Final WC bouldering event to be held in Brno, Nov 9-10th
The final round of the World Cup competition in bouldering will take place this year in one month in Brno (east of Czech Republic) on November 9-10, 2007. ... full story
Ethan Pringle who recently climbed the Realization 9a or 9a+, onsighted the Route Iron Man 8c in Rodellar and downgraded it into 8b+. He was also succesful in the Route Los Borrachos de Mascun 8c+ and and send it in the 6th go. ... full story
Alex and Thomas Huber have been beaten the old Speedrekord of Yuji Hirama and Hans Florine on El Capitan in the Route 'Nose' . They already established a new record with the time 2:48:35 at October the 4th. 4 days later they went back to improve the time and they were succesful. ... full story
Czech climber Rosta Stefanek is the leader in the world ranking of climbing boulders at the web site 8a.nu at the moment. The last recorded boulder problem which moved him to the first position was Personal Velocity 8B+ in Sneznik, nord Bohemia (Czech Republic). ... full story
Adam Ondra sent 4 another 11- to 11-/11 UIAA in 2 weekends
Over the last two weekends Adam Ondra (14) sent 4 routes 11- UIAA (specifically 11- and 11-/11 UIAA) in the Frankenjura and is still in the news on the front pages of the world climbing web sites. ... full story
World Cup Puurs (BEL) 28.- 29. -9. 07 - lead and speed
The results: Tomas Mrazek (CZE) finished 8th in World Cup in lead climbing in Puurs, Belgium. Libor Hroza (CZE) was the 9th in spead climbing. ... full story
Ondra's new route contender for hardest in Czech Republic
Czech Adam Ondra (14) did the first ascent of what is probably the hardest sport route in the Czech Republic- Perla Vychodu (Pearl of east). He graded it 11-/11 UIAA (French 8c+) and thinks it is the hardest route he has ever climbed (he already did several 9a's). ... full story
The XXI Rock Master is about to take place in Arco, Italy, this weekend on 7-9 September 2007 with participation of Czech climbers: reigning World champion Tomas Mrazek will compete in the lead competition, Silvie Rajfova the bouldering and Libor Hroza the speed climbing. ... full story
The Czech Cup competition in speed climbing took part this weekend in Kladno (20 km west from Prague) on opendoor climbing tower Hokok. Libor Hroza and Tereza Jendrejasova won. ... full story
Open bouldering festival will take place at Dovbush rocks, Carpathian Mts (Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Dolyna district) on 12-14 October. ... full story
Bouldering competition and Film festival in Zakopane, Poland
invitation- 6-9 Sept 07
Invitation for the bouldering competition Zako Boulder Power 2007 which will take place in Zakopane on 9th of September came from Poland. The competition will be as a part of the mountain film festival Spotkania z Filmem Górskim in the town of Zakopane which takes place from 6th to 9th September 2007 ... full story