Update: the translation of the interview added to the end of the article One and half hour on-line interview’s just finished. The world champion Tomas Mrazek was asked at Lezec.cz/Czechclimbing.com. ... full story
The ranking system of Lezec.cz / Czechclimbing.com has been facelifted. The new ranking (žebříček) evaluates the top ten routes of the climber and also considers the style of ascent. ... full story
Strahov aka Petrin Hill - sandstone crags in Prague center
bouldering
This is a Popular area for Prague climbers. There are about 20 routes/boulder problems, and plenty of possibilities for variants and traverses. ... full story
Tomáš Mrázek and Silva Rajfová are Champions of the Czech republic. They won the Championship in Prague that took place on 3rd and 4th of December 2005.
2nd man was Jan Zbranek, 3rd Pavel Kořán,
2nd woman Soňa Hnízdilová, 3rd Helena Lipenská. ... full story
I am sure by now you have seen in some magazines the great lazy pastime of slack lining. It is all the rage; it has now over taken climbing as the pastime of choice for the pot-heads in Camp 4. Seriously. ... full story
The legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner spoke today morning on Tourfilm festival in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) about sense of life, that should not be only comercionalised fun but fullfilling of human dreams. ... full story
International Championships of the Czech Republic in bouldering
Tomasz Oleksy (PL) won the International Championships of the Czech Republic in bouldering in Prague tonight. The 2nd was Martin Fojtík, 3rd Jan Zbranek.
4. Radovan Souček, 5. Ondra Beneš, 6. Marek Pobran (PL), 7. Petr Resch, 8. Grzegorz Napora (PL), 9. Martin Spilka, 10. David Kozel, 11. Ondřej Dolejš, 12. Venca Kučírek. Výsledková tabulka - Full results
(The result of finals and qualification of mena nd women on leaves of the table)
Photos from the finals of men:
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There is no better tram ride in Prague than that which carries me to the bus station on Friday afternoons. Hopefully the sun is shining and there is a cool breeze. If not all is not lost: the weather a couple of hundred kilometers to the west can be completely different. I relax from the week’s work, and look forward to a weekend spent with good friends in that climber’s playground which is the Frankenjura. ... full story
According to unofficial information, the Italian film "The Conquest of K2" won the grand prize at the 22nd International Mountaineering Film Festival (also known as Festak) which took place in Teplice nad Metuji (Northern Bohemia) 25-28 August 2005.
The honoured guest of the festival Leo Houlding, climbing ace from UK, told me today on my way out from nearby Adrspach Rocks. ... full story
Czech Adam Ondra won the duel discipline in Rock Master climbing international competition in Arco, Italy, last weekend. He finished 3rd in lead climbing. Another Czech Libor Hroza won the Rock Master speed climbing competition. ... full story
Czech Libor Hroza won World Cup competition in speed climbing this week in Chamonix (FRA). The Czech lead climbing favorite Adam Ondra finished the 9th in lead climbing finals. He was reported he slipped his hand. ... full story
Czech Adam Ondra finished 2nd in the World Cup 2010 bouldering competition in Greifensee (Switzerland) today. Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) won, Christian Core (ITA) was 3rd. ... full story
Our friend Udo Neumann from Germany has sent us to CzechClimbing.com the link at 15 minutes video that he shot on Petrohradske Padani 2010, the open door nature bouldering competiton in, Petrohrad area, Czech Republic. ... full story
World Cup in speed climbing Trento (ITA): Czech Libor Hroza 3rd
The 1st World Cup in speed climbing 2010 in Trento (ITA): Czech Libor Hroza was 3rd yesterday. Russians Evgeny Vaytsekhovsky and Yuliya Levochkina won. ... full story
American Dean Potter, the master of climbing, basejumping and other adventures masterpieces presented his lecture and show in Prague climbing gym SmichOFF last night. Look at some photos from the event that our reader and cooperater Martan has posted to us. ... full story
ANDORRA – CANILLO - Czech girl Karolina Grohova got gold and bronze medals on the begining of the Ski Mountaineering World Championships that started on March 1st. ... full story