The results of the Czech team on the World Youth climbing Championship in China in their categories: lead - Jan Zbranek 5th, Martin Stráník 6th, Silvie Rajfová 9th, Lucie Rajfová 16th, Anna Čermáková 20th, Tereza Čermáková 34th and speed Libor Hroza 9th, Anna Čermáková 14th, Tereza Čermáková 15th.
NANGA PARBAT 2005 LIGHT EXPEDITION CZ, supported by the Czech Mountaineering Union has returned recently after 7 weeks in Pakistan. Because of bad weather the members did not reach the main summit of Nanga Parbat (8125 m), but the expedition was in many ways exceptional.
The 22nd International Mountaineering Film Festival (also known as Festak) will start in a week, on Thursday night (25-28 August, Teplice nad Metují, Czech Republic). It is probably the largest climbers meeting in Czech republic. Besides the films and a bouldering competition there should be Leo Houlding as the host - a climbing ace from UK - with his slide show.
The fourth round of the Czech Cup in bouldering will take place 27.8.05 in conjunction with the International Festival of Mountain-Climbing Films in Teplice nad Metuji (North-East Bohemia, Czech Republic).
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Libor Hroza, a Czech climber, finished 9th at the World Cup competition of speed climbing in Chamonix (FRA). The other Czech competitor, Jiří Švácha, was 20th. Women: Eliška Karešová 14., Martina Glaserová 18.
There also took place the World Cup competition in lead climbing in Chamonix too, where the only Czechs were girls, Soňa Hnízdilová, who finished 29th place, Kateřina Chudobová, she was 46th and a man Vaclav Malina, who was 68th.
The results of the Czech team on the World Youth climbing Championship in China in their categories: lead - Jan Zbranek 5th, Martin Stráník 6th, Silvie Rajfová 9th, Lucie Rajfová 16th, Anna Čermáková 20th, Tereza Čermáková 34th and speed Libor Hroza 9th, Anna Čermáková 14th, Tereza Čermáková 15th.
The original news from 27.8.05:
Czech young climber Libor Hroza continues to finals in speed climbing on World Youth climbing Championship in China. He wrote in sms news from Biejing today, that he continued from 44 competitors from the 7th position.
The other Czech youngsters Jan Zbranek and Martin Stranik should according to him continue to finals in lead climbing there too.
A Czech girl Silva Rajfová finished in lead on the 9th place.