Much more Melloblocco!
From Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th May 2008 the legendary Melloblocco® is back in Val Masino. This international rendez-vous that, for 5 years, has attracted thousands of boulderers from all over the world for the most impressive gathering of people who love bouldering, climbing and the breath-taking wilderness of Val Masino.
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Giant avalanche buried a snowboarder on Saturday afternoon in Polish side of Krkonose (Giant Mountains, Riesen Gebirge, North border of Bohemia, West part of Czech), Czech mainstream news site iDNES reported. ... full story
International mountaineering and climbing federation UIAA announces to its member organizations that the largest German and Austrian clubs: DAV, OeAV and VAVOe are leaving UIAA. ... full story
A new piece of interesting information just arrived from Colorado.
A new museum was opened in February this year- the first and only museum dedicated to mountaineering in US. ... full story
Czech reps incl Adam Ondra and Tomas Mrazek are going to Osp
next week
The Czech national team is going on a climbing trip to Osp, Slovenia next week. The most powerful set is to go: Adam Ondra, Tomas Mrazek, Martin Stranik, Rosta Stefanek and Silva Rajfova. ... full story
Updated date!!! Look out! The date of the taking place of PADani - the outdoor bouldering competition in Petrohrad, CZ, has been changed to 26th of April 2008. The organizers announced the news. ... full story
Czech boy wonder, Adam Ondra (15 years old), was the most successful climber in the annual award The Ascent of the Year 2007 by Czech Mountaineering Union, which was presented today at a press conference in Prague. ... full story
3rd Ostbayerische Bouldercup - the international crossregional bouldering competition in the German town Blaibach close to Czech border has been over. On Saturday 16th February 2008 there came 64 men and 18 girls! ... full story
Slovak women mountaineer (47 year old) died on Saturday, Feb, 16, 2008 after she and her partner lost on the way to a mountain chalet in High Tatras, Slovakia. ... full story
Czech World Champion Tomas Mrazek is reported to came to Santa Linya, Catalunia, Spain to contribute the informal meeting of the world climbing elite incl. US Chris Sharma or Czech junior Adam Ondra who climb there variuos 9a´s. Tomas did quickly his first 8c+´s. ... full story
The 2nd World Cup competition 2008 in ice climbing for difficulty took place in Busteni, Romania this weekend with Czech participation: Jitka Mazlova was 8th among women, Lucie Hrozova was 9th and Silva Rajfova 11th. Stanislav Hovanec finished on 18th place among men. ... full story