World Cup speed ice climbing Saas Fee (SUI): Aneta Loužecká 3rd
Czech Aneta Loužecká won the bronze medal in the female finals of the World Cup in speed ice climbing in Saas Fee, Switzerland, yesterday. In the men's category, Czechs competitors finished in the qualification: Matyáš Lienerth 29th, Jan Mikel 30th and Pavel Motal 44th. ... full story
Czech Markéta Janošová got gold medal, two others bronze
Czech girl Markéta Janošová won today Youth European Championship in lead climbing in Perm, Russia. The other two Czech girls were 3rd in their categories. Michaela Smetanova got bronze in lead climbing, Arina Jurčenko in bouldering. ... full story
Jana Vincourková: flash of boulder Red Hot Tortilas 8A
Jana Vincourková announced flash of boulder Red Hot Tortilas 8A in Sněžník close to Děčín, NW Czechia. It shoudl be the 2nd Czech female flash of the boudering grade 8A. The same boulder problem did Lucie Hrozová a month ago. ... full story
World Cup in bouldering in Meiringen: Adam Ondra won
Adam Ondra won today the World Cup competition in bouldering in Meiringen, Switzerland. He did 3 tops from 4 boulders as the only one in the finals. Yoshiyuki Ogata (JAP) was the 2nd, Tomoaki Takata (JAP) 3rd. ... full story
Lucie Hrozová did 8B boulder as the 2nd Czech female
Lucie Hrozová announced sent of 8B boulder. That is the problem Temná hmota in area Děčínský Sněžník, Northern Bohemia, NW Czechia. She is the only the 2nd Czech female, who did that bouldering grade. ... full story
Lucka Hrozová announced flash climb of boulder Red Hot Tortilas 8A in Sněžník close to Děčín, NW Czechia. It should be the first Czech female flash in the boudering grade 8A. ... full story
WCH of juniors in ice climbing: Aneta Loužecká - 3rd place
"World Youth Ice climbing Championship 2021- 3rd place in lead," Czech girl Aneta Loužecká announced today from the Championship in Tyumen, Russia. ... full story
Mára Holeček and Zdeněk Hák got Piolet d'Or 2020 for Chamlang
Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2020 yesterday for the first ascent of the route Ufo Line on Chamlang (7319 m) in Nepal. ... full story
Slovak film Everest - The Hard Way by Pavol Barabáš got the Grand Prix of the this annual of the International Mountaineering Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují, North Eest Bohemia. The organizers announced the results today in the end of event. ... full story
Jana Vincourková announced her 2nd 8B boulder.Its the problem Rustam Direct 8B at Holštejn in Moravian Kars, SE Czechia. Jana is the only Czech female, who recorded the grade in ranking on Lezec.cz. She is actually on the first place of the ranking. ... full story
Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák will get Piolet d'Or for Chamlang
Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák will get prestige award Piolet d'Or 2020 for Chamlang for the first ascent of the route Ufo Line on Chamlang (7319 m) in Nepal in 2019. Besides them the two other teams from USA and one team from Japan will be awarded. The decision of the jury was published by the organiser of the Piolets d'Or award. ... full story
Olympic qualification in climbing combination Toulouse, France
Adam Ondra 2nd and qualified to Olympic games 2020
Adam Ondra was the 2nd in the climbing combination finals of the qualification competition for Olympic games 2020, held today in Toulouse, France. He has qualified to the Olympic games without doubts.He got 8th place in speed climbing, 3rd in bouldering, and won the lead climbing. ... full story
Gabriela Vrablíková announced climb of her first 9a
Gabriela Vrablíková announced climb of her first 9a. She wrote The route Sever The Wicked Hand 9a in Frankenjura, Germany, yesterday on her log at 8a.nu and reported on Facebook. It is the hardest route ever climbed by Czech female. ... full story
Marek Holeček got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2018 for Gasherbrum
Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2018 today for the first ascent of the route on Gasherbrum I (8068 m) in Pakistan, he did last year with the Czech Zdenek Hak who could not attend ceremonial because of illness. ... 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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Czech Aneta Loužecká won the bronze medal in the female finals of the World Cup in speed ice climbing in Saas Fee, Switzerland, yesterday. In the men's category, Czechs competitors finished in the qualification: Matyáš Lienerth 29th, Jan Mikel 30th and Pavel Motal 44th. 
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Czech girl Markéta Janošová won today Youth European Championship in lead climbing in Perm, Russia. The other two Czech girls were 3rd in their categories. Michaela Smetanova got bronze in lead climbing, Arina Jurčenko in bouldering. 
Jana Vincourková announced flash of boulder Red Hot Tortilas 8A in Sněžník close to Děčín, NW Czechia. It shoudl be the 2nd Czech female flash of the boudering grade 8A. The same boulder problem did Lucie Hrozová a month ago. 
Adam Ondra won today the World Cup competition in bouldering in Meiringen, Switzerland. He did 3 tops from 4 boulders as the only one in the finals. Yoshiyuki Ogata (JAP) was the 2nd, Tomoaki Takata (JAP) 3rd. 
Lucie Hrozová announced sent of 8B boulder. That is the problem Temná hmota in area Děčínský Sněžník, Northern Bohemia, NW Czechia. She is the only the 2nd Czech female, who did that bouldering grade. 
Lucka Hrozová announced flash climb of boulder Red Hot Tortilas 8A in Sněžník close to Děčín, NW Czechia. It should be the first Czech female flash in the boudering grade 8A.
"World Youth Ice climbing Championship 2021- 3rd place in lead," Czech girl Aneta Loužecká announced today from the Championship in Tyumen, Russia. 
Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2020 yesterday for the first ascent of the route Ufo Line on Chamlang (7319 m) in Nepal. 
Slovak film Everest - The Hard Way by Pavol Barabáš got the Grand Prix of the this annual of the International Mountaineering Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují, North Eest Bohemia. The organizers announced the results today in the end of event. 
Jana Vincourková announced her 2nd 8B boulder.Its the problem Rustam Direct 8B at Holštejn in Moravian Kars, SE Czechia. Jana is the only Czech female, who recorded the grade in ranking on Lezec.cz. She is actually on the first place of the ranking. 
Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák will get prestige award Piolet d'Or 2020 for Chamlang for the first ascent of the route Ufo Line on Chamlang (7319 m) in Nepal in 2019. Besides them the two other teams from USA and one team from Japan will be awarded. The decision of the jury was published by the organiser of the Piolets d'Or award. 
Adam Ondra was the 2nd in the climbing combination finals of the qualification competition for Olympic games 2020, held today in Toulouse, France. He has qualified to the Olympic games without doubts.He got 8th place in speed climbing, 3rd in bouldering, and won the lead climbing. 
Gabriela Vrablíková announced climb of her first 9a. She wrote The route Sever The Wicked Hand 9a in Frankenjura, Germany, yesterday on her log at 8a.nu and reported on Facebook. It is the hardest route ever climbed by Czech female. 
Adam Ondra won the 1st this year World Cup competition in bouldering in Meiringen, Switzerland. 
Czech mountaineer Marek Holeček got prestige award Piolet d'Or 2018 today for the first ascent of the route on Gasherbrum I (8068 m) in Pakistan, he did last year with the Czech Zdenek Hak who could not attend ceremonial because of illness. 
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. 
