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
Adam Ondra sent boulder Soudain seul 9A in Fontainebleau
Adam Ondra announced that he had successfully repeated the 9A Soudain seul boulder in Fontainebleau, France. The following day, he flashed boulders Ubik assis (8B) and La Ligne de Bête (8B+). ... full story
Adam Ondra announced that he managed the flash boulder El Elegido in the Spanish region of La Pedriza, rated 8B+/C. Adam suggested the difficulty level 8B+. "It is possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most, even though I probably can't take the slash grade," Adam said of his achievement. This is his second flash boulder of this difficulty. ... full story
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
Ice Climbing World Cup South Korea: Aneta Loužecká 7th in lead
In the finals of the World Cup ice climbing competition in South Korea yesterday, the Czech Aneta Loužecká finished in 7th place in lead. ... full story
Film: Adam Ondra at Jana Švecová's & on the Terranova 8C+
A new documentary film from a visit to our top boulderer Jana Švecová's home bouldering site, with her he then set off on his not repeated 2011 boulder Terranova 8C+ in the Moravian Karst, which Jana has been practicing recently, was published yesterday on YouTube by Adam Ondra. ... full story
Video: Adam Ondra and Jakob Schubert attempt DNA 9c by Seb Bouin
Adam Ondra started practicing one of the hardest routes in the world, the 9c DNA in Verdon, France, set up by Frenchman Seb Bouin in 2022. Austrian Jakob Schubert attempted the route with Adam. Adam published a new half-hour video from the route practice yesterday on his Youtube channel. ... full story
New videos from Jana Švecová's bouldering in Switzerland
Two new videos from bouldering in Switzerland have been posted on YouTube by the Czech leading boulderer Jana Švecová (Vincourková). One is from the end of November, the other from yesterday. ... 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