Our original target was the granite of Salbitchijen in the Swiss valley above the town of Göschenen. Although Salbitchijen did not make it to the menu in the end due to bad weather we did get something done and would like to share it with you. Perhaps it will inspire some of you to visit the area. ... full story
Tomas Mrazek from Czech Republic has sent his first 8c onsight! The route is called Patra Negra and is in the sector Vente del Mascun in Rodellar. ... full story
Today (July 5th) Věra Kotasová (CZ) won 3rd place at the World Championship of bouldering in Munich. Tomáš Mrázek (CZ) put in a fine performance and ended 9th in bouldering along with his title in difficulty. ... full story
Tomáš Mrázek won the World Championship and is again World Champion! It is according to the final results of the Chamionship. He sent the final route and was 1st in front of Patxi Usobiaga (2nd,ESP) and Alexandre Chabot (3rd,FRA), who both also sent the finals route, but had worse results from the semifinals. Ramon Julian (ESP), who was the best in semifinals, was not on the finals starting list?? Check out ... full story
Almost a hundred of participants, many of them from abroad, came to the international natural boulders competition held last weekend in Petrohrad which is the top bouldering village in the Czech Republic. ... full story
Our friend, reporter, and a master climber of Bohemian and Saxon sandstone Vlada Slouka died last week among his beloved sandstone towers. ... full story
This South facing crag is home to some of the finest sport routes in Bohemia. Think of clean, crisp granite edges, perfectly rounded jugs, and ... full story
Bouldering, or Sassissmo, is once again the name of the game during this 2nd edition of Melloblocco, the two-day international meeting which in 2004 attracted an extraordinary crowd of eager participants. ... full story
How I Train- a couple pieces of advice for training
Training with the World Champion
In this article I would like to give you some advice on how to train. I don‘t want to write a novel, I just wish to express what is the foundation of my performance. ... full story
World Cup in lead climbing in Brno is going to start
The preparations of the World Cup in lead climbing have finished tonight in Brno, Czech Republic. The competition starts on Friday morning during the outdoor fair Sport Life that has begun today. ... full story
The World Cup lead climb competition wall under construction
Brno, CZ 2009
Updated photos and info
We got several photos from construction of the forthcoming World Cup lead climbing competition wall. The competition starts on Friday 6th November in Brno exhibition center during the Sport Life outdoor equipment fair. ... full story
After 5 years the World Cup competition in lead climbing returns to the Exhibition center in Brno, Czech republic. On November 6th-7th the full world competition climbing elite with the Czech leader of this year World Cup ranking Adam Ondra. ... full story
Petr Hartmann and Edita Vopatova won the Czech Championship of youth lead climbing in their categories A of the oldest children. The competition took place in Chocen last weekend on October 10th, 2009. ... full story
Martin Stranik was 3rd on IFSC European Youth Series (L)
in Edinburgh, UK, last weekend (19. - 20. September 2009). He was the best from the Czech team. ... full story
Anna Wagnerova was the best from the Czech team on IFSC European Youth Series (L+S) - Munich (GER) on 12.-13.09. 2009. She compete in speed climbing and finished on 3rd place. ... full story
Czech Adam Ondra won in his category in lead climbing on the World Youth Championship last weekend in French Valence. It is already 3rd World Junior Championship title he has got. ... full story
Jakub Hlavacek and Nelly Kudrova won Czech Cup competition in bouldering today in Teplice nad Metuji, North East Bohemia, Czech Republic. The competition took place during International Mountaineering Film Festival in area known by sandstones towers with center in Adrspach. ... full story
International bouldering competition takes place in Saxon Bad Schandau, (Germany, next to northern Czech border) called Labe Sandstone - "Elbsandstein – Labske piskovce Bouldercup" on the first weekend in September. ... full story
The nominations have been decided for the 4th edition of the Arco Rock Legends, scheduled to take place on September 4th, 2009 at Arco (Garda Trentino, Italy) on the eve of the XXIII Rock Master. The SALEWA ROCK AWARD and the LA SPORTIVA COMPETITION AWARD, the sport climbing Oscars, are up for grabs. ... full story
The last annual of this extraordinar competition took place for the 20th time in the altitude 1450 m. in the small French town (24./25.07.2009). The weather was unusually warm and the finals attracted thousands of visitors. ... full story
The 26th annual International Mountaineering Film Festival (also known as Festak) is coming in 4 weeks in Teplice nad Metuji (North-East Bohemia) on August 27-30 2009. ... full story