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International Mountain Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují
results of the 2025 film competition
An American film about elite American boulderer Ashima Shiraishi, "Ashima," won the Grand Prix at this year's International Mountain Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují. The results were announced on Sunday at the end of the festival by the organizers and published today on Facebook. ... full story
Arina Jurčenko is European champion in lead climbing
At the European Youth Championships in lead climbing in Žilina, Slovakia, Czech girl Arina Jurčenko became European champion yesterday, while another representative, Jan Štípek, finished in third place. ... full story
The Czech Mountaineering Association announced the results of Ascents of the year 2024 yesterday at the International Mountain Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují. Here is an overview: ... full story
Michal and Miroslav Coubal honored for mountaineering in Italy
Czech climbers Michal and Miroslav Coubal were awarded the Belluno Province Prize in Italy for their lifelong climbing careers in the Dolomites and the Alps. The Pelmo d'Oro Award recognizes individuals and organizations for their contributions to the cultural and historical significance of the Dolomites. ... full story
Lenka Poláčková: the first Slovak woman to climb K2
Lenka Poláčková became the first Slovak woman to climb K2 (8,611 m) without supplemental oxygen. She posted about her climb on her Instagram account: ... full story
Czechs first ascended new route on Hunza Peak in Pakistan
The first ascent of the impressive southwest face of the six-thousander Hunza Peak in the Karakoram in Pakistan was recently made by Zdeněk Hák and Radek Groh. ... full story
Frenchwoman Oriane Bertone won the World Cup bouldering event in Prague today. Frenchwoman Agathe Calliet was second, and Japanese Melody Sekikawa was third. The women´s final standings were decided by the result of the morning semi-final, as the evening final was canceled due to bad weather conditions. ... full story
Mejdi Schalck from France won the final of the 2025 World Cup in Bouldering in Prague this evening. Japanese Sorato Anraku was second, French Samuel Richard was third. ... full story
Adam Ondra finished with one top in the semi-finals of the Prague Bouldering World Cup 2025 today without advancing to the evening finals. This starts today at Letná at 6:30 PM without Czech representation. Adam was 15th out of 27 semi-finalists. ... full story
Czech town Brno to host the 2027 World Climbing Championships
The Czech Republic has successfully applied to host the 2027 World Sport Climbing Championships. The decision was made today at the General Assembly of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) in Cyprus. The championship will take place from 13 to 27 August 2027 in the Arena Brno, which is still under construction. ... full story
Youth Ski Mountaineering World Cup France: Eva Matějovičová gold
Eva Matějovičová won gold at the Youth Ski Mountaineering World Cup in the Olympic sprint discipline on Wednesday at the race in Puy-Saint-Vincent, France. ... full story
Ice Climbing World Cup in Canada: Aneta Loužecká 2nd in speed
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the silver medal yesterday in the last race of the Ice Climbing World Cup season in Edmonton, Canada. She has bronze for the overall ranking in the Ice Climbing World Cup. ... full story
Adam Ondra sent boulder Soudain seul 9A in Fontainebleau
Adam Ondra announced that he had successfully repeated the 9A Soudain seul boulder in Fontainebleau, France. The following day, he flashed boulders Ubik assis (8B) and La Ligne de Bête (8B+). ... full story
Piolets d'Or 2025: Czechia it 2x in the preliminary selection
Czechia appears twice in the preliminary selection of climbing ascents for the Piolets d'Or 2025 award for 2024: Jaroslav Bánský, Radoslav Groh, and Zdeněk Hák for the first ascent of the virgin Muchu Chhish (7,453 m) and Marek Holeček and Slovak Ondra Húserka, who died during the descent, for the first ascent of the east face of Langtang Lirung (7,227 m). ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh set off for Nepal to climb Cho Oyu
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh set off for Nepal to attempt to climb Cho Oyu (8,188 m) via a new route up the southeast face from the Nepalese side. Mára posted about this yesterday evening on Facebook, saying that they were making their way through "deep snow to BC." ... full story
Lukáš Mokroluský and Arina Jurčenko won the Czech Republic Bouldering Championships yesterday evening at the Jungle climbing wall in Letňany, Prague. Jan Štípek and Sára Šimeková (SVK) came second, and Darius Naimji and Ema Galeová came third. ... full story
World Championships in climbing in Seoul - boulder
Lukáš Mokroluský finished 19th
Lukáš Mokroluský finished 19th in the bouldering semifinals at the World Climbing Championships in Seoul, South Korea, today, failing to advance to the finals. The finals were won by Japan's Sorato Anraku, with France's Mejdi Schalck in second place and South Korea's Dohyun Lee in third. ... full story
Adam Ondra finished 15th in the lead climbing semifinals at the World Championships in Seoul, South Korea, today, failing to advance to the finals. The finals were won by South Korea's Dohyun Lee and Slovenia's Janja Garnbret. ... full story
Climbing World Championships in boulder in Seoul - qualification
Lukáš Mokroluský advanced to the semifinals
Lukáš Mokroluský advanced to the semifinals of bouldering at the World Climbing Championships. He finished 17th in today's qualification round. Arina Jurčenko also represented Czechia in bouldering today, but she did not advance, finishing in 30th place. The men's bouldering semifinals are scheduled for Sunday, September 28. ... full story
World Championships lead climbing in Seoul - qualification
Adam Ondra advanced to the semifinals
Adam Ondra advanced today from 11th place in the lead climbing qualification at the World Championships in Seoul, South Korea, to the semifinals, which are scheduled for Friday, September 26. The rest of our team finished in the lead climbing qualification today. ... full story
Czech František Rys finished 7th today in the qualifying round for the World Para Climbing Championships in Seoul, South Korea, failing to advance to the finals. Franta Rys has been competing in international para-climbing competitions since last year in the RP3 sports class, in which climbers have significant neurological or physiological limitations but are able to climb "normal" routes in the 7a to 8b c ... full story
Czech girl Adéla Bodanská finished in 8th place at the weekend in the final of the Youth European Cup competition in lead climbing in Imst, Austria. The rest of the Czech team finished in the qualifying rounds. ... full story
Video: Adam Ondra climbs Wolverine 8B+ boulder in Norway
Adam Ondra has released a new video from his visit to the Norwegian bouldering area of Vingsand, where he managed to climb the difficult Wolverine boulder rated 8B+. The video is 10 minutes long and can be viewed here: ... full story
Pepa Šindel climbed another 9a/+ route: Procesor in Slovakia
Pepa Šindel has added another 9a+/9a+ route to his list of climbs, namely Procesor 11/11+ UIAA in the Višňová area of Slovakia. He recorded the climb in his diary on Lezce and posted about it on Instagram. This is Pepa's 14th route rated 9a to 9a+. ... full story
Radek Votoček has done his seventh 9a: Pumplori in Germany
Radek Votoček has climbed his seventh 9a route, Pumplori 11 UIAA in the Allgäu region of Germany. The 10-meter route on a large overhang is basically one long boulder by Christian Bidnhammer, Radek wrote to us. ... full story
Adam Ondra finished 7th in the final of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Koper, Slovenia, this evening. The winners were Sorato Anraku of Japan and Janja Garnbret of Slovenia. Second place went to Alberto Ginés López of Spain and Chaehyun Seo of South Korea, while third place went to Toby Roberts of Great Britain and Laura Rogora of Italy. ... full story
Marek Disman and Jan Kreisinger have released their latest film from last year's attempt to make the first ascent of Phurbi Chyachu (6,637 m) in the Himalayas.
The full version of the film "The Burden of the Unclimbed" can be viewed here: ... full story
The 42nd International Mountaineering Film Festival Opens
in Teplice nad Metují, Czechia
The Czech town of Teplice nad Metují is once again hosting the International Mountaineering Film Festival, now in its 42nd edition. This year brings a record number of exhibitions and films, along with thousands of Tibetan prayer flags blessing the festival grounds. Star guests include big wall climber Nina Caprez, world legend Alexander Huber, crack climbing specialist Pete Whittaker, and Czechoslovak expediti ... full story
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An American film about elite American boulderer Ashima Shiraishi, "Ashima," won the Grand Prix at this year's International Mountain Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují. The results were announced on Sunday at the end of the festival by the organizers and published today on Facebook. 
At the European Youth Championships in lead climbing in Žilina, Slovakia, Czech girl Arina Jurčenko became European champion yesterday, while another representative, Jan Štípek, finished in third place. 
The Czech Mountaineering Association announced the results of Ascents of the year 2024 yesterday at the International Mountain Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují. Here is an overview: 
Czech climbers Michal and Miroslav Coubal were awarded the Belluno Province Prize in Italy for their lifelong climbing careers in the Dolomites and the Alps. The Pelmo d'Oro Award recognizes individuals and organizations for their contributions to the cultural and historical significance of the Dolomites. 
Lenka Poláčková became the first Slovak woman to climb K2 (8,611 m) without supplemental oxygen. She posted about her climb on her Instagram account: 
The first ascent of the impressive southwest face of the six-thousander Hunza Peak in the Karakoram in Pakistan was recently made by Zdeněk Hák and Radek Groh. 
Frenchwoman Oriane Bertone won the World Cup bouldering event in Prague today. Frenchwoman Agathe Calliet was second, and Japanese Melody Sekikawa was third. The women´s final standings were decided by the result of the morning semi-final, as the evening final was canceled due to bad weather conditions. 
Mejdi Schalck from France won the final of the 2025 World Cup in Bouldering in Prague this evening. Japanese Sorato Anraku was second, French Samuel Richard was third. 
Adam Ondra finished with one top in the semi-finals of the Prague Bouldering World Cup 2025 today without advancing to the evening finals. This starts today at Letná at 6:30 PM without Czech representation. Adam was 15th out of 27 semi-finalists.
The Czech Republic has successfully applied to host the 2027 World Sport Climbing Championships. The decision was made today at the General Assembly of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) in Cyprus. The championship will take place from 13 to 27 August 2027 in the Arena Brno, which is still under construction. 
Eva Matějovičová won gold at the Youth Ski Mountaineering World Cup in the Olympic sprint discipline on Wednesday at the race in Puy-Saint-Vincent, France. 
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the silver medal yesterday in the last race of the Ice Climbing World Cup season in Edmonton, Canada. She has bronze for the overall ranking in the Ice Climbing World Cup. 
Adam Ondra announced that he had successfully repeated the 9A Soudain seul boulder in Fontainebleau, France. The following day, he flashed boulders Ubik assis (8B) and La Ligne de Bête (8B+). 
Czechia appears twice in the preliminary selection of climbing ascents for the Piolets d'Or 2025 award for 2024: Jaroslav Bánský, Radoslav Groh, and Zdeněk Hák for the first ascent of the virgin Muchu Chhish (7,453 m) and Marek Holeček and Slovak Ondra Húserka, who died during the descent, for the first ascent of the east face of Langtang Lirung (7,227 m). 
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Mára Holeček and Radek Groh set off for Nepal to attempt to climb Cho Oyu (8,188 m) via a new route up the southeast face from the Nepalese side. Mára posted about this yesterday evening on Facebook, saying that they were making their way through "deep snow to BC." 
Lukáš Mokroluský and Arina Jurčenko won the Czech Republic Bouldering Championships yesterday evening at the Jungle climbing wall in Letňany, Prague. Jan Štípek and Sára Šimeková (SVK) came second, and Darius Naimji and Ema Galeová came third. 
Lukáš Mokroluský finished 19th in the bouldering semifinals at the World Climbing Championships in Seoul, South Korea, today, failing to advance to the finals. The finals were won by Japan's Sorato Anraku, with France's Mejdi Schalck in second place and South Korea's Dohyun Lee in third. 
Adam Ondra finished 15th in the lead climbing semifinals at the World Championships in Seoul, South Korea, today, failing to advance to the finals. The finals were won by South Korea's Dohyun Lee and Slovenia's Janja Garnbret. 
Lukáš Mokroluský advanced to the semifinals of bouldering at the World Climbing Championships. He finished 17th in today's qualification round. Arina Jurčenko also represented Czechia in bouldering today, but she did not advance, finishing in 30th place. The men's bouldering semifinals are scheduled for Sunday, September 28. 
Adam Ondra advanced today from 11th place in the lead climbing qualification at the World Championships in Seoul, South Korea, to the semifinals, which are scheduled for Friday, September 26. The rest of our team finished in the lead climbing qualification today. 
Czech František Rys finished 7th today in the qualifying round for the World Para Climbing Championships in Seoul, South Korea, failing to advance to the finals. Franta Rys has been competing in international para-climbing competitions since last year in the RP3 sports class, in which climbers have significant neurological or physiological limitations but are able to climb "normal" routes in the 7a to 8b c 
Adam Ondra has released a new video from his visit to the Norwegian bouldering area of Vingsand, where he managed to climb the difficult Wolverine boulder rated 8B+. The video is 10 minutes long and can be viewed here: 
Pepa Šindel has added another 9a+/9a+ route to his list of climbs, namely Procesor 11/11+ UIAA in the Višňová area of Slovakia. He recorded the climb in his diary on Lezce and posted about it on Instagram. This is Pepa's 14th route rated 9a to 9a+. 
Radek Votoček has climbed his seventh 9a route, Pumplori 11 UIAA in the Allgäu region of Germany. The 10-meter route on a large overhang is basically one long boulder by Christian Bidnhammer, Radek wrote to us. 
Adam Ondra finished 7th in the final of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Koper, Slovenia, this evening. The winners were Sorato Anraku of Japan and Janja Garnbret of Slovenia. Second place went to Alberto Ginés López of Spain and Chaehyun Seo of South Korea, while third place went to Toby Roberts of Great Britain and Laura Rogora of Italy. 
Marek Disman and Jan Kreisinger have released their latest film from last year's attempt to make the first ascent of Phurbi Chyachu (6,637 m) in the Himalayas.
The Czech town of Teplice nad Metují is once again hosting the International Mountaineering Film Festival, now in its 42nd edition. This year brings a record number of exhibitions and films, along with thousands of Tibetan prayer flags blessing the festival grounds. Star guests include big wall climber Nina Caprez, world legend Alexander Huber, crack climbing specialist Pete Whittaker, and Czechoslovak expediti 
