(Last updated: Nov 8) We prepare live on-line coverage of the World Cup competition in difficulty climbing in Brno (Czech Republic) held on 12-13th November 2004 in English language on this site www.CzechClimbing.com ... full story
Tomáš Mrázek was 2nd in difficulty on the famous Rock Master competition in Italian Arco last weekend. There were also two other Czechs who represented in speed: Libor Hroza was 7th, and Jiří Švácha 8th. ... full story
Slovakian climber Juraj Repcik climbed new project in Slovakian rocks at Visnove, he named it Proces and esimated it as 9a. It would be probably the first 9a in Slovakia. ... full story
The film named Vertical Frontier, which is about the history of climbing in Yosemites, won the mountaneering films category of the International Mountaineering Film Festival (also known as Festak). The event took place last weekend (August 26th-29th) in Teplice nad Metují, the north-eastern Czech town. The visitors trophy was awarded to the Austrian film called The Trip. ... full story
After climbing Akut (Cima Ovest) last year we agreed to cllimb another similarly hard route, graded 8b, a member of Czech mountain climbing representation team Stanislav Hovanec (nicknamed Kvak) writes in Czech version of this site www.lezec.cz. ... full story
PATAGONSKÉ LÉTO 7+/8-
(PATAGONIAN SUMMER 7+/8- UIAA)
Jakub Novák, the first part with Michal Giláni,
the second part with Pavel Kryze. June 2004 ... full story
June 27 - 20:45 - The protest is rejected: Tomáš Mrázek is 7th. Ramon Julian Puigblanque (ESP) wins, Alexandre Chabot (FRA) is 2nd, Francios Auclair (FRA) 3rd. ... full story
11 year old Czech boy Adam Ondra did 8b+ PP
He climbed last week the route Baby Basher 10+ (8b+) in Kochel (southern Germany) on the 7th attempt. Look at some pictures and video from the trip. ... full story
Two Czech kids - the 11 year old boy Adam Ondra and 9 year old girl Iva Vejmolová – won the gold cups in Arco (Italy) where the European Youth Climbing Days took place during the weekend of 29th-30th May 2004. ... full story
11 years old Adam Ondra has shocked the climbing world with his onsights of 8a+ routes. Even authors of 8a.nu were impressed about his phenomena just as he currently claims 16th place among the world elite in the most difficult climbs ranking. ... full story
Two Czechs mountaineers Radek Jaroš and Martin Koukal reached today morning the top of peak Cho Oyu 8201 m. They said it at SMS publiced on the Jaros´s site www.radekjaros.cz ... full story
Friday morning on the 16th April 2004 saw two Czech mountaineers Marek Holubec and Pavel Pospíšil successfully completing the free descent of Pallavicini coulouir in the north face of Grossglockner (3798 m.). ... full story
The Czech writer Josef Skvorecky, who died yesterday in Toronto, used to be a mountaineer and climbing blends many of his books. Climbing is the topic of a short story "Death on the needle" from the stories collection of Sorrow of Lieutenant Boruvka. It was also filmed. ... full story
Czech Mountaineering Union sorrow over the death of Vaclav Havel
Czech Mountaineering Union released the statement on the death of the ex-president of Czech Republic Václav Havel: "The Executive Committee of the Czech Mountaineering Association expresses deep sorrow over the death of Vaclav Havel. ... full story
Rescue service in the high altitude was one of the main topics of the this year annual of the International Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague. ... 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