Petrohradske Padani international bouldering competition 2015
results
Brief results of the 14th annual of PADani 2015, the open air international bouldering competition, in Petrohrad, West Bohemia, Czech Republic ... full story
Czech mountaineers Jindrich Hudecek and Michal Brunner finished first ascent on Aguja Poincenot (3002 m) in Patagonia on February 2nd, 2015. The new route "Invisible Line" is 7a A1 hard and 400 m long. ... full story
Lucie Hrozova and Milan Dvoracek won the Czech Championship in speed ice climbing 2015, that took place on Saturday February 14th, on ice wall in Vir, CZ. ... full story
Several years ago I got the chance to interview Adam for an American climbing magazine. At the time his exploits were just becoming known to the world, but his talent was already well known in the Czech climbing community. ... full story
Adam Ondra who is in the lead of both rankings (difficulty and boulder), sent before the weekend his longterm project in Moravian Karst. ... full story
Czech Matyáš Lienerth won silver yesterday at the UIAA Continental Ice Climbing Cup in Brno as the best of Czechia. In the women's category, Aneta Loužecká placed as best Czech in 7th place. The winners were Jonathan Arthur Brown from Switzerland and Haruko Takeuchi from Japan. ... full story
The fact that climbers also spend their time bouldering as part of their acclimatization at base camp is nothing new. However, climber Marek Disman (DISMANTEAM) has compiled a slim brochure from his recent expedition to the Himalayas, where he went with his climbing partner Honza Kreisinger, in which he clearly captured the bouldering problems with which the two climbers spent their time at ba ... full story
Adam Ondra's start at the WC in Briancon was prevented by covid
Adam Ondra's planned start at tomorrow's World Cup in lead climbing in Briancon, France, was prevented because he has covid infection. They informed about it today on Facebook of the Czech Mountaineering Union.
Only Eliška Adamovská, Míša Smetanová, Martin Stráník, the Potůček brothers and Jáchym Cink are to represent Czechs in tomorrow's qualification. ... full story
World climbing icon Chris Sharma is to be at Festák this year
At this year's climbing festival in Teplice nad Metují, East Bohemia, Czechia, on 25-28 August should be Chris Sharma, they said yesterday on the ČHS Facebook page. ... full story
Lucka Hrozová announced the climb of her hardest boulder Prehistorik 8B/8B+ from Martin Stráník in Labák. She matched the performance of Jana Švecová (Vincourková), who climbed the same bomber last month and was still the only Czech to have this bouldering difficulty. ... full story
Eliška Adamovská won a silver medal today in the European Boulder Cup in Brixen, Italy. "The first three boulders climbed with a clear flash! She also did well in the last, hardest boulder, and only two attempts separated her from the gold medal," commented on her final performance on Facebook by ČHS. ... full story
In addition to a lot of 8B +, Jakub Konečný climbed two 8C
In addition to a lot of boulders for 8B +, Jakub Konečný has recently climbed two 8Cs, namely Tekuté Štěstí and Ghost Rider in Sloup in the Moravian Karst. In the ranking on the Lezec.cz, he jumped to 2nd place behind Martin Stráník. Take a look at the videos that Jakub made of these boulders on Youtube: ... full story
European Boulder Cup in Prague started today with qualification
The Czechs Adam Ondra, Eliška Adamovská, Martin Stráník and Roman Kučera advanced today from the qualification of the European Boulder Cup in Prague to tomorrow's semifinals. ... full story
Jana Švecová (Vincourková): 1st Czech women's boulder for 8B/8B+
Jana Švecová (Vincourková) climbed the prehistoric 8B/8B+ boulder from Martin Stráník in Labák, which again increased the level for women's bouldering in the Czech Republic. Jana is thus the only Czech boulder who has climbed this boulder difficulty on Lezec or according to other available sources. ... full story
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská win, William Bosi 2nd
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won yesterday this year's first Czech Cup in lead climbing in Brno. The second were William Bosi (UK) and Michaela Smetanová, the third Šimon Potůček and Markéta Janošová. ... full story
Russian mountain.ru protests against Russian aggression in Ukrai
The Russian mountaineering server mountain.ru has published a call to end military operations in Ukraine, stating that it is a disgrace to Russia and its citizens for several generations.
It takes a great deal of courage to write such a statement in present-day Russia and attach your signature to it. There are 234 names under the call so far. ... full story
Adam Ondra: let us help the Ukrainian people suffering from war
Adam Ondra published a call to support the People in Need organization, which can quickly help the Ukrainian people suffering from the war. He wrote on social networks: ... full story