A woman from the mountains, it was the first thing what came up to my mind after I met her in Bad Schandau where she had a slide show. Ines Papert is not only four time Ice Climbing World Champion in difficulty, but also great climber, mountain climber, congenial woman and mother of ten boy who simply lives her dreams ... ... full story
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in Znojmo (Znaim), Moravian town near of Austrian border (South East of Czech Republic) in the gallery of vegetarian restaurant Na Vecnosti. ... full story
We would like to invite you to join a remarkable campaign in which your participation could save someone's life.
Nothing more, nothing less. ... full story
Petrohradske PADani 2011 international bouldering competition
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Adam Ondra won the PADani 2011, the open air international bouldering competition, last weekend in Petrohrad, West Bohemia, Czech Republic. There was large international participation e.g. from Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium, Austria, France, USA, Spain, UK.
Look at results and some photos: ... full story
Lucie Hrozova was 2nd on ice climbing World Cup in Russia
Czech women Lucie Hrozova was 2nd on the UIAA World Cup ice climbing competition on March 6th-8th, 2011 in Kirov, Russia. By this result she got 2nd place in overall final ranking of the World Cup ice climbing 2011. ... full story
Climbing on Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague
Climbing is the one of the main topics of the this year annual of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague. The series of the video shows was started by the lecture of the multiple World Champion in lead climbing Tomas Mrazek from Czech Republic. ... full story
World Cup in lead climbing 2010 - finals in Kranj (SLO)
Czech Adam Ondra finished 2nd on the final World Cup competition in lead climbing 2010 in Kranj (SLO). In overall results of the entire annual Adam Ondra finished on the 3rd place. ... full story
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in Brno, Moravian metropolis (South East of Czech Republic) on exhibition hall of climbing gym Klajda. ... full story
International Mountaineering Film Festival + CZ bouldering comp.
The Slovakian film Mongolia in the Shadow of Genghis Khan – (V tieni Džingischána) by Pavol Barabas was granted by the Grand Prize on the 27th International Mountaineering Film Festival (nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ) today. ... full story
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in town of Teplice nad Metuji, the resort of Czech sandstone towns Adrspach and Teplice (North East Bohemia). ... full story
The Prague 2025 International Mountaineering Festival begins
November 28–30, 2025
The Prague International Mountaineering Festival 2025 begins today at 4:30 p.m. at the International Hotel in Prague 6. Today's program includes a lecture by Jakub Cejpek, who this year completed his collection of ascents of 82 four-thousanders in Alps, and the opening of the exhibitions: Češka koča + Czechia-Slovenia Mutuality and Makalu 1975 + Annapurna 1995. Here is the detailed program: ... full story
The Czech Mountaineering Association has begun to focus on the development of para climbing in Czechia. "Our goal is to make climbing accessible to all enthusiastic athletes regardless of physical conditions and disabilities and to expand the Czech para-climbing representation," the ČHS announced on Facebook. ... full story
Film: Adam Ondra's story about climbing an 8C boulder on flash
Adam Ondra has posted a new documentary film on YouTube about his recent bouldering trip to Italy and Switzerland, where he managed to flash the 8C boulder Foundation's Edge. The film captures the preparation, strategy, and background of the 8C flash, as well as other climbs such as Big Illusion 8C, Ziqqurat 8C, Gliese 581 8B+ flash, and Ghost Ship 8B+ flash. ... full story
Czech Oliver Hamerský finished second yesterday evening in the European Cup ice climbing competition in Bern, Switzerland. Aneta Loužecká came sixth in the final. Two other members of Czech team finished in the qualifying round: Jan Mikel came 29th and Vojtěch Novozámský came 38th. ... full story
The international ice climbing competition season begins today with the European Cup competition in Bern, Switzerland, with four of our climbers participating, including favorite Aneta Loužecká. Alongside her are three men: Oliver Hamerský, Jan Mikel, and Vojtěch Novozámský. ... full story
The 21st annual Sherpafest mountaineering festival is coming up on Saturday, November 29, at the Aero cinema in Prague. For a detailed program and ticket information, visit the festival website: ... full story
Adam Ondra flashed the Foundation's Edge 8C boulder (SUI)
Adam Ondra climbed an 8C flash boulder, namely Foundation's Edge in the Swiss region of Fionnay. It is apparently the third flash boulder of this difficulty in the world. This summer, German climber Yannick Flohé was the first in the world to flash the 8C boulder, namely Foundation's Edge. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh gave up the attempt to climb Cho Oyu
and they're okay down there
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh gave up the attempt to climb Cho Oyu Czechs Mára Holeček and Radek Groh abandoned their attempt to make the first ascent of a new route up the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8188 m) from the Nepalese side after reaching the second bivouac and finding that persistent winds made further climbing impossible. They descended safely to the valley and are now safe and ending their expediti ... full story
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has unveiled its competition calendar for 2026, which includes nine World Cups, including a bouldering and lead climbing competition in Prague on June 4–7, as well as three para-climbing competitions and one Youth World Championship. ... full story
Film: Adam Ondra climbs on flash 8b+ trad ceiling crack
Adam Ondra has posted a documentary film on his YouTube channel about climbing in the traditional crack climbing area of Valle dell'Orco in Piedmont, Italy, where he attempted to flash an 8b+ route in a ceiling crack using his own protection. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh reached the 2nd bivouac on Cho Oyu
On Sunday, Czechs Mára Holeček and Radek Groh in the attempt of a first ascent via a new route on the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the Nepalese side climbed another 300 meters to the second bivouac, fighting for every meter, and then a strong cold wind came up. See the information from yesterday evening on Mára's Facebook page: ... full story
Martin Stráník and Michaela Smetanová won the Czech Republic Championship in lead climbing in Brno yesterday evening. Jan Štípek and Arina Jurčenko came second, Šimon Potůček and Ema Galeová third. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh are at low part of Cho Oyu SE face
Czech Marek Holeček announced that only yesterday morning, a day later, he and Radek Groh managed to climb the difficult mixed start of rock and ice in their attempt to make the first ascent of a new route up the southeast face from the Nepalese side of Cho Oyu (8188 m). This took them vertically away from the glacier. They are two kilometers from the summit. Marek posted this information yesterday on Faceb ... full story
Adam Ondra announced that he had managed to flash two 8B+ boulders in the Italian region of Aosta. One of them is Gliese 581, rated 8B+ (according to Adam, may be 8B), and the other is Ghost Ship 8B+, which Adam recorded as a flash/1st attempt because he had previously cleaned it with the help of a rope and ladder and touched the holds, as he wrote in yesterday's Facebook post. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Radek Groh go to try a 1st ascent on Cho Oyu
Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček announced that this morning he and Radek Groh are setting off to attempt a first ascent of a new route up the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the Nepalese side. Mára posted the news yesterday evening on Facebook. ... full story
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A woman from the mountains, it was the first thing what came up to my mind after I met her in Bad Schandau where she had a slide show. Ines Papert is not only four time Ice Climbing World Champion in difficulty, but also great climber, mountain climber, congenial woman and mother of ten boy who simply lives her dreams ... 
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in Znojmo (Znaim), Moravian town near of Austrian border (South East of Czech Republic) in the gallery of vegetarian restaurant Na Vecnosti. 
We would like to invite you to join a remarkable campaign in which your participation could save someone's life. 
This year's annual Webclimb.net meeting (already our fifth) took place in the heart of North Wales. 
Adam Ondra won the PADani 2011, the open air international bouldering competition, last weekend in Petrohrad, West Bohemia, Czech Republic. There was large international participation e.g. from Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium, Austria, France, USA, Spain, UK.
On April 22 Adam Ondra has made the FA of "La planta de shiva", Villanueva del Rosario (Málaga-Spain). 
Czech women Lucie Hrozova was 2nd on the UIAA World Cup ice climbing competition on March 6th-8th, 2011 in Kirov, Russia. By this result she got 2nd place in overall final ranking of the World Cup ice climbing 2011. 
Czech women Lucie Hrozova was 2nd on the UIAA World Cup ice climbing competition on January 21st-22nd, 2011 in Saas Fee, Switzerland. 
Czech women Lucie Hrozova was 3rd on the UIAA World Cup ice climbing competition on January 8th-9th, 2011 in Cheongsong, Korea. 
Climbing is the one of the main topics of the this year annual of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus, that starts today in Prague. The series of the video shows was started by the lecture of the multiple World Champion in lead climbing Tomas Mrazek from Czech Republic. 
Czech Adam Ondra finished 2nd on the final World Cup competition in lead climbing 2010 in Kranj (SLO). In overall results of the entire annual Adam Ondra finished on the 3rd place. 
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in Brno, Moravian metropolis (South East of Czech Republic) on exhibition hall of climbing gym Klajda. 
The Slovakian film Mongolia in the Shadow of Genghis Khan – (V tieni Džingischána) by Pavol Barabas was granted by the Grand Prize on the 27th International Mountaineering Film Festival (nicknamed Festak) in Teplice nad Metuji (Adrspach Rocks, Northeast Bohemia, CZ) today. 
Exhibition of Photos by Lezec.cz / CzechClimbing .com readers ("Fotky z Lezce") has been installed in town of Teplice nad Metuji, the resort of Czech sandstone towns Adrspach and Teplice (North East Bohemia). 
The Prague International Mountaineering Festival 2025 begins today at 4:30 p.m. at the International Hotel in Prague 6. Today's program includes a lecture by Jakub Cejpek, who this year completed his collection of ascents of 82 four-thousanders in Alps, and the opening of the exhibitions: Češka koča + Czechia-Slovenia Mutuality and Makalu 1975 + Annapurna 1995. Here is the detailed program: 
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The Czech Mountaineering Association has begun to focus on the development of para climbing in Czechia. "Our goal is to make climbing accessible to all enthusiastic athletes regardless of physical conditions and disabilities and to expand the Czech para-climbing representation," the ČHS announced on Facebook.
Adam Ondra has posted a new documentary film on YouTube about his recent bouldering trip to Italy and Switzerland, where he managed to flash the 8C boulder Foundation's Edge. The film captures the preparation, strategy, and background of the 8C flash, as well as other climbs such as Big Illusion 8C, Ziqqurat 8C, Gliese 581 8B+ flash, and Ghost Ship 8B+ flash. 
Czech Oliver Hamerský finished second yesterday evening in the European Cup ice climbing competition in Bern, Switzerland. Aneta Loužecká came sixth in the final. Two other members of Czech team finished in the qualifying round: Jan Mikel came 29th and Vojtěch Novozámský came 38th. 
The international ice climbing competition season begins today with the European Cup competition in Bern, Switzerland, with four of our climbers participating, including favorite Aneta Loužecká. Alongside her are three men: Oliver Hamerský, Jan Mikel, and Vojtěch Novozámský. 
The 21st annual Sherpafest mountaineering festival is coming up on Saturday, November 29, at the Aero cinema in Prague. For a detailed program and ticket information, visit the festival website: 
Adam Ondra climbed an 8C flash boulder, namely Foundation's Edge in the Swiss region of Fionnay. It is apparently the third flash boulder of this difficulty in the world. This summer, German climber Yannick Flohé was the first in the world to flash the 8C boulder, namely Foundation's Edge. 
Czechs Mára Holeček and Radek Groh abandoned their attempt to make the first ascent of a new route up the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8188 m) from the Nepalese side after reaching the second bivouac and finding that persistent winds made further climbing impossible. They descended safely to the valley and are now safe and ending their expediti 
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has unveiled its competition calendar for 2026, which includes nine World Cups, including a bouldering and lead climbing competition in Prague on June 4–7, as well as three para-climbing competitions and one Youth World Championship. 
Adam Ondra has posted a documentary film on his YouTube channel about climbing in the traditional crack climbing area of Valle dell'Orco in Piedmont, Italy, where he attempted to flash an 8b+ route in a ceiling crack using his own protection. 
On Sunday, Czechs Mára Holeček and Radek Groh in the attempt of a first ascent via a new route on the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the Nepalese side climbed another 300 meters to the second bivouac, fighting for every meter, and then a strong cold wind came up. See the information from yesterday evening on Mára's Facebook page: 
Martin Stráník and Michaela Smetanová won the Czech Republic Championship in lead climbing in Brno yesterday evening. Jan Štípek and Arina Jurčenko came second, Šimon Potůček and Ema Galeová third. 
Czech Marek Holeček announced that only yesterday morning, a day later, he and Radek Groh managed to climb the difficult mixed start of rock and ice in their attempt to make the first ascent of a new route up the southeast face from the Nepalese side of Cho Oyu (8188 m). This took them vertically away from the glacier. They are two kilometers from the summit. Marek posted this information yesterday on Faceb 
Adam Ondra announced that he had managed to flash two 8B+ boulders in the Italian region of Aosta. One of them is Gliese 581, rated 8B+ (according to Adam, may be 8B), and the other is Ghost Ship 8B+, which Adam recorded as a flash/1st attempt because he had previously cleaned it with the help of a rope and ladder and touched the holds, as he wrote in yesterday's Facebook post. 
Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček announced that this morning he and Radek Groh are setting off to attempt a first ascent of a new route up the southeast face of Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the Nepalese side. Mára posted the news yesterday evening on Facebook. 
