Although it is fast becoming Spring and most of us are looking forward to dry pitches of steep rock, here is some info on some local ice climbing. It is near the little village of Oldrichov, in the Jizersky Mountains. ... full story
The on-line interview with Tomáš Mrázek - World Champion, winner of the World Cup 2004, and climber of the year according to the international climbing site 8a.nu, has just finished.... full story
We got a new amazing story, pictures and video from mather of the Czech fenomenal boy, 12 year Adam Ondra, about his trip to Osp, Slovenia, where he climbed e.g. 8b OS and 8b+ RP. ... full story
We would like to apologize to our readers who ask for stories, but frankly we do not want to talk about it a lot - the tragedy in South Asia that is - because it was simply horror. ... full story
A Poetic article about a mystic experience with an old man. He was a climber in Rathen (a sandstone area in Saxon Germany) next to Czech border. It originally appeared on the Czech version of this site www.Lezec.cz . ... full story
Watch Adam Ondra, nearly 12 (born Feb 5, 1993), from Brno (Czech Republic) climb 8c - story, photos and video.
More in article from his parents: ... full story
The World Champion and the winner of the World Cup 04 in climbing Tomas Mrazek and his partner Helena Lipenska just have escaped from the lethal tsunami today in Thailand. ... full story
Dec 9 2004 v 6.15 am CET ( 9.15 am in Africa) the mountain alowed to Miroslav Caban to reach a summit of Kilimanjaro 5963m, e.g. the fith summit that Miroslav reached. ... full story
Legendary Czech climber and mountaineer Frantisek Kutta died after a long disease on November 18th 2004 at his age of 81. He had funeral on November 21st in Prague, ... full story
Many parts of High Tatra Mountains areas were declared natural disaster areas after a savage storm killed two people and left a trail of damage across the national Park. ... full story
Flavio Crespi (ITA) in final route of World Cup competition in difficulty climbing, Brno, Czech Republic, 12-13/11/2004. Flavio Crespi was winner of this competition. ... full story
Petrohradske Padani international bouldering competition
19th-21st April 2013
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, takes place on 19th-21st April 2013. ... full story
Our friend Michi Wohlleben is going to a great expedition for Dhaulagiri 8167m.
Johanna Stöckl, a German sport journalist made an interview with him. It is added in English together with a portrait of Michi. ... full story
Second wave of via ferrata set recalls within six months
Considerable deficiencies found in many via ferrata sets
A group of manufacturers issued last month a recall of certain via ferrata sets following a meeting of the UIAA (International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation) Safety Commission in Munich, Germany. A report was published on February 25th, 2013. ... full story
"Arev" Armenian First Ascent Festival, which was organized before on June 2009 and May 2011 by our club, intended to develop the rock climbing culture in Armenia, while at the same time promoting climbing at the local rock formations through the development of new routes. ... full story
Another annual of the Smichov Festival of Alpinism takes place this weekend in Prague on November 22nd-25th 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic. ... full story
A friend living in France has noticed that a French newspaper is reporting that Patrick Edlinger, one of the great free climbers of the 1980s, has died at age 52. ... full story
Czech distributor of Camp via ferrata sets has sent recently the statement that the via ferrata sets by Camp are safe. The statements had reacted on several recalling actions announced by several other producers and distributors after an accident in Alps in Europe this summer. ... full story
Film festival Poprad (SK):Grand Prix goes to Poland
Baumgartner got the prize just while he jumped from stratosphere
Grand Prix of the XX. International Festival of the Mountain Films in Poprad, the main resort in High Tatras, Slovakia, was granted to the Polish film Declaration of Immortality of the director Marcin Koszałka. ... full story
Mountaineer Leopold Sulovsky continues in elections to Senat
Mountaineer Leopold Sulovsky, who as the 1st Czech climbed to top of Mount Everest, won the first round of the elections to Senate of the Czech Parliament and will continue to the 2nd round in one week. ... full story