Czech boy wonder, Adam Ondra (15 years old), was the most successful climber in the annual award The Ascent of the Year 2007 by Czech Mountaineering Union, which was presented today at a press conference in Prague.

The granted sport performance of the year 2007 - mountains, rock climbs and ski mountaineering

Mountains under 6000 m – rock alpine character

Ascent of the year 2006
France, area of Mt. Blanc, Grand Capucin, Voie Petit, 8b, E3, 2. free climb
Vaclav Satava, Dusan Janak, 26. 8. 2007

Honorary appreciation
Mt. Kenya – Nelion 5199m, Haba on Haba Hujaza Kabati, first ascent, 8 UIAA OS
V. Satava,P. Jonak, 12 – 15. 12. 2006

Ascent of the year 2007
High Tatras, Jastrabia veza, SE wall, 200 m, Jet Stream, 10-/10 UIAA, E4 PP
Dusan Janak, 24. 9. 2007

Mountains under 6000 m – sport character
Ascent of the year 2007
Kirchlispitze (2561 m), Silbergeier, 8b+ (UIAA 10+), PP
Adam Ondra 27.7.2007

Non mountains rock sport climbing
Ascent of the year 2007
France, Gorges du Loup, Abysse, 9a PP

Ascent of the year 2007
Czech Republic, Moravian Karst, Perla vychodu, 8c+(9a), PP
Adam Ondra, 1st climb probably the hardest sport route in Czech R.

Honorary appreciation
China, Yangshuo, Guangxi, Bird man, Czech Line, 7c+, firstascent and 1st RP
Ondrej Benes and Tomas Sobotka

Mix and ice sport climbing
Ascent of the year 2007
Austria, Dryland, Game over M13-, PP
Lubos Mazl 4th climb, Vaclav Satava 5th accent, 7. 3. 2007.

Ascent of the year 2007
Czech R., Skaly u pily (C. Dryland) - Jsi buh nebo dabel, M10/10+ PP, 3rt climb
Jitka Mazlova, 21. 3. 2006
the hardest woman accent

Bouldering
Honorary appreciation
Czech R., Petrohrad, Zimni palac, Black Box 8B/B+Fb, 1st accent
Petr Resch

Traditional ski mountaineering
Downhill of the year 2007
Pakistani, Karakoram, Spantik (7027 m), downhil from th top under C1, about 4800 m
Radek Vana

Honorary appreciation for performance of handycaped climbers
Blind climbers Roman Ruský (ascent via arret Sasso di Bosconero, obtížnost IV+, Italy, in a couple with Jan Bourek in 5 days), and Jan Riha (The Nose VI 5.9 C2, El Capitan, California, USA, probably 2nd blind man on the warld, climbing in three members team in 3 days).

In the others categories no awards were granted.