Petr Slanina traditional climbing on Czech Republic 's sandstone towers

The fascinating portrait of Petr Slanina, the Czech rock climber better known as Špek, and the complicated game of traditional climbing on the sandstone towers of the Czech Republic    .

Jan Šimánek

24

June 2020

Climbing

30m 56s

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