RHM: international meeting of climbing women in Czech sandstones
RHM 2007 - the internationationl meeting of woman mountaineers took place in Czech Republic sandstones in Tisa on July 21-29. From the foreign participants the white haired super veteran Angela Soper from UK attracted interests of the most of all, ... full story
Czech Mountaneer Dies on exp. to Gasherbrum with Czech minister
The cause of the death updated-Czech media reports that Czech mountaineer Jiri Danek died on Gasherbrum (8080 m) Karakoram, Pakistan during an expedition which included the Czech Deputy of Prime Minister and Environmental Minister Martin Bursik. The minister himself is said to be OK, ... full story
Silva Rajfova 2nd on int. bouldering competition in France
Silva Rajfova was the 2nd on internation competition in bouldering Tout a Blocks, which took place 26/28 July 2007 in L'Argentière la Bessée, France. ... full story
Competition climbing World Champion Tomas Mrazek was reported he had climb in Southern France crags and sent Hot Chili Beans Volcano 8b+ OS in Gorges Du Loup. ... full story
German elite climber Alexander Huber free climbed the huge overhang- considered by some as the the biggest roof in the world- Baur-Dach (Baur´s Roof), an old aid A3 route on the north face of Cima Ovest, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy. He suggested the difficulty of 8c (11-). ... full story
The American Dave Graham did the 4th ascent of Biographie aka Realization 9a+ on Monday after several weeks at Ceüse with Chris Sharma and Ethan Pringle, Kairn.com has informed us. And we´ve got the picture of Dave in Realization from the Czech climber Jiri Ponomarev. ... full story
Geoffray de Flaugergues the youngest to repeat Geminis 8c
French boy Geoffray de Flaugergues with 12 years and 4 months is the youngest ever to climb his first Geminis 8c. He is another wonder kid after the Czech Adam Ondra who did his first 8c at his 11 years and 10 months on the end of the year 2004. ... full story
The European Youth Series Warsaw (Poland) 21-22/July 2007: Adam Ondra was 1st in category B, Martin Stranik 2nd in category A, Lucie Hrozová 6th in junior women's and Jan Chvala 10th in junior men's. ... full story
Czech youngster Martin Stranik (17 years old) did his hardest route, Dikobraz 8c/c+ RP at Visnove in Slovakia yesterday. He entered the ascent to his diary here on czechclimbing.com. ... full story
As reported by climbing.com, the famous American free soloist has been missing off the coast of Ireland since last Friday. Reports vary, but an eye witness account says that he was swept out to sea by a rogue wave. ... full story
Adam Ondra and other Czech kids succesful in competitions
Besides the fact that Tomas Mrazek has not been very successful in the first World Cup competitions in lead climbing 2007 (he is the 4th at the moment), the Czech youth team, especially Adam Ondra (who is first in his category), have been successful. ... full story