Getting Started with Czech climbing: where to climb in Czech, in Europe and around. How to climb and who climbs here - especially Czech Rock Stars. And how to use this site.... full story
FanOutdoor.com is international frontend of our store Lezec-shop.cz. Established over 10 years ago, when it functioned in cooperation with climbing website www.lezec.cz (www.czechclimbing.com) . ... full story
Jana Švecová has climbed another 8C boulder, "Drift," at Holštejn in the Moravian Karst. It is an original variation of her boulder Tokyo Drift, which she first ascended at the end of March. ... full story
Czech climbing star Adam Ondra has wrapped up his extraordinary winter bouldering season, during which he pushed the boundaries of world climbing. Since late October, he has focused entirely on outdoor bouldering, where he managed to tie the world record for the difficulty of a “flash” climb four times. Now his attention is turning to lead climbing and endurance training ahead of the upcoming Worl ... full story
Martin Stráník and Tereza Širůčková became the Czech Republic champions in lead climbing on Sunday at the BigWall climbing wall in Prague. Jan Štípek and Michaela Smetanová came second, while Šimon Potůček and Arina Jurčenko came third. ... full story
On Saturday, March 7, 2026, the national ice climbing training center near the Brno Dam hosted another highlight of the domestic competition season – the 2026 Czech Republic Ice Lead Climbing Championships. The competition, organized by the Czech Mountaineering Association in cooperation with HO Lokomotiva Brno, welcomed a total of 42 competitors in the U16, U18, U20, and adult men's and women's age categor ... full story
Aneta Loužecká won gold yesterday at the European Cup in ice climbing in lead discipline in Oulu, Finland. In the men's competition, Vojtěch Novozámský was the Czech best competitor, finishing in 6th place. ... full story
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the bronze medal in speed climbing at yesterday's World Cup ice climbing competition in Edmonton, Canada. Jan Mikel finished 21st in the speed climbing qualification round. ... full story
Czech representative Aneta Loužecká won the silver medal in speed climbing at yesterday's World Cup ice climbing competition in Longmont, USA. Jan Mikel finished 16th in the speed final. ... full story
Czech Vojtěch Novozámský won gold in speed climbing at the Youth World Championships in ice climbing. Anna Daniela Šťastná took silver in the speed event, while Rosalie Veselá also won silver in the lead. Antonín Huťa and Matyáš Lienerth won bronze in the lead. The results of other Czech competitors in the two-day Youth World Ice Climbing Championships, which ended yesterday in Malbun, Liechtenstein, can be fo ... full story
At the Ice Climbing World Cup in Saas Fee, Switzerland, Czech Aneta Loužecká finished 3rd in the speed final tonight. Earlier, she advanced to tomorrow's semifinals in the difficulty competition from 13th place in the qualifiers. Alongside her, Czech Oliver Hamerský also advanced to the semifinals in the difficulty competition from 15th place. ... full story
Jan Mikel and Anička Šťastná won the Czech Republic Speed Ice Climbing Championships on Tuesday, January 13, at the Vír ice wall in Žďársko. Vojta Novozámský and Tereza Sukačová came in second, and Matyáš Lienerth and Hana Macková came in third. ... full story
Czech Aneta Loužecká won silver today in the final of the World Cup speed ice climbing competition in speed in South Korea. Earlier today, Aneta advanced from 11th place in the qualification round to the semifinals in difficulty ice climbing, which will take place tomorrow in South Korea. ... 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
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
Legendary Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner will appear in Bratislava on March 23 and 24, 2027, as part of his farewell international lecture tour, *The Last Expedition*. Both lectures will take place in the STARS auditorium. ... full story
The Czech Para Climbing Open 2026 international competition and the Czech Republic Para Climbing Championships will take place on August 15 at the HUDY climbing wall in Brno. The organizers have now opened registration for competitors. Top para climbers from the Czech Republic and abroad are expected to compete. ... full story
It’s a bit late, but we’ve finally released the film produced by the International Mountain Film Festival (MHFF) in Teplice nad Metují, featuring Johnny Dawes. With this, we’re kicking off the festival atmosphere and presenting this year’s edition, in which we’re once again taking the festival a step further—among other things, we’re establishing a testing and educational Climbing Test Center that combines product testing, training, education, and the presentation of the latest ... full story
A 21-year-old Czech climber died yesterday after falling on the Grosses Wiesbachhorn (3,564 m) in the Hohe Tauern mountain range in Austria. This was reported by the mainstream media, citing the mountain rescue service in Kaprun. According to the service, the Czech climber apparently slipped while crossing a snowfield; his climbing partner descended safely. ... full story
Pepa Šindel has added more 9a routes to his list of ascents: the UIAA 11 route “Proces” in the Višňová area of Slovakia, and, prior to that, “Juturna” 9a in the Nassereith area of Austria. He logged these ascents in his logbook on Lezec. In total, Pepa has 19 routes rated 9a through 9b. ... full story
Adam Ondra finished 5th tonight in the final of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Innsbruck, Austria. The winner was Neo Suzuki of Japan, followed by Alberto Ginés López of Spain in second place and Jakob Schubert of Austria in third. In the women’s competition, Janja Garnbret of Slovenia took first place, followed by Annie Sanders of the United States in second and Chaehyun Seo of South Korea in third. ... full story
Adam Ondra advanced to the final of the World Cup lead climbing competition in Innsbruck, Austria, tonight after finishing 7th in the semifinals. In the women’s competition, the Czech two semifinalists did not advance. Tereza Širůčková finished 13th, and Michaela Smetanová finished 23rd. The finals are tomorrow evening, with the men climbing starting at 7:40 p.m. and the women at 8:40 p.m. Other Czech national team members were eliminated in the qualifying round. ... full story
At the next stop of the World Climbing Series - formerly the World Cup - which began today in Innsbruck, Austria, with the bouldering qualifiers, none of the Czech athletes advanced to the semifinals. Arina Jurčenko finished 31st, Lukáš Mokroluský 35th, and Ema Galeová 56th. The women’s bouldering semifinals and finals - now without any Czech competitors - take place tomorrow, with the men’s following on Friday. This weekend will feature the lead climbing event, in which Adam O ... full story
Adam Ondra has released a new documentary film from the recent World Cup competition in lead climbing in Prague, where he finished in 5th place. The video is about 20 minutes long, and you can watch it here: ... full story
A trio of Czech climbers - Zdeněk Hák, Radoslav Groh, and Jaroslav Bánský—have traveled to the Karakoram range in Pakistan. During the roughly six-week expedition, they plan to attempt the first ascent of a mountain approximately 7,800 meters high, the summit of which, according to Zdeněk Hák, has not been reached by anyone in roughly the last 40 years. Before tackling their main goal, they plan an acclimatization climb and a ski mountaineering descent of the 6,000-meter peak B ... full story
Jan Štípek finished 8th yesterday at the European Youth Bouldering Championships in Sukoró, Hungary, making him the top Czech competitor. The other members of the Czech national team did not advance to the finals ... full story
Slovak mountaineering legend Igor Koller is preparing to publish his autobiography, "Lezecká vášeň" (A Passion for Climbing). The book chronicles more than fifty years of his climbing, mountaineering, organizational, and publishing activities, while also providing an overview of the history of Slovak and Czechoslovak mountaineering over the past few decades. ... full story
Czech athletes won two silver medals at the Austrian Open Para-Climbing Championships. Facing strong international competition, Honza Považan took 2nd place in the AU2 category (upper limb impairment) and Franta Rys finished 2nd in the RP3 category (mild impairment of strength or mobility). Michaela Dušková rounded out the Czech results with a 6th-place finish in the RP2 category (moderate neurological or physical impairment). The Czech Mountaineering Association reported the r ... full story
Hello climbers, I’d like to let you know that a new spot has opened at the Placy shooting range near Příbram, Central Bohemia, for all lovers of exercise, climbing, and spending time outdoors. BoulderPlacy is a brand-new outdoor bouldering wall that offers ropeless climbing in a beautiful natural setting surrounded by deep forests. ... full story
The next edition of the Peakfest mountain and travel festival will take place from June 19 to 21 in the village of Jizerka in the Jizera Mountains. Visitors can look forward to lectures, films, workshops, and meetings with figures associated with the mountains and adventure travel. ... full story