World Cup speed ice climbing Saas Fee (SUI): Aneta Loužecká 3rd
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the bronze medal in the female finals of the World Cup in speed ice climbing in Saas Fee, Switzerland, yesterday. In the men's category, Czechs competitors finished in the qualification: Matyáš Lienerth 29th, Jan Mikel 30th and Pavel Motal 44th. ... full story
Czech Markéta Janošová got gold medal, two others bronze
Czech girl Markéta Janošová won today Youth European Championship in lead climbing in Perm, Russia. The other two Czech girls were 3rd in their categories. Michaela Smetanova got bronze in lead climbing, Arina Jurčenko in bouldering. ... full story
Jana Vincourková: flash of boulder Red Hot Tortilas 8A
Jana Vincourková announced flash of boulder Red Hot Tortilas 8A in Sněžník close to Děčín, NW Czechia. It shoudl be the 2nd Czech female flash of the boudering grade 8A. The same boulder problem did Lucie Hrozová a month ago. ... full story
World Cup in bouldering in Meiringen: Adam Ondra won
Adam Ondra won today the World Cup competition in bouldering in Meiringen, Switzerland. He did 3 tops from 4 boulders as the only one in the finals. Yoshiyuki Ogata (JAP) was the 2nd, Tomoaki Takata (JAP) 3rd. ... full story
Lucie Hrozová did 8B boulder as the 2nd Czech female
Lucie Hrozová announced sent of 8B boulder. That is the problem Temná hmota in area Děčínský Sněžník, Northern Bohemia, NW Czechia. She is the only the 2nd Czech female, who did that bouldering grade. ... full story
Lucka Hrozová announced flash climb of boulder Red Hot Tortilas 8A in Sněžník close to Děčín, NW Czechia. It should be the first Czech female flash in the boudering grade 8A. ... full story
WCH of juniors in ice climbing: Aneta Loužecká - 3rd place
"World Youth Ice climbing Championship 2021- 3rd place in lead," Czech girl Aneta Loužecká announced today from the Championship in Tyumen, Russia. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Zdeněk Hák got Piolet d'Or 2020 for Chamlang
Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2020 yesterday for the first ascent of the route Ufo Line on Chamlang (7319 m) in Nepal. ... full story
Slovak film Everest - The Hard Way by Pavol Barabáš got the Grand Prix of the this annual of the International Mountaineering Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují, North Eest Bohemia. The organizers announced the results today in the end of event. ... full story
Jana Vincourková announced her 2nd 8B boulder.Its the problem Rustam Direct 8B at Holštejn in Moravian Kars, SE Czechia. Jana is the only Czech female, who recorded the grade in ranking on Lezec.cz. She is actually on the first place of the ranking. ... full story
Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák will get Piolet d'Or for Chamlang
Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák will get prestige award Piolet d'Or 2020 for Chamlang for the first ascent of the route Ufo Line on Chamlang (7319 m) in Nepal in 2019. Besides them the two other teams from USA and one team from Japan will be awarded. The decision of the jury was published by the organiser of the Piolets d'Or award. ... full story
Olympic qualification in climbing combination Toulouse, France
Adam Ondra 2nd and qualified to Olympic games 2020
Adam Ondra was the 2nd in the climbing combination finals of the qualification competition for Olympic games 2020, held today in Toulouse, France. He has qualified to the Olympic games without doubts.He got 8th place in speed climbing, 3rd in bouldering, and won the lead climbing. ... full story
Gabriela Vrablíková announced climb of her first 9a
Gabriela Vrablíková announced climb of her first 9a. She wrote The route Sever The Wicked Hand 9a in Frankenjura, Germany, yesterday on her log at 8a.nu and reported on Facebook. It is the hardest route ever climbed by Czech female. ... full story
Marek Holeček got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2018 for Gasherbrum
Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2018 today for the first ascent of the route on Gasherbrum I (8068 m) in Pakistan, he did last year with the Czech Zdenek Hak who could not attend ceremonial because of illness. ... full story
2 Czechs rescued by helicopter when rope fell from Grossglockner
Two Czech climbers were rescued by helicopter on Saturday afternoon on Grossglockner because, after climbing to the top of the Austria's highest mountain, they dropped their rope on the steep northern slope due to their carelessness. This was reported by the general media. ... full story
Film: Adam Ondra climbs probably the most slabby 9a in the world
Adam Ondra has released a new documentary film about the past, present, and future of difficult slab climbing, in which he climbs what is probably the most slabby 9a in the world, on his YouTube channel. Former climbing star Heinz Mariacher reminisces with Adam in Arco, Italy, about the style of sport climbing in the 1980s. ... full story
For younger readers and anyone else who doesn't enjoy reading long texts...: after two years and two broken bones, I managed to climb my most difficult route, Gekón 11-, using a lead rope solo technique. ... full story
The Czech Republic Ski Mountaineering Sprint Championships
Filip Matějovič and Eva Matějičová won
Filip Matějovič and Eva Matějičová won the Czech Republic Championship in the Olympic ski mountaineering sprint discipline yesterday in Bílá in the Beskydy Mountains. ... full story
Czech Aneta Loužecká won silver last night in the European Cup ice climbing competition in Utrecht, Netherlands. Matyáš Lienerth came in 5th in the finals. ... full story
Christmas won't bring peace this year. It'll bring JAM.
Forget carols, cookies, and Zen breathing by the tree.
This year, we're going to rock it differently.
The seventh edition of Jungle Jam will land in Letňany just before Christmas and promises an evening full of glitter, sweat, music, costumes, and a bouldering massacre that will pull you out of your December lethargy. ... full story
Christmas competition: December 24, climbing wall Ruzyně, Prague
Dear climbers and friends,
We would like to invite you to our Christmas competition on December 24 at our climbing wall in Ruzyně, Prague. The competition will start at 8:30 a.m. and the wall will be open until 2 p.m. Come and enjoy the festive atmosphere with us, compete, and climb. ... full story
Ski mountaineer Eva Matějovičová is not going to Winter Olympics
Czech ski mountaineering representative Eva Matějovičová failed yesterday in the final qualifying race in ski mountaineering sprint and will not advance to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy. At yesterday's race in Salt Lake City, USA, her ski strap broke in the quarterfinals, and she finished last without advancing to the semifinals, according to the Czech Mountaineering Union's Faceboo ... full story
Czech Oliver Hamerský finished second yesterday evening in the European Cup ice climbing competition in Brno. Aneta Loužecká was fourth in the final, Matyáš Lienerth seventh. The rest of Czech team finished in the qualifying round: ... full story
The European Cup series in ice climbing continues today with a competition on the old highway pillar for drytooling in Brno, with 14 of Czech climbers participating, including the favorite Aneta Loužecká. ... full story
World Cup in sport climbing is heading to Prague's Štvanice
After three years at Letná Plain, the climbing elite will return to Prague, this time to a new location. The next edition of the World Cup in sport climbing will take place on Štvanice Island from June 3 to 7, 2026. This time, lead climbing will be added to the bouldering discipline. ... full story
Ski mountaineer Eva Matějovičová tries Olympic participation
Czech ski mountaineering representative Eva Matějovičová will compete for a place at the Olympics, the Czech Mountaineering Association announced yesterday. She is currently in Salt Lake City, USA, where the final qualifying race in ski mountaineering sprint for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy will take place on Sunday, December 7. ... full story
Czech girl Aneta Loužecká finished fourth yesterday evening in the European Cup ice climbing competition in Žilina, Slovakia. Jan Mikel was tenth in the final. Our other competitors finished in the qualifying round: ... full story
Jan Štípek climbed his second 9a: Wild Publico in Spain
Czech Jan Štípek climbed his second 9a. On Friday, November 28, he managed to complete the Wild Publico 9a route in Margalef, Spain. He recorded the route in his diary on Lezec.cz and posted about the climb on Instagram. ... full story
The European Cup series in ice climbing continues today with a competition in Žilina, Slovakia, with nine of our athletes participating, including Czech favorites Aneta Loužecká and Oliver Hamerský, who won silver a week ago at the season opener in Switzerland. ... full story