Two top Czech mountaineers granted by the Fair Play prize
The Chairman of the Czech Mountaineering Union Zdenek Hruby together with his mountaineering partner Radek Jaros were granted today the main Prize of Fair Play from the Czech Club of Fair Play. ... full story
Czech Mounaineering Union changed the rule of chalk ban on sand
Czech mountaineering union approved today the change in ban of chalk usage on Czech sandstones. According to the new decision chalk is not banned in general climbing rules, but the regulation is in competence of the local mountaineering commissions. ... full story
Hallo, I am Philippe Ribiere from France. I am on one year climbing trip around Europe, I am keen boulderer, I climb with Petzl Team, and I have a health handicap - deformed hands. Now I am in Prague and I like to invite you for lecture on Monday 16th March from 6 pm on climbing gym Smichoff. ... full story
Level of some World Cup competitions decrease etc.
Big interview with Czech World Champion in lead climbing Tomas Mrazek did our reporter Simona Ulmonova, who also belongs among the Czech women climbing elite with her climbing on competitions and hard sends in her home sandstones area in Labe valley. So she asked Tomas at quite inside matters, e.g his criticism of World Cup organization etc. ... full story
New Chairman of the Czech Mountaineering Union: Zdenek Hruby
Czech Mountaineering Union has elected new chairman today on its general assembly in Prague. The New chairman Zdenek Hruby has exchanged Alena Cepelkova who had served her 2nd term and did not want to continue in next period. ... full story
Christmas time is here and our team around Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing.com wish you the best climbs and let all your dreams would full fill! ... full story
Martin Stranik and Vera Kostruhova won Czech Championship in bouldering 2008 tonight in Prague, Smichoff climbing Hall. Jakub Hlavacek and Silva Rajfova were 2nd, Jiri Pribil and Slovakian Katarina Fickuliakova were 3rd. ... full story
Czech Championship in lead: Tomas Mrazek + Lucie Hrozova win
Czech Championship in lead climbing wins Tomas Mrazek and Lucie Hrozova today in Prague. Tomas Mrazek was the only who did top in finals. Parallel championship in speed climbing wins Libor Hroza and hist sister Lucie Hrozova. ... full story
Not only did top mountaineer Valery Babanov (CAN, RUS), extreme climbers Ueli Steck (SUI) and Adam Ondra (CZE) attend the 5th annual of Festival of Alpinism in Smichov, Prague which took place on Nov 21-23, 2008- But also the president of Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus came. ... full story
This month over 20 editors from 10 different countries gathered in Colorado and the desert of Utah to meet, climb, and discuss various issues in the climbing media community. ... full story
Adam Ondra, Dawn Wall: failing in 14th pitch, tomorrow next try
Adam Ondra has tried the 14th pitch of Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite on the 4th day of free ascent attempt, but he has not succeeded yet. Tomorrow he has to try again. ... full story
Adam Ondra, Dawn Wall: I did the other 4 pitches, it was hard
Adam Ondra did all 4 pitches he planed for the 2nd day of free climbing push attempt on Dawn Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite. It was harder then he expected. The hardest was the 12th pitch (5.14b), where he broke some holds. He could send it on the 4th try, almost completely exhausted. ... full story
Adam Ondra: 9 pitches on the 1st day in the Dawn Wall push
Adam Ondra did first 9 pitches of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite yesterday after 1st day of the push. It takes him 6 hours. Today he plans to continue from the 10th pitch. ... full story
Adam Ondra from Dawn Wall: we are going for the push
Czech top climber Adam Ondra is going for the push attempt of free climbing on the world hardest multi pitch route Dawn Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA, on Monday at 3 a.m. that means at noon of Central European time. He announced it on Instagram last night. ... full story
Czech film Climbing Higher with Czech mountaineer Radek Jaroš and his ascets to the 14 world tallest mountains got the award as the Best Feature-Length Mountain Film on the famous muintaneering film festival in Banff, Canada. ... full story
Petrohradske padani international bouldering compet. canceled
on 7th-8th October 2016
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, that should place on the 7th-8th October 2016, has been canceled because of the bad weather forecast. ... full story
The Czech Championship in bouldering 2016 took place i Slane (30 km wester of Prague). Martin Stráník and Veronika Šimková won the competition and are the Chech Champions 2016.... full story
Czech Adam Ondra has become the World Champion in lead climbing in Paris today, and was the Vice-champion in bouldering yesterday there..
Other Czechs: Libor Hroza 7th and Jan Kříž 16th (speed climbing), Jakub Konečný 23rd (lead climbing). ... full story
Results of the 33rd International mountaineering film festival
Winners of the 33rd International mountaineering film festival in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach), Nord East Bohemia, Czech Republic. The Grand Prize was given to "K2 Dotknac nieba", by Eliza Kubarska, Poland. ... full story
Czech Adam Ondra finished 5th in the finals of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Arco, Italy today. Same as him, another Czech Libor Hroza finished 5th in speed climbing there. The competitions were held during the legendary festival of Rock Master. ... full story
Czechs did not succeeded in the qualification in the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Imst, Austria. Domen Škofič (SLO) and Magdalena Röck (AUT) won today. ... full story
Czechs Mara Holecek and Ondra Mandula ecaped from Gasherbrum 1
Czech mountaineers Mara Holecek and Ondra Mandula survived dangerous escape from the upper part of the South West Face Gasherbrum I (8068 m) where they tried to make the 1st ascent. They stuck there because of the weather. They spent in the wall 2 weeks and reached 7800 m. ... full story
Czech Martin Stráník finished the 17th on the World Cup competition in bouldering in Munich, Germany today. He did 2t4 4b9 result in semifinals. Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) and Miho Nonaka (JPN) won. ... full story
Adam Ondra nominted for the Arco Rock Legends again
Adam Ondra has been again nominated for the Arco Rock Legends. The 11th annual sport climbing Oscars will take place on Friday 26 August 2016 during the historic 30th Rock Master climbing competition, the organizers reported yesterday. ... full story