Update: the translation of the interview added to the end of the article One and half hour on-line interview’s just finished. The world champion Tomas Mrazek was asked at Lezec.cz/Czechclimbing.com. ... full story
The ranking system of Lezec.cz / Czechclimbing.com has been facelifted. The new ranking (žebříček) evaluates the top ten routes of the climber and also considers the style of ascent. ... full story
Strahov aka Petrin Hill - sandstone crags in Prague center
bouldering
This is a Popular area for Prague climbers. There are about 20 routes/boulder problems, and plenty of possibilities for variants and traverses. ... full story
Tomáš Mrázek and Silva Rajfová are Champions of the Czech republic. They won the Championship in Prague that took place on 3rd and 4th of December 2005.
2nd man was Jan Zbranek, 3rd Pavel Kořán,
2nd woman Soňa Hnízdilová, 3rd Helena Lipenská. ... full story
I am sure by now you have seen in some magazines the great lazy pastime of slack lining. It is all the rage; it has now over taken climbing as the pastime of choice for the pot-heads in Camp 4. Seriously. ... full story
The legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner spoke today morning on Tourfilm festival in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) about sense of life, that should not be only comercionalised fun but fullfilling of human dreams. ... full story
International Championships of the Czech Republic in bouldering
Tomasz Oleksy (PL) won the International Championships of the Czech Republic in bouldering in Prague tonight. The 2nd was Martin Fojtík, 3rd Jan Zbranek.
4. Radovan Souček, 5. Ondra Beneš, 6. Marek Pobran (PL), 7. Petr Resch, 8. Grzegorz Napora (PL), 9. Martin Spilka, 10. David Kozel, 11. Ondřej Dolejš, 12. Venca Kučírek. Výsledková tabulka - Full results
(The result of finals and qualification of mena nd women on leaves of the table)
Photos from the finals of men:
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There is no better tram ride in Prague than that which carries me to the bus station on Friday afternoons. Hopefully the sun is shining and there is a cool breeze. If not all is not lost: the weather a couple of hundred kilometers to the west can be completely different. I relax from the week’s work, and look forward to a weekend spent with good friends in that climber’s playground which is the Frankenjura. ... full story
According to unofficial information, the Italian film "The Conquest of K2" won the grand prize at the 22nd International Mountaineering Film Festival (also known as Festak) which took place in Teplice nad Metuji (Northern Bohemia) 25-28 August 2005.
The honoured guest of the festival Leo Houlding, climbing ace from UK, told me today on my way out from nearby Adrspach Rocks. ... full story
Our original target was the granite of Salbitchijen in the Swiss valley above the town of Göschenen. Although Salbitchijen did not make it to the menu in the end due to bad weather we did get something done and would like to share it with you. Perhaps it will inspire some of you to visit the area. ... 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
We start the series of articles for you who are just may be only dreaming about climbing or mountaineering or you are new beginner or perhaps you are looking for moving to higher level of the skills. ... full story
The white powder magnesium come to the czech rock approximately 30 year ago. The young climbing audience had invited this new material with exciting. On the other hand the old sand climbers strictly refused to use this. ... full story
The second weekend World Cup ice climbing was held in Saas Fee, Switzerland. Czech girl Lucie Hrozová ended up in difficulty 4th, Czech Mira Matejec among men was 19th, Angelika Rainer and Maxim Tomilov won. ... full story
Dani Andrada and film from the Czech Cup in bouldering
at the Climbing Film Festival 2011
Look at the video from the last year's Czech Cup in bouldering on the Mountaineering Film Fest 2011 in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach NE Czech Republic), in which the legendary Spanish climber Dani Andrada as the festival guest participated and finished in finals on 3rd place. ... full story