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19/08/2025 - Climbing
Igor Koller repeats his Tatras testpiece 51 years after first ascent On 13 August 2025 Igor Koller and Martin Krasňanský made a rare repeat of 'Bonbónová cesta', Candy, on Lomnický štít in the High Tatras of Slovakia. The route was established by Koller and Andrej Belica in 1974 and was, at the time, one of the hardest in the country. 73-year-old...
10/09/2024 - Alpinism
Rare repeat of Grand Diedre Desplomando on Trango Tower, the Nameless Tower of the Karakorum Earlier this summer an international team comprised of Martin Krasňanský, Michal Mikušinec and Tomáš Buček from Slovakia and František Bulička from the Czech Republic made a rare repeat of 'Grand Diedre Desplomando' on Trango Tower, aka Nameless Tower, Karakorum, Pakistan. The 1100m big wall was first ascended in 1987 by...
21/12/2021 - Alpinism
Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki battle up Frozen Fight Club on Uli Biaho Gallery, Trango Over a period of 11 days at the start of December 2021 Polish mountaineers Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki made the first ascent of Frozen Fight Club (A3, M7, 780m)on Uli Biaho Gallery, Trango, Krakorum, Pakistan.
31/01/2020 - Alpinism
Siebe Vanhee fires fine big walls in Cochamó valley, Chile Belgian rock climber Siebe Vanhee reports about his ascents of three big wall climbs in Cochamó valley in Chilean Patagonia: repeats of Sundance on Cerro Trinidad with Diego Diazaguilera and El Condor Pasa on Trinidad Central with Max Didier, and the first ascent of Jardines de Piedras on Cerro la...
06/09/2017 - Alpinism
L'or du temps on Grand Capucin, Slovaks claim first free ascent The report by 16-year-old Slovak climber Pavel Kratochvíl who on 27/08/2017 with Róbert Luby (21) and Martin Krasňanský (34) made the first free ascent of L'or du temps, the new route put up on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc, by Nina Caprez and Arnaud Petit.
05/03/2016 - Alpinism
El Condor Pasa, Slovaks climb new big wall in Cochamó valley, Chile Jozef Kristoffy, martin krasnansky and Vlado Linek have made the first ascent of El Condor Pasa (8b, 700m) on Cerro Trinidad Central in the Cochamo valley in Patagonia, Chile.
14/01/2015 - Alpinism
Wadi Rum, Jordan: Kristoffy and Krasnansky climb their Fatal Attraction In December 2014 the Slovakian rock climbers Jozef Kristoffy and martin krasnansky made the first ascent of Fatal Attraction (8a+, 450m) at Jebel Rum, a contender for the hardest multi-pitch climb in Jordan.
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