Prague Mayor Bem climbed Mount Vinson and completed 7 summits
Prague Mayor Pavel Bem has climbed the highest summit of Antarctica Mount Vinson, Czech main stream media reported. He confirmed it in television interview without more details. According to the media speculation he spent New Years Eve holiday in Antarctica and the Mount Vinson was allegedly the last in 7 Summits (highest mountains of the continents).
Czech girl Lucie Hrozova was 3rd on World Cup competition in ice climbing in Val Daone, Italy.
Ausrian Markus Bendler and Chloé Gratiaux from Belgium won.
Czech girls Lucie Hrozova was 4th on the 1st World Cup in ice climbing 2010 in Kirov, Russia. Markus Bendler (Austria) won, Angelika Rainer (Italy) was the best women.
Czech boulder pad recomanded by German Klettern magazine
Czech bouldering pad Ocún Paddy Dominator was recommended by German Klettern magazine. It published the results of editorial test of 19 different bouldering pads in its November issue.
Adam Ondra won the last stage of the Climbing World Cup in Kranj in Slovenia and than he went straight to Misja Pec in Osp. There he planed to make the second ascent of Thomas Mrazek's "Xaxid Hostel".
Prague Mayor Bem climbed Mount Vinson and completed 7 summits
Prague Mayor Pavel Bem has climbed the highest summit of Antarctica Mount Vinson, Czech main stream media reported. He confirmed it in television interview without more details. According to the media speculation he spent New Years Eve holiday in Antarctica and the Mount Vinson was allegedly the last in 7 Summits (highest mountains of the continents).
Pevl Bem already as Prague Mayor climbed Mount Everest in 2007. He climbed also the highest mountain of Pamir and the highest mountain of North America Mount McKinley, Czech News Agency (CTK) reported.
Prague Mayor Pavel Bem (on the right hand side) with Reinhold Messner at press conference of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague, November 2009