AUT), 3 Charlotte Durif (FRA).
US film Return 2 Sender won the 23rd International Mountaineering Film Festival (also known as Festak) which took place in Teplice nad Metuji (Northern Bohemia) 24-27 August 2006. The film was granted by the Grand Prix and was about particular view and commentary on culture of climbing by Timmy O´Neill. ... full story
As summer is now winding down, we are all looking forward to cooler temps and hard sends. Indeed, some of us are already anticipating the coming bouldering season down in Bishop. But you don't have to wait until Fall to get strong, there is a wealth of summer areas here in the Sierra Eastside. Highlighed in this article are two starkly contrasting local bouldering areas. While these may not be the biggest, best, nor the easiest accessed, they do s ... full story
It is now July- a stormy, unsettled month here in the Sierra Eastside. Recently we have been experiencing a heat wave, no doubt caused in large part by the fact that certain European nations won't shut up and do what they are told by the masters of the Northern Hemisphere. I suspect all the hot air coming from European politicians is the source of it all. Billowy, expansive clouds stack on top of each other above the 13,000 ft mountain crest which domin ... full story
Speed 3.7. Results men: 1. Vaytsekhovsky, 2. Sinitsin, 3. Peshenkhov, ... 13. Hroza
Women:
1. Saulevich, 2. Alexeeva, 3. Yurina,... 13. Karešová
Combination: 1. Sharafudinov a 1. Alexeeva. Video from the speed competition9,5 MB, 4 minutes, wmv
Older news:
Libor Hroza continues from 10th place, Tomasz Oleksy (POL) from 11th, Eliška Karešová from 13th place!
In the further round there are Hroza (29,67 s ... 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
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in Prague, in alternative theater Divadlo Kamen (Theater Stone). ... full story
Czech Libor Hroza was 2nd in spead and Andam Ondra was 8th in lead climbing last weekend on World Cup competition in climbing in Huaiji, China. ... full story
Czech girl Tereza Svobodova finished 3rd on the European Youth Series in lead climbing in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria on the weekend 2.-3.10.2010. ... full story