Adam made the 2nd ascent of Alexander Hubers Weisse Rose, 9a, at the Austrian Schleier Wasserfall. We made a short interview, with him about the send. ... full story
Festak - International Mountaineering Film Festival 2008
How was it?
The Grand prize of the 25th annual of International Mountaineering Film Festival (MHFF) was granted to Slovak film Neznama Antarktida (Unknown Antarctica) by Pavol Barabas about walk from borders of Antarctica to its highest point. The festival nicknamed Festak in Teplice nad Metuji (close to Adrspach sandstone towers, north east Bohemia, north of Czech Republic) finished today. ... full story
Ennstall, Austria - sport rock climbing just around the border
Some of the most popular areas visited frequently by Czech climbers are just across the border. One of them is Ennstal- close to Linz, Austria- which is well know mostly by climbers from Souther Bohemia. ... full story
Adam Ondra climbed multipitch WoGü 8c in Ratikon (SUI)
Adam Ondra climbed multipitch WoGü 8c in Ratikon, Switzerland, last weekend. The route by Beat Kammerlander from 1997 had originally suggested two pitches of 8c and Adam is prepared to confirm the global grade of entire route, Adams father wrote today on Czech version of CzechClimbing.com. ... full story
Barefoot Amongst Czechs is name of the article and short movie from the Czech sandstones area Adrspach from the American point of view. The report and video was published on the North Face blog. ... full story
The annual Petzl Roc Trip in Millau, France took place on June 25-30 2008 with the participation of invited Czech climbers Adam Ondra and Martin Stranik. ... full story
It was just a very unexpected opportunity: "Would you go with me to Cuba?" my friend Hop asked. There must be some climbing. So the aim was the limestone paradise of Vinales, but for some organizational reason we went via the snobby beach resort Varadero, and there we discovered bouldering potential. ... full story
The 2nd international climbing and mountaineering website meeting took place in Prague. The web masters discussed further development of the cooperation founded in 2007 in Volx, France and established a basis of the global network of climbing websites. ... full story
Ostrava Boulder Centrum 2008, the 1st round of Czech Cup in bouldering took place last weekend in Ostrava, (North east of Czech Republic), was organized together with Slovakian Cup and Slovaks defeated Czechs. ... full story
2nd Report Dima, Basque, Spain: Tomas Mrazek (CZE) and Muriel Sarkany won Master Dimarock, the main competition in climbing event in Dima, Basque Country, Spain last night. Chris Sharma (USA) and Natalija Gros (SLO) were 2nd, ... full story
Adam Ondra climbed Action Directe 11 UIAA in Frankenjura, Germany. He climbed the legendary route from Wolfgang Gullich on Monday 19th May. ... full story
IFSC European Youth Series (L) - Prague (CZE) 2008
finals
Adam Ondra (CZE) and Katharina Posch (AUT) won the youngest categories today in the finals of IFSC European Youth Series in lead climbing in Prague, Czech Republic. Mario Lechner (AUT) and Dinara Fakhritdinova (RUS) won the older categories. Jakob Schubert (AUT) and Mathilde Brumagne (BEL) won the oldest categories. ... full story
Ice Climbing World Cup South Korea: Aneta Loužecká 7th in lead
In the finals of the World Cup ice climbing competition in South Korea yesterday, the Czech Aneta Loužecká finished in 7th place in lead. ... full story
Film: Adam Ondra at Jana Švecová's & on the Terranova 8C+
A new documentary film from a visit to our top boulderer Jana Švecová's home bouldering site, with her he then set off on his not repeated 2011 boulder Terranova 8C+ in the Moravian Karst, which Jana has been practicing recently, was published yesterday on YouTube by Adam Ondra. ... full story
Video: Adam Ondra and Jakob Schubert attempt DNA 9c by Seb Bouin
Adam Ondra started practicing one of the hardest routes in the world, the 9c DNA in Verdon, France, set up by Frenchman Seb Bouin in 2022. Austrian Jakob Schubert attempted the route with Adam. Adam published a new half-hour video from the route practice yesterday on his Youtube channel. ... full story
New videos from Jana Švecová's bouldering in Switzerland
Two new videos from bouldering in Switzerland have been posted on YouTube by the Czech leading boulderer Jana Švecová (Vincourková). One is from the end of November, the other from yesterday. ... full story
Czech Matyáš Lienerth won silver yesterday at the UIAA Continental Ice Climbing Cup in Brno as the best of Czechia. In the women's category, Aneta Loužecká placed as best Czech in 7th place. The winners were Jonathan Arthur Brown from Switzerland and Haruko Takeuchi from Japan. ... full story
The fact that climbers also spend their time bouldering as part of their acclimatization at base camp is nothing new. However, climber Marek Disman (DISMANTEAM) has compiled a slim brochure from his recent expedition to the Himalayas, where he went with his climbing partner Honza Kreisinger, in which he clearly captured the bouldering problems with which the two climbers spent their time at ba ... full story
Adam Ondra's start at the WC in Briancon was prevented by covid
Adam Ondra's planned start at tomorrow's World Cup in lead climbing in Briancon, France, was prevented because he has covid infection. They informed about it today on Facebook of the Czech Mountaineering Union.
Only Eliška Adamovská, Míša Smetanová, Martin Stráník, the Potůček brothers and Jáchym Cink are to represent Czechs in tomorrow's qualification. ... full story
World climbing icon Chris Sharma is to be at Festák this year
At this year's climbing festival in Teplice nad Metují, East Bohemia, Czechia, on 25-28 August should be Chris Sharma, they said yesterday on the ČHS Facebook page. ... full story
Lucka Hrozová announced the climb of her hardest boulder Prehistorik 8B/8B+ from Martin Stráník in Labák. She matched the performance of Jana Švecová (Vincourková), who climbed the same bomber last month and was still the only Czech to have this bouldering difficulty. ... full story
Eliška Adamovská won a silver medal today in the European Boulder Cup in Brixen, Italy. "The first three boulders climbed with a clear flash! She also did well in the last, hardest boulder, and only two attempts separated her from the gold medal," commented on her final performance on Facebook by ČHS. ... full story
In addition to a lot of 8B +, Jakub Konečný climbed two 8C
In addition to a lot of boulders for 8B +, Jakub Konečný has recently climbed two 8Cs, namely Tekuté Štěstí and Ghost Rider in Sloup in the Moravian Karst. In the ranking on the Lezec.cz, he jumped to 2nd place behind Martin Stráník. Take a look at the videos that Jakub made of these boulders on Youtube: ... full story
European Boulder Cup in Prague started today with qualification
The Czechs Adam Ondra, Eliška Adamovská, Martin Stráník and Roman Kučera advanced today from the qualification of the European Boulder Cup in Prague to tomorrow's semifinals. ... full story
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Adam made the 2nd ascent of Alexander Hubers Weisse Rose, 9a, at the Austrian Schleier Wasserfall. We made a short interview, with him about the send. 
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The Grand prize of the 25th annual of International Mountaineering Film Festival (MHFF) was granted to Slovak film Neznama Antarktida (Unknown Antarctica) by Pavol Barabas about walk from borders of Antarctica to its highest point. The festival nicknamed Festak in Teplice nad Metuji (close to Adrspach sandstone towers, north east Bohemia, north of Czech Republic) finished today. 
Some of the most popular areas visited frequently by Czech climbers are just across the border. One of them is Ennstal- close to Linz, Austria- which is well know mostly by climbers from Souther Bohemia. 
Andreas and Christian Bindhammer, our friends from neighborhood Germany, free “Hades 9a”, one of the hardest open projects in Tyrol. 
Adam Ondra climbed multipitch WoGü 8c in Ratikon, Switzerland, last weekend. The route by Beat Kammerlander from 1997 had originally suggested two pitches of 8c and Adam is prepared to confirm the global grade of entire route, Adams father wrote today on Czech version of CzechClimbing.com. 
Barefoot Amongst Czechs is name of the article and short movie from the Czech sandstones area Adrspach from the American point of view. The report and video was published on the North Face blog. 
The annual Petzl Roc Trip in Millau, France took place on June 25-30 2008 with the participation of invited Czech climbers Adam Ondra and Martin Stranik. 
It was just a very unexpected opportunity: "Would you go with me to Cuba?" my friend Hop asked. There must be some climbing. So the aim was the limestone paradise of Vinales, but for some organizational reason we went via the snobby beach resort Varadero, and there we discovered bouldering potential. 
Tomas Mrazek (CZE) and Johanna Ernst (AUT) won the first World Cup competition in lead climbing of 2008 in Quinhai, China. 
The 2nd international climbing and mountaineering website meeting took place in Prague. The web masters discussed further development of the cooperation founded in 2007 in Volx, France and established a basis of the global network of climbing websites. 
We introduced new maps two month ago and today we are going to bring a great number of new functionalities. 
Ostrava Boulder Centrum 2008, the 1st round of Czech Cup in bouldering took place last weekend in Ostrava, (North east of Czech Republic), was organized together with Slovakian Cup and Slovaks defeated Czechs. 
2nd Report Dima, Basque, Spain: Tomas Mrazek (CZE) and Muriel Sarkany won Master Dimarock, the main competition in climbing event in Dima, Basque Country, Spain last night. Chris Sharma (USA) and Natalija Gros (SLO) were 2nd, 
Adam Ondra climbed Action Directe 11 UIAA in Frankenjura, Germany. He climbed the legendary route from Wolfgang Gullich on Monday 19th May. 
Adam Ondra (CZE) and Katharina Posch (AUT) won the youngest categories today in the finals of IFSC European Youth Series in lead climbing in Prague, Czech Republic. Mario Lechner (AUT) and Dinara Fakhritdinova (RUS) won the older categories. Jakob Schubert (AUT) and Mathilde Brumagne (BEL) won the oldest categories. 
In the finals of the World Cup ice climbing competition in South Korea yesterday, the Czech Aneta Loužecká finished in 7th place in lead. 
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Happy New Year 2025 from Lezec.cz. 
A new documentary film from a visit to our top boulderer Jana Švecová's home bouldering site, with her he then set off on his not repeated 2011 boulder Terranova 8C+ in the Moravian Karst, which Jana has been practicing recently, was published yesterday on YouTube by Adam Ondra. 
Adam Ondra started practicing one of the hardest routes in the world, the 9c DNA in Verdon, France, set up by Frenchman Seb Bouin in 2022. Austrian Jakob Schubert attempted the route with Adam. Adam published a new half-hour video from the route practice yesterday on his Youtube channel. 
Two new videos from bouldering in Switzerland have been posted on YouTube by the Czech leading boulderer Jana Švecová (Vincourková). One is from the end of November, the other from yesterday. 
Czech Matyáš Lienerth won silver yesterday at the UIAA Continental Ice Climbing Cup in Brno as the best of Czechia. In the women's category, Aneta Loužecká placed as best Czech in 7th place. The winners were Jonathan Arthur Brown from Switzerland and Haruko Takeuchi from Japan.
The fact that climbers also spend their time bouldering as part of their acclimatization at base camp is nothing new. However, climber Marek Disman (DISMANTEAM) has compiled a slim brochure from his recent expedition to the Himalayas, where he went with his climbing partner Honza Kreisinger, in which he clearly captured the bouldering problems with which the two climbers spent their time at ba 
Adam Ondra's planned start at tomorrow's World Cup in lead climbing in Briancon, France, was prevented because he has covid infection. They informed about it today on Facebook of the Czech Mountaineering Union.
At this year's climbing festival in Teplice nad Metují, East Bohemia, Czechia, on 25-28 August should be Chris Sharma, they said yesterday on the ČHS Facebook page. 
Adam Ondra won the World Cup of lead climbing in Chamonix, France today. 
Lucka Hrozová announced the climb of her hardest boulder Prehistorik 8B/8B+ from Martin Stráník in Labák. She matched the performance of Jana Švecová (Vincourková), who climbed the same bomber last month and was still the only Czech to have this bouldering difficulty. 
Eliška Adamovská won a silver medal today in the European Boulder Cup in Brixen, Italy. "The first three boulders climbed with a clear flash! She also did well in the last, hardest boulder, and only two attempts separated her from the gold medal," commented on her final performance on Facebook by ČHS. 
In addition to a lot of boulders for 8B +, Jakub Konečný has recently climbed two 8Cs, namely Tekuté Štěstí and Ghost Rider in Sloup in the Moravian Karst. In the ranking on the Lezec.cz, he jumped to 2nd place behind Martin Stráník. Take a look at the videos that Jakub made of these boulders on Youtube: 
Adam Ondra won the European Boulder Cup competition in Prague tonight. Eliška Adamovská finished in 6th place in the finals. 
The Czechs Adam Ondra, Eliška Adamovská, Martin Stráník and Roman Kučera advanced today from the qualification of the European Boulder Cup in Prague to tomorrow's semifinals. 
