Jan Špáta, maker of a trad climbing documentary film died
The Czech excelent film document maker Jan Špáta died. He is the author of the top climbing film about Czech sandstone climbers "Okamžik radosti" (The Moment of Enjoyment) from the 1965 which had been one of the best films presented last years in the International Mountaineering Film Festival (also known as Festak) in the town Teplice nad Metují (North-East Bohemia).
World Cup - Kuala Lumpur (MAS) 12.-13.8.2006 - lead
The sixth UIAA World Cup in lead climbing 2006 took place this weekend in Kuala Lumpur (MAS).
Tomáš Mrázek finished the sixth and he is now the first in combination ranking (lead and bouldering).
Tomas Mrazek ended the 10th on the last competition of the World Cup lead climbing in Singapore last weekend 05./06.08.2006. The speed was without Czechs.
World Cup Val Daone(speed) and Qinghai Province (lead)
The last weekend in July (29./30.07.2006) two competitions of the World Cup climbing took place, the one in lead in Qinghai Province (CHN), the second in speed in Val Daone (ITA).
You are kindly invited to participate to a climbing contest and event which shall take place in Bucharest/ Busteni, Romania during 23-24 September.
Details shall be soon available on the internet page escalada.ura.ro. On Saturday the contest on artificial wall shall take place in Bucharest and the next Sunday participants are invited to the mountains in Busteni where new routes on rock are being opened on this occasion. The party shall take place between the two events on Saturday evening. Both experienced and beginner climbers are welcome to participate. The registration is made online at escalada.ura.ro. We will try to arrange accommodation for all foreign participants. Should you have any questions please write to m_totonne@yahoo.com
Registration
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You are kindly invited to participate to a climbing contest and event which shall take place in Bucharest/ Busteni, Romania during 23-24 September.
Last Saturday, 13-year-old Adam Ondra added to his scorecard on Czechclimbing.com another 11- UIAA, Sundance Kid, in Frankenjura, Germany.
ROCK MASTER will take part on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September in Arco.
An interesting book has been released by world well known climber Klem Loskot.
