As the tempatures drop and the days grow shorter, our vision is lowered from the lofty heights to the easily accesable boulders close by. Long forgotten are long approches, hard clips, the idea of the redpoint crux, saving some for the top- all the mental trappings of route climbing. Instead we are captivated by simple movement over stone: hard moves, absurd holds, the fluttering heart of a highball...
Czech boy wonder, Adam Ondra (13 years old), was granted The Ascent of the Year 2006 by The Czech Mountaineering Union for his ascent of Martin Krpan 9a, PP, in Osp, Slovenia. He also got extraordinary appreciation in 2006 for the large number of ascents of extreme difficulty, "in the case of 13-years-old climber it is the world unique performance". ... full story
We have visited this beautiful spot several times within the years of 2004 and 2006. This area touched my feelings deeply therefore I would like to introduce it to the audience. ... full story
13 years old Adam Ondra is the best climber of Czech Republic in the rock climbing rankings and he is one of the best climbers world wide at all. So we had to ask Adam for a Christmas mini interview at least. ... full story
UPDATE +video The world champion Tomas Mrazek and the Czech best junior girl Silvie Rajfova won the Czech Championship in lead climbing today in Prague in new climbing hall SmichOFF. ... full story
If you are a sport climber at heart, surely you have come across this situation: beautiful route, high first bolt, bad landing. Maybe you were too scared to climb up and clip it yourself; maybe you didn’t want to assume the risk of a ground fall. Or maybe you decided to go for it, and you bared down hard on every hold and locker off every move until you clip that first bolt, wasting precious energy for the send.
Slovak mountaineering union James has granted the Ascents of the year 2006. The highest award the Golden Carabiner was given to Peter Hamor for ascent on Anapurna and to Gabriel Čmárik and Jozef Kopold for first ascent in Karakoram, Pakistan on Uli Biaho Tower (6109 m). ... full story
European Youth Cup Kranj, Slovenia - the results of the finals today: Martin Stráník 1st and Silvie Rajfová 4th.
News from Saturday:
European Youth Cup Kranj, Slovenia - the results of the qualification today: Martin Stráník and Silvie Rajfová continue to the finals from the first positions. ... full story
Czech climbers Dušan "Stoupa" Janák and Jirka Šrůtek climbed the route Freerider (V, 5.13a) on El Capitan in Yosemites in the latter half of October 2006. ... full story
A rather bold statement, no? While I am by no means an encyclopedia of American climbing, I have been around the block a few times. And the Red River Gorge is the nicest house on Sport Climbing Street, believe that. While other areas, such as Smith Rock, may have more historical value, no single area in the US offers as much variety as well as quality as the Red. Don't believe me? There is only one way to find out... ... full story
UPDATED by story and photos+video Adam Ondra (13-years-old, CZ) climbed the route Martin Krpan 9a in Osp, Slovenia, this Saturday November 11. Brano from Slovak web climb.sk posted the info to CzechClimbing.com. ... full story
A week ago we returned from the succesful expedition Madagascar 2006. Tomáš Sobotka and Ondra Beneš (D.Žleb Company, Czech Republic), and then two Austrians: Harald Berger and Florian Scheimpflug participated. ... full story
Andreas Bindhammer, who did a week ago the first repetition of the route Abysse 9a (set by Alex Chabot), thinks it should be 9a/a+, because during the attempting he broke two important footholds. ... full story
Tomáš Mrázek finished 5th in the finals of the World Cup competition in bouldering today in Moscow. Tomáš Mrázek finished in bouldering World Cup 2006 overall on the 6th position. He the 1st in combination of lead and bouldering. ... full story
Martin Stráník and Petra Růžičková won 3nd round of Rock Point Czech Cup in bouldering 2016 today in Ostrava. Štěpán Stráník and Klára Halmo were 2nd, and Michal Běhounek and Karina Bílková 3rd. ... full story
Czech Martin Stráník finished the 6th on World Cup competition in bouldering in Innsbruck, Austria today. He could not reach any top or bonus hold in the finals Before he was 4th in the semifinals (2t2 4b4). Jongwon Chon (KOR) and Shauna Coxsey (GBR) won. ... full story
Czech Martin Stráník did no top in semfinals in World Cup bouldering competition Navi Mumbai (India) and and could not continue to finals. He ended on the 19th place. Japanese Kokoro Fujii and Miho Nonaka won. ... full story
Martin Stráník and Eliška Vlčková won 2nd round of Rock Point Czech Cup in bouldering 2016 today in Prague. Stefan Bednar (Slovak) and Daniela Kotrbová were 2nd, and Štěpán Stráník and Karina Bílková 3rd. ... full story
Czech Libor Hroza got silver medal and ended on 2nd position on the World Cup speed climbing competition in Nanjing, China today. He had 2x false starts in the finals, so Reza Alipourshenazandifar from Iran won. ... full story
Czech Libor Hroza got silver medal and ended on 2nd position on the World Cup speed climbing competition in Chongqing, China today. He had 2x false starts in the finals, so Dmitrii Timofeev (RUS) won. Libor Hroza continued from 1/2-finals and from 1/4 finals with the best time from all climbers 5.83 seconds. ... full story
Martin Stranik got to semi-finals, but was late in isolation
Czech Martin Stranik got to semi-finals of the World Cup bouldering competition in Kazo, Japan, but was late in isolation and could not start in the semi-finals today. ... full story
Czech Martin Stráník got silver medal and ended on 2nd position on the World Cup bouldering competition in Meiringen, Switzerland today. ... full story
Czech junior Matej Burian (male category A) was 4th in the European Youth Cup competition in speed climbing 2016 in Tarnow, Poland, today. ... full story
Look at video with silver Jakub Konecny on Czech Cup lead climbing competition on Saturday in Prague. Jakub Konecny (16 years) the only one who could climb to almost same height as Adam Ondra. He fell about a hold and half below. ... full story
Adam Ondra and Gabina Vrabliková won Czech Cup in lead climbing
Prague
Adam Ondra and Gabina Vrabliková won Czech Cup in lead climbing 2016 in Prague Adam Ondra and Gabina Vrabliková won today Czech Cup competition in lead climbing 2016 in Prague Smichoff gym. Jakub Konečný and Lenka Slezáková were 2nd, Martin Jech and Veronika Šimková 3rd. ... full story
Petrohradske Padani international bouldering competition
15th-16th April 2016
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, takes place on 15th-16th April 2016. ... full story
Czech elite climber Adam Ondra did the hardest route of Slovenia during the Easter. The first ascent got name Vicious Circle, suggested grade is 9a+/9b, it is located in Misja Pec, Osp, Slovenia, and he worked on it 5 days, as he wrote to his climbing log on our website. ... full story
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As the tempatures drop and the days grow shorter, our vision is lowered from the lofty heights to the easily accesable boulders close by. Long forgotten are long approches, hard clips, the idea of the redpoint crux, saving some for the top- all the mental trappings of route climbing. Instead we are captivated by simple movement over stone: hard moves, absurd holds, the fluttering heart of a highball...
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Czech boy wonder, Adam Ondra (13 years old), was granted The Ascent of the Year 2006 by The Czech Mountaineering Union for his ascent of Martin Krpan 9a, PP, in Osp, Slovenia. He also got extraordinary appreciation in 2006 for the large number of ascents of extreme difficulty, "in the case of 13-years-old climber it is the world unique performance". 
We have visited this beautiful spot several times within the years of 2004 and 2006. This area touched my feelings deeply therefore I would like to introduce it to the audience. 
13 years old Adam Ondra is the best climber of Czech Republic in the rock climbing rankings and he is one of the best climbers world wide at all. So we had to ask Adam for a Christmas mini interview at least. 
UPDATE +video The world champion Tomas Mrazek and the Czech best junior girl Silvie Rajfova won the Czech Championship in lead climbing today in Prague in new climbing hall SmichOFF. 
If you are a sport climber at heart, surely you have come across this situation: beautiful route, high first bolt, bad landing. Maybe you were too scared to climb up and clip it yourself; maybe you didn’t want to assume the risk of a ground fall. Or maybe you decided to go for it, and you bared down hard on every hold and locker off every move until you clip that first bolt, wasting precious energy for the send. 
Slovak mountaineering union James has granted the Ascents of the year 2006. The highest award the Golden Carabiner was given to Peter Hamor for ascent on Anapurna and to Gabriel Čmárik and Jozef Kopold for first ascent in Karakoram, Pakistan on Uli Biaho Tower (6109 m). 
European Youth Cup Kranj, Slovenia - the results of the finals today: Martin Stráník 1st and Silvie Rajfová 4th.
Czech climbers Dušan "Stoupa" Janák and Jirka Šrůtek climbed the route Freerider (V, 5.13a) on El Capitan in Yosemites in the latter half of October 2006. 
UPDATE +video Kranj, Slovenia, finals results: 1st David Lama (AUT) , 2nd Cedric Lachat (SUI), 3rd Jorg Verhoeven (NED).
A week ago we returned from the succesful expedition Madagascar 2006. Tomáš Sobotka and Ondra Beneš (D.Žleb Company, Czech Republic), and then two Austrians: Harald Berger and Florian Scheimpflug participated. 
Andreas Bindhammer, who did a week ago the first repetition of the route Abysse 9a (set by Alex Chabot), thinks it should be 9a/a+, because during the attempting he broke two important footholds. 
Tomáš Mrázek finished 5th in the finals of the World Cup competition in bouldering today in Moscow. Tomáš Mrázek finished in bouldering World Cup 2006 overall on the 6th position. He the 1st in combination of lead and bouldering. 
Martin Stráník and Petra Růžičková won 3nd round of Rock Point Czech Cup in bouldering 2016 today in Ostrava. Štěpán Stráník and Klára Halmo were 2nd, and Michal Běhounek and Karina Bílková 3rd. 
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Czech Martin Stráník finished the 6th on World Cup competition in bouldering in Innsbruck, Austria today. He could not reach any top or bonus hold in the finals Before he was 4th in the semifinals (2t2 4b4). Jongwon Chon (KOR) and Shauna Coxsey (GBR) won. 
Czech Martin Stráník did no top in semfinals in World Cup bouldering competition Navi Mumbai (India) and and could not continue to finals. He ended on the 19th place. Japanese Kokoro Fujii and Miho Nonaka won. 
Martin Stráník and Eliška Vlčková won 2nd round of Rock Point Czech Cup in bouldering 2016 today in Prague. Stefan Bednar (Slovak) and Daniela Kotrbová were 2nd, and Štěpán Stráník and Karina Bílková 3rd. 
Czech Libor Hroza got silver medal and ended on 2nd position on the World Cup speed climbing competition in Nanjing, China today. He had 2x false starts in the finals, so Reza Alipourshenazandifar from Iran won. 
Czech Libor Hroza got silver medal and ended on 2nd position on the World Cup speed climbing competition in Chongqing, China today. He had 2x false starts in the finals, so Dmitrii Timofeev (RUS) won. Libor Hroza continued from 1/2-finals and from 1/4 finals with the best time from all climbers 5.83 seconds. 
Czech Martin Stranik got to semi-finals of the World Cup bouldering competition in Kazo, Japan, but was late in isolation and could not start in the semi-finals today. 
Czech Martin Stráník got silver medal and ended on 2nd position on the World Cup bouldering competition in Meiringen, Switzerland today. 
We would like to realy apologise, but unfortunately, Petrohradske Padani WILL NOT take place during 15th - 16th April 2016.
Look at video with silver Jakub Konecny on Czech Cup lead climbing competition on Saturday in Prague. Jakub Konecny (16 years) the only one who could climb to almost same height as Adam Ondra. He fell about a hold and half below. 
Adam Ondra got the most awards among Ascent of the year 2015 of Czech Mountaneering Union on ceremony on Saturday in Prague. 
Adam Ondra and Gabina Vrabliková won today Czech Cup competition in lead climbing 2016 in Prague Smichoff gym. Jakub Konečný and Lenka Slezáková were 2nd, Martin Jech and Veronika Šimková 3rd. 
This year´s annual of the international bouldering open air competition Petrohradske Padani in Petrohrad, western Bohemia, Czech Republic, takes place on 15th-16th April 2016. 
Czech elite climber Adam Ondra did the hardest route of Slovenia during the Easter. The first ascent got name Vicious Circle, suggested grade is 9a+/9b, it is located in Misja Pec, Osp, Slovenia, and he worked on it 5 days, as he wrote to his climbing log on our website. 
