World Champion Harald Berger died during iceclimbing
UPDATE fund rising for his family and archives photo and video
The World Champion in ice climbing Harald Berger died under icefall in Austria yesterday while ice climbing. ... full story
Three Czech tourists were hit by an avalanche in Alps, Tirolia, Austria on Saturday 16. 12. 2006. Two of them escaped themselves, the 3rd one had to be with serious injury rescued by rescue service. ... full story
Adam Ondra (13) beats Radek Soucek (34) in boulder on Abadzikra
At the moment the Czech best outdoor rock climber Adam Ondra (13 years old) beats down Radek Soucek (34) in bouldering contest Abadzikra Cup in Trinec, North East of Czech Republic on Sunday Dec 17 2006. ... full story
Czech Jiri Pelikan was 2nd on Slovak Championship in drytooling on Sunday in Bratislava. Slovak Gabo Čmárik was the first man, Slovenian Tanja Grmovšek won the woman finals. Ecept Slovaks, Czechs and Slovinians there were Austrians competitiros ... full story
Rather than climbing up, climb DOWN? On a global scale there are many places that have remained forgotten for decades--perhaps centuries! Only knowing the North American Continent, my husband has located many of them? ... full story
A new book about legendary climber Wolfgang Güllich has been published in German. It names Wolfgang Güllich "Klettern heißt frei sein" (Climbing means to be free). ... full story
Slovak mountaineering personality Ivan Dieška has died
One of the most important personalities of Slovak and Czechoslovak mountaineering, Ivan Dieška has gone. He died yesterday, 10 December 2006, in his age of 65 after a long hard disease. ... full story
The first results of Mejcup, the Czech open exhibition competition for everybody in bouldering, that took place with international participation (CZ, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary) in Brno on Saturday 9.12.2006: ... full story