How did the Bests see the World Cup? Ramon, Sandrine, Tomas
W.C. Prague
Ramón: They were boulders, I have to train more on various walls as the French; Sandrine: The routes suited me, because I rather boulder, Prague from Charles Bridges was beautiful, I’ll read CzechClimbing.com; Tomas: The surety was a mistake, now I want more rocks. Read how we talk with the best climbers on the Prague World Cup. ... full story
There were some questions from readers about climbing of Damaris Knorr (GER) at the Prague World Cup competition in difficulty climbing on last Sunday. She did the second attempt after a technical incident and could be originally the 3rd. Then she was the 6th. Therefore we asked for explanation of the President of Jury of World Cup in Prague Martin Joisten. He explained: ... full story
22:00 - The competition, which was won by Ramon Julian Puigblanque (ESP) and Sandrine Levet (FRA) and the Czech favorite Tomas Mrazek was unfortunately the 6th, had excellent atmosphere, the Prague hall in Ruzyne was completely full of fans. The main organizer of the competition the Head of Commission of Czech sport climbing Slavek Vomacko was happy from extra ordinal interest of public and that the responses even from abroad was only positive.
For the symbolic entrance fee (20 ... full story
24:00 - The Sunday (the 2nd day of the competition) continues here.
23:00 - The competition had excelent atmosphere on Saturday. There was more than 300 people as audience, organizers estimated. ... full story
10.10. - The missing Italian group has applied in the end and Italians will be on the competition.
The the team of forrunners is already completed with the ICC delegat from France. Their job is to build climbing routes and it is probably completed by now. The routes were basicaly built by the Czech-Slovak team from Prague - Andrej Chrastina and Jiri Pribil. 9. 10. - This wall was built as a promotion for the World Cup competition and it is located on Vitezne namesti (metro ... full story
Polish climber Pobran wins 3rd comp of Czech Cup in difficulty
Festak 2003 - film festival
Polish climber Marek Pobran from Wroclaw won 3rd competition of Czech Cup in difficulty climbing held on Saturday August 30th during International Mountaineering film festival in town of Teplice nad Metuji in East Bohemia. ... full story
How to climb for World Champion? Tomas Mrazek on video
Chamonix
How to climb for World Champion? Look at pictures from World Championship in difficulty climbing 2003 in Chamonix (France) and at video of Tomas Mrazek a winner of Championship climbing on final route. ... full story
The dangerous route in Australia was done by Croatians
no CZ nor PL (+VIDEO)
The dangerous route in Blue Mountains, Australia, where happened recently death accident on bad equipped bolts, was done by Croatians, not Czechs nor Poles, writes local climber in his blog. ... full story
French rope manufacturer BEAL in cooperation with Wood en Stock, a non profit organization announced, that in two years they will plant 100.000 trees on Madagascar. ... full story
Cz Mountain. Union: members of OeAV cannot climb on Czech rocks
Czech Mountaineering Union has worried, that climbers who are only members of OeAV and other German unions cannot climb on Czech preserved rocks, because Czech legislation allows climbing there only for climbers organized in unions unified in UIAA. ... full story
Czechs girls got medals on Sunday on opening competition of the World Cup 2009 in ski mountaineering. Junior Karolina Grohova got silver medal, cadet Petra Volfova has got bronze. ... full story
Accident in Australia on bolt failure done by CZs or Poles?
We got the news from Australia about a fatal climbing accident that happened in Blue Mountains, Australia. It was on route recently equipped by bolts which are dangerously used. Local climbers are thinking that the climbers who bolted the route may be from Poland or Czech Republic. ... full story
Czech ranking competition in lead climbing Police nad Metuji
results
This year first Czech ranking competition in lead climbing Police nad Metuji called Novorocni Open (New Years Open) took place on Saturday Jan 17, 2009. The winners are Vaclav Malina and Nelly Kudrova. ... full story
New Route in Mamutowa Cave - Sprawa Honoru 9a (VI.8)
by Bogdan Rokosz
On 14th December 2008 the list of Polish extreme routes of VI.8 (9a?) grade was extended by another proposal. Sprawa Honoru is currently the hardest proposed grade in Mamutowa Cave (Kluczwoda Valley, near Krakow). ... full story
Czech traditional sandstone and big wall climbers Tomas Sobotka, Ondra Benes, Jirka Lautner and Slovak Jan Smolen left to Venezuela on the end of the year. Their aim is first ascent to Acopan Tepui in National Park in Canaima. ... full story
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For his first 9a in 2009 Adam Ondra went to Calanques in France. On 11th attempt he climbed route by Francois Legrand, „Roby in the Sky“. ... full story
The highest artificial ice fall for ice climbing in Czech Republic has been open in Vir, Ceskomorovska vrchovina (Bohemian-Moravian Heights), about 50 km northern from Brno. ... full story
Climbing World Champion Czech Tomas Mrazek finished his climbing season 2008 after winning of Czech Championship by climbing trip to Spain and spent some "rest" in areas around Llejda. ... full story
The mayor of Prague, Pavel Bem, denied he was in Antarctica
Update:
The mayor of Prague, Pavel Bem, denied he was in Antarctica to climb on Mount Vinson, the Czech mainstream media idnes.cz reported on Sunday. ... full story