Tomas Mrazek did 8c+ PP and is back in the rock ranking
Top competion climber Tomas Mrazek reports several hard sends from his last trip to Southern France. He did one 8c+, four 8c's, and onsighed one 8b+. The sends from this trip lifted him back to 2nd position on the CzechClimbing.com ranking, just behind Adam Ondra. ... full story
Photos from Adam Ondra´s climb of multi-pitch Silbergeier 8b+
Look at a few photos of Adam Ondra in the mountain multi-pitch route Silbergeier 8b+, which he climbed besides the other extreme ascents two weeks ago during one day of the practising (look at the article from August 5th 2007). ... full story
Adam Ondra sends hard multi-pitch routes in the Alps
Silbergeier 8b+ and more...
Besides Abysse, 9a (in the news from Friday) Adam Ondra has entered into his diary here on CzechClimbing.com recently climbs of hard multi-pitch routes in Alps: Silbergeier 8b+ and Zub za zub 8b+ in Rätikon, the Alps region in Switzerland and Austria. ... full story
Young Czech climber Adam Ondra (14) did on August 1st, 2007 the route Abysse 9a in French area Gorge du Loup on Wednesday. He did the masterpiece of French Alexandre Chabot in only three attempts . ... full story
Czech young climber Adam Ondra (14) has been nominated among candidates for the second edition of the Arco Rock Legends which will take place on 07/09/2007, on the eve of the XXI Rock Master at Arco (Garda Trentino, Italy). ... full story
Latest News: Tomas Mrazek finished 8th in the finals of the World Cup in lead climbing in Chamonix tonight.
Flavio Crespi (ITA) was the men's winner, Maja Vidmar (SLO) won the women's. ... full story
Hudy Cup outdoor bouldering competition took place in Modrin, the new boulder area in Northern Bohemia (in the northwest of the Czech Republic) last weekend on June 16th 2007. It attracted more than 200 people, including 50 foreigners, and the Czech climbing star Adam Ondra has won. ... full story
The penalizing of Adam Ondra for using magnesium at Czech sandstones areas is considered by many of the pro-chalk supporters as nonsense and to create an alibi for the Union. ... full story
German Champion Andreas Bindhammer visited last month one of the most popular Czech sandstones area in the Labe (Elbe) valley - called Labak. ... full story
Adam Ondra has been penalized by the Committee of Alpinisum ČHS (Czech Mountaineering Association) for using chalk on such routes as: Pěkná ústa, oči zelené XIc and Boží muka Xb, in the sandstone areas around Zleb (Labe valley, Elbetal), in the north of the Republic. ... full story
The 2007 annual PADani boulder competition in Petrohrad village (western Bohemia) is over, the last song has played at the afterparty, and the main prizes this year went to Adam Ondra and Nelly Kudrova. ... full story
„La Rambla or Las Ramblas (Catalan Les Rambles) is a 1,258, 59 meters long boulevard in the center of Barcelona, which connects the Plaça de Catalunya with the port. “ (Source: wikipedia) ... full story
Tomas Mrazek got the silver medal on the first World Cup 2007 competition in lead climbing in Imst, Austria today.
1 David Lama (AUT), 2 Tomas Mrazek (CZE), 3 Patxi Usobiaga (ESP). ... full story
The gold and bronze medals are brought by The Czech representatives from the weekend competition of the European Youth Cup in climbing on difficulty in Puurs, Belgium. Barbora Bernardová (in the category of girls B) has gold, Nikola Králíková (juniors) has bronze. ... full story
European Youth Cup lead climbing Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Another weekend, another international race and another load of medals! On the weekend of 19 - 20 June 21, another round of the European Youth Cup in lead climbing took place in Ostermundigen, Switzerland, where the Czech Repre won two golds and silver. ... full story
Two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal are brought by our representatives from the weekend competition of the European Youth Cup in lead climbing in Imst, Austria. ... full story
Hi, I am sending you the first more detailed information from our spring trip to the Himalayas. The goal of "Radar" (Radoslav Groh) and me was the Western wall of Baruntse (7129m), rising from the Hunku valley, in Khumbu region. ... full story
Adam Ondra quit the WC in bouldering in USA for shoulder injury
Adam Ondra did a last minute decision to not attend this round of the bouldering World Cup in Salt Lake City today because he hurt lightly his shoulder in the finals last week and he do not want to risk a serious injury. He informed about on Facebook: ... full story
Czechs Marek Holeček & Radek Groh climbed new route on Baruntse
Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Radek Groh climbed a new route via north west face of mount Baruntse (7162 m) in Nepal. After the top they begin descent down, but bad weather stucked them in about 7000 metres. They reported yesterday at Facebook: ... full story
World Cup in bouldering in Salt Lake City: Adam Ondra won
Adam Ondra won today the World Cup competition in bouldering in Salt Lake City, USA. It is his 2nd victory in row. He did 4 tops as the only one in the finals. Mejdi Schalck (FRA) was the 2nd, Jakob Schubert (AUT) 3rd. ... full story
Barbora Bernardová won today her category on the Youth European Championship in lead climbing in Perm, Russia. From the Czech boys in the last part of the event Lukáš Mokroluský was the most succesfull with the 3rd place in lead climbing. According to the overall results Czech girl Markéta Janošová was 2nd in climbing combination. ... full story
Adam Ondra: video of projecting "the hardest 8B+ in the Galaxy"
Adam Ondra published new video from the attempts in a quarry in his hometown Brno-Maloměřice on boulder project, that could be "the hardest 8B+ in the Galaxy" according to Adam. ... full story
First ascent from North to Kangchung Shar (Himalayas)
Czech mountaineers Zdeněk "Háček" Hák and Jaroslav "Banán" Bánský climbed the first ascent from the North to the top of the six thousand metres mountain Kangchung Shar in Nepal. They finished the ascent via the south side of the mountain. This is the first traverse of the massive at all. ... full story
Adam Ondra and Stefano Ghisolfi: interview on Youtube
Adam Ondra and his friend Italian elite climber Stefano Ghisolfi talks about top climbing in one hour long interview, that Adam Ondra published on his YouTube channel. ... full story
Czech Lucie Hrozová announced her 2. boulder problem at 8B Fb grade. She did boulder Conquistador in Sklapsko area at South Moravia on East of Czechia), that was done by Czech girl Jana Vincourková last year. Lucie is the only 2nd Czech female who did this bouldering grade after the 1st Jana Vincourková. ... full story