Author: Klemen Vodlan

Photo @ Osp, sector Babna on the far right side The spring is definitely in the air. With next week the temps will raise even more and soon it will feel like it’s summertime. Local climbers in their local climbing spots were active as usual. In Mišja peč, Jernej Kruder clipped the first chain of Sanjski par (8c+) after more than 50 tries. Now he is getting close to

Photo @ left part of Mišja peč Until yesterday, nice weather was all around Istria for weeks. Many hard routes were climbed all around. Let us start with the hardest ones. German Moritz Welt strike once more and showed his powers by putting the rope in the anchor of another 9a, this time Halupca 1979 in the big cave of Osp. Here you can watch a video of his

Photo @ Mišja peč In the last two weeks conditions for climbing in Istria were just great, that is why so many hard routes and boulders were climbed all around Istria. Let's start with young Lan Čreslovnik, who was born in 2008 and this week he crushed his first 8a, Iglu in Mišja peč. Way to go kiddo! Slovenian climbing champ, Domen Škofic, showed up in Mišja peč after

19 years old German uprising rockstar Moritz Welt visited Mišja peč. Frankenjura based climber is world known by his incredible ticklist from the last 12 months when he did 5x9a, 11x8c+, 19x8c + many hard boulders and so on. In the first days in Mišja peč he climbed the endurance testpiece Millenium (8b+) on his second go, onsighted Tekila (8a) and the first part of

Frozen Črnotiče @ photo by Primož Grilc In the last weeks the temperatures in Istria were the coldest ones this winter. It was freezing all around. The wet tufas have turned in to icicles. Anyways, some guys used the chilly climbing conditions and crushed a lot of hard stuff all around. Young Matic Kotar climbed his hardest route until now by clipping the chains of Missing link (8b+) in Mišja peč,

Photo @ Mišja peč Nejc Solje and Jakob Puhar both achieved their personal bests by clipping the anchor of their first 8b, the endurance testpiece Pikova dama in Mišja peč. Pikova dama was bolted and first ascended by one of the pioneers of Mišja peč, Igor Kalan back in 1995. It is a fully natural line that goes thru the central part of Mišja peč and

First of all, happy and healthy 2021! We haven't published any news already for a while. Not that conditions for climbing weren't great some days, but as mainly local climbers can climb in their local climbing areas. We have summarized some of the hardest ascents down low here. Let's start in Croatia for a change. Mihael Štefić climbed his hardest route until now, the super steep Es ist vollbracht (8b+) in

Photo @ Mišja peč in the sunset The weather in the last days is just great in Istria. The conditions for climbing are prime. Sunny all the time, with low humidity and some winds now and then. The only problem are restrictions due to Coronavirus. Movements in Slovenia and Italy are limited to municipalities and you may only pass the local borders in limited cases based on

Klemen Bečan making a first ascent of Napaka u systemu (8c) in HC @ photo by Anja Bečan Let's start our week report from Istria with another first ascent made by Klemen Bečan. This time he fired short, vertical and bouldery Napaka u systemu (8c) in HC. HC or HardCore crag now counts 14 routes: 6b+ and 6c warm ups, one 7a, one 7a+, one 7b,

Photo @ GIWEAVAY of a brand new YAKI PORTABLE FINGERBOARD ran by Trinity.Original & Climb Istria In Kompanj another project was freed by restless Klemen Bečan. This time he did a first ascent of a project on the right side of sector Klobasi in between Minetti contest (8a) and Sekirica na dubu (7c). The new route now has a name Bubamara madness and a proposed grade