IFSC European Youth Series has its competition in Prague, Czech Republic in 2 weeks. The competition is scheduled on May 17-18 2008 in the calendar of the IFSC. The competition should be located in Prague largest indoor wall "Smichoff" in Prague 5, Smichov. ... full story
Invitation for the International bouldering competition came from our friend from Hungary. The competition for kids and adults takes place on June 28/29 2008 in town Zsombó, near city Szeged, southern Hungary, close to Romanian and Serbian border. ... full story
Speed World Cup in Trento (ITA): Czech Libor Hroza 13th
The World Cup in speed climbing 2008 started this Sunday by competition in Trento, Italy and the only Czech representative Libor Hroza ended 13th. Evgeny Vaytsekhovsky (RUS)and Lucelia Blanco (VEN) won. ... full story
Czech mountaineer Martin Minarik climbed on Dhaulagiri on Wednesday 23.4. 2008. On his website is written: He steped on the top of Dhaulagiri on 23.4. at 20 pm of local time after exhausting ascent on 4/23 at 20:00 (local time). Now he is in the BC. ... full story
The safety commission of the Czech Mountaineering Union recently reported an incident which involved a falling climbers rope being cut completely over the edge of a well worn carabiner. ... full story
News from World Cup competition in bouldering in Hall, Austria: Czech results in semifinals: Martin Stranik finished 11th,Tomas Mrazek 12th, Helena Lipenska 16th, Silva Rajfova 20th. ... full story
Many climbers are attracted by stunning granite walls of Val di Mello but recently more and more climbers are heading to its famous bouldering area. A good news for second group is that a new great bouldering guide book has appeared. ... full story
Much more Melloblocco!
From Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th May 2008 the legendary Melloblocco® is back in Val Masino. This international rendez-vous that, for 5 years, has attracted thousands of boulderers from all over the world for the most impressive gathering of people who love bouldering, climbing and the breath-taking wilderness of Val Masino.
http://www.melloblocco.it ... full story
Giant avalanche buried a snowboarder on Saturday afternoon in Polish side of Krkonose (Giant Mountains, Riesen Gebirge, North border of Bohemia, West part of Czech), Czech mainstream news site iDNES reported. ... full story
International mountaineering and climbing federation UIAA announces to its member organizations that the largest German and Austrian clubs: DAV, OeAV and VAVOe are leaving UIAA. ... full story
A new piece of interesting information just arrived from Colorado.
A new museum was opened in February this year- the first and only museum dedicated to mountaineering in US. ... full story