How did the Bests see the World Cup? Ramon, Sandrine, Tomas
W.C. Prague
Ramón: They were boulders, I have to train more on various walls as the French; Sandrine: The routes suited me, because I rather boulder, Prague from Charles Bridges was beautiful, I’ll read CzechClimbing.com; Tomas: The surety was a mistake, now I want more rocks. Read how we talk with the best climbers on the Prague World Cup. ... full story
There were some questions from readers about climbing of Damaris Knorr (GER) at the Prague World Cup competition in difficulty climbing on last Sunday. She did the second attempt after a technical incident and could be originally the 3rd. Then she was the 6th. Therefore we asked for explanation of the President of Jury of World Cup in Prague Martin Joisten. He explained: ... full story
22:00 - The competition, which was won by Ramon Julian Puigblanque (ESP) and Sandrine Levet (FRA) and the Czech favorite Tomas Mrazek was unfortunately the 6th, had excellent atmosphere, the Prague hall in Ruzyne was completely full of fans. The main organizer of the competition the Head of Commission of Czech sport climbing Slavek Vomacko was happy from extra ordinal interest of public and that the responses even from abroad was only positive.
For the symbolic entrance fee (20 ... full story
24:00 - The Sunday (the 2nd day of the competition) continues here.
23:00 - The competition had excelent atmosphere on Saturday. There was more than 300 people as audience, organizers estimated. ... full story
10.10. - The missing Italian group has applied in the end and Italians will be on the competition.
The the team of forrunners is already completed with the ICC delegat from France. Their job is to build climbing routes and it is probably completed by now. The routes were basicaly built by the Czech-Slovak team from Prague - Andrej Chrastina and Jiri Pribil. 9. 10. - This wall was built as a promotion for the World Cup competition and it is located on Vitezne namesti (metro ... full story
Polish climber Pobran wins 3rd comp of Czech Cup in difficulty
Festak 2003 - film festival
Polish climber Marek Pobran from Wroclaw won 3rd competition of Czech Cup in difficulty climbing held on Saturday August 30th during International Mountaineering film festival in town of Teplice nad Metuji in East Bohemia. ... full story
How to climb for World Champion? Tomas Mrazek on video
Chamonix
How to climb for World Champion? Look at pictures from World Championship in difficulty climbing 2003 in Chamonix (France) and at video of Tomas Mrazek a winner of Championship climbing on final route. ... full story
The only Czech representative young girl Silva Rajfova finished on 23rd place in the World Cup competition in bouldeirng in Vail, USA this weekend. European climbers considered the competition different from the old continent style. Larger holds, longer moves and jumps. ... full story
Chalk in Czech Labe valley sandstones from IXb (7a)
Czech mountaineering union announced that the local climbing organization agreed with the nature preservation authorities usage of chalk in Czech Labe (Elbe) valley sandstones only on routes from IXb (7a) and higher grade. ... full story
Aleksandra Balakireva and Rustam Gelmanov from Russia won the World Cup competition in bouldering in Vienna, Austria last weekend. The best Czech was Adam Ondra who finished 11th. ... full story
Jubilee 10th annual - Mammut Big Wall Speed Climbing Paklenica, Croatia - May 1st-3rd, 2009. There were 13 couples of men and 5 couples of women competing. ... full story
5 Czechs are among the 6 died under snow avalanche in Austria
Czechs were among six ski mountaineers who died under snow avalanche that fell down on Saturday afternoon in Tirol, Austria. Five of the victims are tourists from Czech Republic who were on trip in area Sölden, Tirol (AUT). ... full story
Adam Ondra was 3rd on bouldering World Cup in Hall, Austria
Czech Adam Ondra got bronze medal on his first World Cup competition in bouldering, that took place on Friday and Saturday (May 1-2, 2009) in Hall, Austria. ... full story
A traditional slack line festival with unique activities. No freestyle and speedline, but marathon, endurance challenges and long lines. ... full story
UPDATE: According to the last news Martin Minarik is missing, and a Czech mountaineering source horyinfo.cz says he could be dead.
The news from April 20th: Czech mountaineer Martin Minarik and his French partner Elisabeth Revolt have topped east summit of Annapurna on Sunday April 19th, 2009. ... full story
Libor Hroza finished 6th on the competition of World Cup in speed climbing in Trento, Italy, this weekend. Sergey Abdrakhmanov (RUS) and Anna Stenkovaya (RUS) won. ... full story
UK top climbers James Pearson and Gaz Parry go to Czech Labak
and to Prague
Elite UK climbers James Pearson and Gaz Parry go on The North Face® 2009 Summit Series Road Trip across Europe and one stop they plan in Czech Republic. ... full story