Reinhold Messner at Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague
Reinhold Messner is the main guest of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague. He considers as his the best mountaineering success the fact that he is still alive, he said on opening press conference of the festival today. ... full story
Let me just touch the initial data in brief, as they never reveal either a breakthrough information or anything entertaining and they mostly convey just ordinary, and, in a way, boring portion of every expedition. ... full story
Czech Tomas Mrazek finished 3rd in the finals of the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Brno, Czech Republic. Jakob Schubert (AUT) won, Patxi Usobiaga (ESP) was 2nd. The biggest favorite, Czech Adam Ondra finished in semifinals on 11th place. ... full story
Tomas Mrazek has completed his hard project „Xaxid Hostel" 9a+.
Tomas Mrazek is after injury back in great shape. He has just climbed his hard project „Xaxid Hostel“ 9a+ in Osp. The 45 meter long route leads in the midle of Misja Pec, next to the route JSFK 7c+. Tomáš has tried it occasionally for last four years. He sent it on his twentieth attempts. ... full story
A 35metres long, extremely overhanging route - called Marina Superstar (extension of existing route Marina 8c/c+) was bolted by Matteo Marini, is situated in sector "Bronx" near Domusnovas vilage about 40kms from Cagliari. ... full story
The only 9 days after we left Kathmandu we reached the summit of beautiful CHO OYU on 1.10.2009:
Zuzana Hofmannova, Olga Novakova, Josef Milfait, Antonin Belik, Pavel Matousek ... full story
In spite of forecast was not good and dry, the old projects awaited for sends before the first frosts and winter snow. So more people went to colorful woods in German Frankenjura in this fall. ... full story
Czech Adam Ondra has won the competiton of the World Cup in lead climbing in Puurs, Belgium, this night. He was the only one man who reached the top of the finals route. ... full story
Czech big wall climber Ondra Benes has finalized this summer the Alp trilogy by climbing the route Des Kaisers neue Kleider on Fleischbank in Wilder Kaiser, Austria. ... full story
Czech Libor Hroza won speed competition RockMaster this weekend in Arco, Italy. As the only competitor he did the route under 8 seconds (7.21 s). His sister Lucie Hrozova finished 8th in speed. In lead climbing Czech Adam Ondra finished 3rd, Tomas Mrazek 6th. ... full story
Festak - International Mountaineering Film Festival 2009
The Sharp End wins
The Grand prize of the 26th annual of International Mountaineering Film Festival 2009 (MHFF) was granted to US film Sharp End on last weekend in North East Bohemia sandstones climbing area Adrspach (Czech Republic). ... full story
The international ice climbing competition season begins today with the European Cup competition in Bern, Switzerland, with four of our climbers participating, including favorite Aneta Loužecká. Alongside her are three men: Oliver Hamerský, Jan Mikel, and Vojtěch Novozámský. ... full story
The 21st annual Sherpafest mountaineering festival is coming up on Saturday, November 29, at the Aero cinema in Prague. For a detailed program and ticket information, visit the festival website: ... full story
Adam Ondra flashed the Foundation's Edge 8C boulder (SUI)
Adam Ondra climbed an 8C flash boulder, namely Foundation's Edge in the Swiss region of Fionnay. It is apparently the third flash boulder of this difficulty in the world. This summer, German climber Yannick Flohé was the first in the world to flash the 8C boulder, namely Foundation's Edge. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh gave up the attempt to climb Cho Oyu
and they're okay down there
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh gave up the attempt to climb Cho Oyu Czechs Mára Holeček and Radek Groh abandoned their attempt to make the first ascent of a new route up the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8188 m) from the Nepalese side after reaching the second bivouac and finding that persistent winds made further climbing impossible. They descended safely to the valley and are now safe and ending their expediti ... full story
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has unveiled its competition calendar for 2026, which includes nine World Cups, including a bouldering and lead climbing competition in Prague on June 4–7, as well as three para-climbing competitions and one Youth World Championship. ... full story
Film: Adam Ondra climbs on flash 8b+ trad ceiling crack
Adam Ondra has posted a documentary film on his YouTube channel about climbing in the traditional crack climbing area of Valle dell'Orco in Piedmont, Italy, where he attempted to flash an 8b+ route in a ceiling crack using his own protection. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh reached the 2nd bivouac on Cho Oyu
On Sunday, Czechs Mára Holeček and Radek Groh in the attempt of a first ascent via a new route on the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the Nepalese side climbed another 300 meters to the second bivouac, fighting for every meter, and then a strong cold wind came up. See the information from yesterday evening on Mára's Facebook page: ... full story
Martin Stráník and Michaela Smetanová won the Czech Republic Championship in lead climbing in Brno yesterday evening. Jan Štípek and Arina Jurčenko came second, Šimon Potůček and Ema Galeová third. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh are at low part of Cho Oyu SE face
Czech Marek Holeček announced that only yesterday morning, a day later, he and Radek Groh managed to climb the difficult mixed start of rock and ice in their attempt to make the first ascent of a new route up the southeast face from the Nepalese side of Cho Oyu (8188 m). This took them vertically away from the glacier. They are two kilometers from the summit. Marek posted this information yesterday on Faceb ... full story
Adam Ondra announced that he had managed to flash two 8B+ boulders in the Italian region of Aosta. One of them is Gliese 581, rated 8B+ (according to Adam, may be 8B), and the other is Ghost Ship 8B+, which Adam recorded as a flash/1st attempt because he had previously cleaned it with the help of a rope and ladder and touched the holds, as he wrote in yesterday's Facebook post. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh go to try a 1st ascent on Cho Oyu
Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček announced that this morning he and Radek Groh are setting off to attempt a first ascent of a new route up the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the Nepalese side. Mára posted the news yesterday evening on Facebook. ... full story
The 20th anniversary edition of the international meeting of top mountaineers and partners from the outdoor and tourism sectors will take place on November 28–30, 2025, at the Hotel International in Prague 6.
This year's Prague International Mountaineering Festival 2025 will consist of three parts. Several leading figures in the world of climbing will once again gather in Prague, and their lectures will f ... full story
Czech Michaela Smetanová won bronze yesterday evening in the European Cup competition in lead climbing in Toulouse, France. Jan Štípek ultimately finished fourth. Our Arina Jurčenko also competed in the final, finishing fifth. ... full story
Czech climber Marie Klementová ascended Ama Dablam (6812 m)
Czech climber Marie Klementová reached the summit of Ama Dablam (6812 m) in Nepal on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
She climbed without oxygen and may be the first Czech woman to do so, according to Marta Nováková, who brought the climb to our attention. ... full story
Calendar of races in the Czech Ski Mountaineering Cup 2025/2026
The Czech Mountaineering Association has published the calendar of races for the Czech Ski Mountaineering Cup for the 2025/2026 season. The series of six races includes the final Czech Championships. The first race is scheduled for December 14 in the Beskydy Mountains. ... full story
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Reinhold Messner is the main guest of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague. He considers as his the best mountaineering success the fact that he is still alive, he said on opening press conference of the festival today. 
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Let me just touch the initial data in brief, as they never reveal either a breakthrough information or anything entertaining and they mostly convey just ordinary, and, in a way, boring portion of every expedition. 
Czech Tomas Mrazek finished 3rd in the finals of the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Brno, Czech Republic. Jakob Schubert (AUT) won, Patxi Usobiaga (ESP) was 2nd. The biggest favorite, Czech Adam Ondra finished in semifinals on 11th place. 
Tomas Mrazek is after injury back in great shape. He has just climbed his hard project „Xaxid Hostel“ 9a+ in Osp. The 45 meter long route leads in the midle of Misja Pec, next to the route JSFK 7c+. Tomáš has tried it occasionally for last four years. He sent it on his twentieth attempts. 
Martin Stranik and Nelly Kudrova won the Czech Championship in bouldering on last Saturday October 31st, 2009 in Brno. 
A 35metres long, extremely overhanging route - called Marina Superstar (extension of existing route Marina 8c/c+) was bolted by Matteo Marini, is situated in sector "Bronx" near Domusnovas vilage about 40kms from Cagliari. 
The only 9 days after we left Kathmandu we reached the summit of beautiful CHO OYU on 1.10.2009:
In spite of forecast was not good and dry, the old projects awaited for sends before the first frosts and winter snow. So more people went to colorful woods in German Frankenjura in this fall. 
Czech Adam Ondra has won the competiton of the World Cup in lead climbing in Puurs, Belgium, this night. He was the only one man who reached the top of the finals route. 
Czech big wall climber Ondra Benes has finalized this summer the Alp trilogy by climbing the route Des Kaisers neue Kleider on Fleischbank in Wilder Kaiser, Austria. 
Czech Libor Hroza won speed competition RockMaster this weekend in Arco, Italy. As the only competitor he did the route under 8 seconds (7.21 s). His sister Lucie Hrozova finished 8th in speed. In lead climbing Czech Adam Ondra finished 3rd, Tomas Mrazek 6th. 
The Grand prize of the 26th annual of International Mountaineering Film Festival 2009 (MHFF) was granted to US film Sharp End on last weekend in North East Bohemia sandstones climbing area Adrspach (Czech Republic). 
Czech Adam Ondra won World Cup in lead climbing in Imst, Austria this weekend. 
Czech climbers reached the top of Gasherbrum I. 
The international ice climbing competition season begins today with the European Cup competition in Bern, Switzerland, with four of our climbers participating, including favorite Aneta Loužecká. Alongside her are three men: Oliver Hamerský, Jan Mikel, and Vojtěch Novozámský. 
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The 21st annual Sherpafest mountaineering festival is coming up on Saturday, November 29, at the Aero cinema in Prague. For a detailed program and ticket information, visit the festival website: 
Adam Ondra climbed an 8C flash boulder, namely Foundation's Edge in the Swiss region of Fionnay. It is apparently the third flash boulder of this difficulty in the world. This summer, German climber Yannick Flohé was the first in the world to flash the 8C boulder, namely Foundation's Edge. 
Czechs Mára Holeček and Radek Groh abandoned their attempt to make the first ascent of a new route up the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8188 m) from the Nepalese side after reaching the second bivouac and finding that persistent winds made further climbing impossible. They descended safely to the valley and are now safe and ending their expediti 
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has unveiled its competition calendar for 2026, which includes nine World Cups, including a bouldering and lead climbing competition in Prague on June 4–7, as well as three para-climbing competitions and one Youth World Championship. 
Adam Ondra has posted a documentary film on his YouTube channel about climbing in the traditional crack climbing area of Valle dell'Orco in Piedmont, Italy, where he attempted to flash an 8b+ route in a ceiling crack using his own protection. 
On Sunday, Czechs Mára Holeček and Radek Groh in the attempt of a first ascent via a new route on the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the Nepalese side climbed another 300 meters to the second bivouac, fighting for every meter, and then a strong cold wind came up. See the information from yesterday evening on Mára's Facebook page: 
Martin Stráník and Michaela Smetanová won the Czech Republic Championship in lead climbing in Brno yesterday evening. Jan Štípek and Arina Jurčenko came second, Šimon Potůček and Ema Galeová third. 
Czech Marek Holeček announced that only yesterday morning, a day later, he and Radek Groh managed to climb the difficult mixed start of rock and ice in their attempt to make the first ascent of a new route up the southeast face from the Nepalese side of Cho Oyu (8188 m). This took them vertically away from the glacier. They are two kilometers from the summit. Marek posted this information yesterday on Faceb 
Adam Ondra announced that he had managed to flash two 8B+ boulders in the Italian region of Aosta. One of them is Gliese 581, rated 8B+ (according to Adam, may be 8B), and the other is Ghost Ship 8B+, which Adam recorded as a flash/1st attempt because he had previously cleaned it with the help of a rope and ladder and touched the holds, as he wrote in yesterday's Facebook post. 
Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček announced that this morning he and Radek Groh are setting off to attempt a first ascent of a new route up the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the Nepalese side. Mára posted the news yesterday evening on Facebook. 
The 20th anniversary edition of the international meeting of top mountaineers and partners from the outdoor and tourism sectors will take place on November 28–30, 2025, at the Hotel International in Prague 6.
Czech Michaela Smetanová won bronze yesterday evening in the European Cup competition in lead climbing in Toulouse, France. Jan Štípek ultimately finished fourth. Our Arina Jurčenko also competed in the final, finishing fifth. 
Czech climber Marie Klementová reached the summit of Ama Dablam (6812 m) in Nepal on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
The Czech Mountaineering Association has published the calendar of races for the Czech Ski Mountaineering Cup for the 2025/2026 season. The series of six races includes the final Czech Championships. The first race is scheduled for December 14 in the Beskydy Mountains. 
