A woman from the mountains, it was the first thing what came up to my mind after I met her in Bad Schandau where she had a slide show. Ines Papert is not only four time Ice Climbing World Champion in difficulty, but also great climber, mountain climber, congenial woman and mother of ten boy who simply lives her dreams ... ... full story
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in Znojmo (Znaim), Moravian town near of Austrian border (South East of Czech Republic) in the gallery of vegetarian restaurant Na Vecnosti. ... full story
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Petrohradske PADani 2011 international bouldering competition
results
Adam Ondra won the PADani 2011, the open air international bouldering competition, last weekend in Petrohrad, West Bohemia, Czech Republic. There was large international participation e.g. from Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium, Austria, France, USA, Spain, UK.
Look at results and some photos: ... full story
Lucie Hrozova was 2nd on ice climbing World Cup in Russia
Czech women Lucie Hrozova was 2nd on the UIAA World Cup ice climbing competition on March 6th-8th, 2011 in Kirov, Russia. By this result she got 2nd place in overall final ranking of the World Cup ice climbing 2011. ... full story
Climbing on Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague
Climbing is the one of the main topics of the this year annual of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague. The series of the video shows was started by the lecture of the multiple World Champion in lead climbing Tomas Mrazek from Czech Republic. ... full story
World Cup in lead climbing 2010 - finals in Kranj (SLO)
Czech Adam Ondra finished 2nd on the final World Cup competition in lead climbing 2010 in Kranj (SLO). In overall results of the entire annual Adam Ondra finished on the 3rd place. ... full story
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in Brno, Moravian metropolis (South East of Czech Republic) on exhibition hall of climbing gym Klajda. ... full story
International Mountaineering Film Festival + CZ bouldering comp.
The Slovakian film Mongolia in the Shadow of Genghis Khan – (V tieni Džingischána) by Pavol Barabas was granted by the Grand Prize on the 27th International Mountaineering Film Festival (nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ) today. ... full story
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in town of Teplice nad Metuji, the resort of Czech sandstone towns Adrspach and Teplice (North East Bohemia). ... full story
Video: Adam Ondra climbs Wolverine 8B+ boulder in Norway
Adam Ondra has released a new video from his visit to the Norwegian bouldering area of Vingsand, where he managed to climb the difficult Wolverine boulder rated 8B+. The video is 10 minutes long and can be viewed here: ... full story
Pepa Šindel climbed another 9a/+ route: Procesor in Slovakia
Pepa Šindel has added another 9a+/9a+ route to his list of climbs, namely Procesor 11/11+ UIAA in the Višňová area of Slovakia. He recorded the climb in his diary on Lezce and posted about it on Instagram. This is Pepa's 14th route rated 9a to 9a+. ... full story
Radek Votoček has done his seventh 9a: Pumplori in Germany
Radek Votoček has climbed his seventh 9a route, Pumplori 11 UIAA in the Allgäu region of Germany. The 10-meter route on a large overhang is basically one long boulder by Christian Bidnhammer, Radek wrote to us. ... full story
Adam Ondra finished 7th in the final of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Koper, Slovenia, this evening. The winners were Sorato Anraku of Japan and Janja Garnbret of Slovenia. Second place went to Alberto Ginés López of Spain and Chaehyun Seo of South Korea, while third place went to Toby Roberts of Great Britain and Laura Rogora of Italy. ... full story
Marek Disman and Jan Kreisinger have released their latest film from last year's attempt to make the first ascent of Phurbi Chyachu (6,637 m) in the Himalayas.
The full version of the film "The Burden of the Unclimbed" can be viewed here: ... full story
The 42nd International Mountaineering Film Festival Opens
in Teplice nad Metují, Czechia
The Czech town of Teplice nad Metují is once again hosting the International Mountaineering Film Festival, now in its 42nd edition. This year brings a record number of exhibitions and films, along with thousands of Tibetan prayer flags blessing the festival grounds. Star guests include big wall climber Nina Caprez, world legend Alexander Huber, crack climbing specialist Pete Whittaker, and Czechoslovak expediti ... full story
Pepa Šindel climbed another 9a route: Harmatanec in Slovakia
Pepa Šindel has climbed another 9a route, namely the first ascent of Harmatanec in the Harmanec - Bystrická dolina area in Slovakia. He recorded the climb in his diary on Lezec and posted about it on Instagram. This is Pepa's thirteenth route rated 9a to 9a+. ... full story
Czech climbers Marek Disman, Petr Disman and Tomáš Lukš climbed a previously unclimbed pillar on the south face of Hochalmspitze.
In addition to the existing routes Traumfänger (6a) and Südpfeiler (V) on the main pillar of the south face, they have added another option for climbing the queen of the Hohe Tauern. ... full story
Youth Climbing World Championships Helsinki, Finland
Lukáš Mokroluský is the junior vice-world champion in lead climb
Last night, Lukáš Mokroluský became the junior vice-world champion in lead climbing in Helsinki, Finland. Lukáš reached the same position as the winner in the final, so the results were decided by Friday's semi-final. Yesterday morning, the last semi-final was held for the U17 category, in which Adéla Bodanská finished in 19th place. ... full story
Youth Climbing World Championships Helsinki, Finland
Lukáš Mokroluský 7th in boulder
Lukáš Mokroluský finished 7th in the bouldering final at the Youth Climbing World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, yesterday. The Youth Climbing World Championships continue over the next few days until Sunday. ... full story
Pepa Šindel climbed another 9a route: Nice Freshly Baked
Pepa Šindel has climbed another 9a route, Nice Freshly Baked in Frankenjura, Germany. He recorded the climb in his diary on Lezce and posted about it on Instagram. This is Pepa's twelfth route rated 9a to 9a+. ... full story
Jakub Konečný finished 8th in the final of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Madrid, Spain, this evening. The winners were Korean Dohyun Lee and American Annie Sanders. Second were Spain's Alberto Ginés López and Italy's Laura Rogora, third Japan's Satone Yoshida and America's Brooke Raboutou. ... full story
Pepa Šindel recorded the ascent of the legendary Action Directe (11 UIAA) in Frankenjur, Germany, the first route of this difficulty in history since Wolfgang Güllich in 1991. It is Pepa's eleventh route from 9a to 9a+. ... full story