Briefly: Our trip was in our recent tradition, the third in this time. And also the most successful. I could write more with the superlative "most" – there was the warmest weather during days, the most freezing nights, we laughed the most, we met many of the best friends, so it was the best time ...
Visited areas:
Baume les Dames, Bruixes, Sta. Linya, Santa Ana, Siurana, Montserrat
The routes: The fact that Adam did very difficult routes quickly makes even Adam curious himself. He focused his January training to endurance, but he didn't expect such high performance, so he judges the local classification very embarrassingly.
The list of the climbed routes in the numbers .........
clas. 9a+ style PP 2x
clas. 9a style PP 2x
8c+ style PP 4x /from that one first ascent of the project A per nota, it was equipped by Jose Manuel Macias, who suggested 9a. Adam suggested 8c+/
8c/c+ style PP1x
8c style OS 2x
8b+ style OS 2x
about 27 routes above 8a
above 8c 12 routes
the time period 1.2.-18.2.2008
LA RAMBLA (9a+), SIURANA
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
LA RAMBLA (9a+), SIURANA
(The photo from La Rambla - the prohibited hold is clearly visible here, it is absurd that one can stand on it as is documented on the photo. ....Adam did not use it, if he would have, he could most probably have done it on 3rd try)
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
The names of the hardest routes
La Rambla 9a+ PP Siurana 5 attempts 10.2.2008 (3 attempts in Broadway 2007, identical start)
La Novena Enmienda 9a+ PP Sta. Linya 3 attempts 5.2.2008 (it is a combination of the routes, that he climbed in 2006,7)
Fuck The System 9a PP Sta. Linya 3 attempts 6.2.2008
Open Your Mind 9a PP Sta. Linya 2 attempts 17.2.2008
Digital system 8c OS Sta. Linya 5.2.2008
Rollito Sharma Extension 8c OS Sta. Linya 7.2.2008
Jamaican airplane 8c+ PP Baume les Dames 3 attempts 1.2.2008
El Disbarat 8c+ PP Montserrat 15.2.2008
Santa Linya 8c+ PP Sta. Linya 17.2.2008
A per nota 8c+ PP Siurana 2. attempts (9a?),
first ascent 11.2.2008
Ces Ultima Ola 8c/c+ PP Sta. Linya 2 attempts 7.2.2008
La Mocosa 8b+ OS Pizaria / Terradets/ 3.2.2008
Force vive 8b+ OS Baume les Dames 18.2.2008
Some new beta from Santa Linya and the neighborhood
The new better road leads almost under the rocks, probably for quads. The ban of driving is no problem for locals and also for visitors. The local rock masters came after 2 pm, it remains the beginning of the labor working shift. Only the clock stamp is missing. One can expect that the online camera will be attached for online amusement.
If you are looking for loneliness, do not go there or to Siurana. It would be more in among foreigners less known areas like Margalef, Mongrony or Santa Ana, also Bruixes was empty during the weekdays. The romantics and lower performance climbers find their expectation in Montserrat.
If you want to fly there only to cafe, just try to find some low cost airline e.g. we did for about 20 euros for one way from Brno and than car for 4 days for 50 euros can work cheaper than a trip to Frankenjura:-))))
Because of the warm weather I would recommend not to delay with the departure, if you are not really warm lovers.
The price of gasoline is a bit cheaper then in Czech. We tanked even for 96 cents/l.
The accommodation in camps is about for 6 euros, in “refugio“ about 10 euros.
PS: Big thanks to Dominika Kovacikova and Pepe Piechowicz
Sponzors: La Sportiva, Rock Empire, HUDYsport, Tendon
LA ESENCIA DE LA RESISTENCIA, TERRADETS
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
LA NOVENA ENMIENDA (9a+), SANTA LINYA
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
ZEPETANO, SANTA LINYA
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
FUCK THE SYSTEM (9a), SANTA LINYA
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
DIGITAL SYSTEM (8c) OS, SANTA LINYA
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
Adam Ondra
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
A per nota, project equipped by Jose Manuel Macias, who suggested 9a, the first ascent by Adam who suggested 8c+, SIURANA
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
EL DISBARAT (8c+), MONTSERRAT
photo by © Petr Pepe Piechowicz
Updated Adam´s diary:
Diary - Ondra Adam (dipsy)
(The author is Adam's mother, text translated by CzechClimbing.com team)
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I don't know, what I should title the news about Adam's trip to the climbing areas in northern Spain. And a lot of beta has already been written, so what´s more?
Well, now that the holiday season is over, we have resumed our testing here at Lezec. Appogies to all readers for the long spans between instalments in this series, but like most of the Czech Rep. (the world?) our testers have fallen ill in the past couple of weeks. Must be the lack of climbable rock outside that has affected our health. So Plan B, we retreated into our top secret testing facilities to continue with the testing of the second line of harnesses, Singing Rock.
Czech young climber Adam Ondra (15) climbed yesterday in Spanish cave Santa Linya the route La novena enmienda, 9a+, RP, and also the route Digital system, 8c in on sight style. The Spaniard Dani Andrada informs about the climbs on his blog.
Czech mountaineers Leopold Sulovsky and Josef Lukas climbed Aconcagua (6 962 m) via a new route in the west face.
Czech traditional sandstone and big wall climbers Tomas Sobotka and Ondra Benes opened a new route in Todra, Morocco graded 8a and over 275 meters long.
Adam Ondra and Helena Lipenska lead Lezec Rock Ranking in 2007, provided by Lezec.cz - Czech version of the web CzechClimbing.com. Tomas Mrazek is second in the rock climbing ranking, Martin Stranik is 3rd.
On one of the last couple weekends there was the annual climbing meeting in the cave of the Macocha Gorge, in the Moravian Karst, in the east of the Czech Republic. The abyss is about 140m deep, and the aid routes there are more than 80m overhanging. About ten climbing teams came to climb there this season.
My first harness lasted me 6 years. It was quite simple- sturdy, plenty of padding, sufficient gear loops for all types of climbing. I remember top-roping my first 5.10a in it. I remember sliding down a baking hot slab one summer day only to end up sitting in it- my first outdoor lead and lead fall. I ground my way up off widths, rapped in the rain, everything you might think of. After about 4 years I bought a newer, 
Welcome to the first installment of czechclimbing.com /lezec.cz’s harness review. While the review is not a new concept, it is new to us. We hope you will enjoy it, 
