Author: Klemen Vodlan

Afternoon showers and fresh mornings last week were perfect for Štefan Wraber who climbed his first 8b+ ever, Missing link in Mišja peč. Also very young Anej Batagelj visited Mišja peč and onsighted the first part of J.S.F.K. (7c+). Bravo guys! This week already summer started with temperatures being over 30 degrees Celzius. All the climbers ran to the summer crags. Boštjan Weingerl redpointed Masochismo (8b)

27-years old Leo from Muggia (Trieste) was not only a climber or a marvellous photographer, he was a respectful man, a true friend and a man who loved the mountains in their full shape and everything else that comes within. He unfortunately passed away this Thursday 9th of June while skiing from the top of the Laila peak (6096m) in Karakorum (Pakistan), while trying to

Bad weather in the last period forced all the climbers to visit Istria where climbing is possible all year round in any conditions you might imagine. There were a lot of climbers over there, many hard routes were done and here are some highlights from the last days/weeks! Franci Jensterle, born back in 1967, one of the most experienced Slovenian sports climbers ever, besides having a

Katie Lambert climbing Ptičja perspektiva (8a+) in Mišja peč @ photo by Benjamin Ditto www.bendittophoto.com Katie’s husband Benjamin Ditto, a professional photographer, who took the fabulous photos of her climbing in Mišja peč also redpointed Kaj ti je deklica (8b+) and onsighted Zadnja skušnjava (8a), just to mention a few of them. Katie Lambert is a Yosemite based professional climbing instructor with more than 20 years of

Jernej Kruder in Baratro @ photo by Luka Fonda Jernej Kruder returned from the World bouldering cup in Innsbruck this weekend where he despite looking strong in semifinals, unfortunately finished his competition without participating in the finals again. But the next day he was already in Baratro, summer secret crag near Trieste, where in rather bad and humid conditions redpointed the power endurance challenge Attila (8c/c+). Attila

Jurica Levatić on the top of Corrida (8c) @ photo by Luka Tambača Biggest accomplishments in the last days go for sure to Italian Enrico Cassol who redpointed his first 8c, the 55 meters long monster route called Osapska pošast in the big cave of Osp. Another 8c was climbed in Mišja peč by Jurica Levatić, strong Croatian that is now living in Ljubljana. Last year he

Looks like the bad weather is going to hit Istria in the next days as well. It should start raining today and unfortunately it won't end till the Monday morning. At least this is what meteorologists say. Until now there were perfect conditions for climbing in Istria. Summer crags like the big Osp cave was totally dry, tufas in the summer sector called Befana in Buzetski

Last days the weather in Istria was quiet strange, from rain to sun, but all the time with still fresh temperatures. The hardest redpoints were mainly done in now totally dry the big cave of Osp. Luka Šorli fired his first 8b+ ever, the 55 meters long endurance testpiece Active discharge. The same route was climbed as well on the same day by Italian Enrico Cassol in

Gogo in Snejkulčica (8b) in Kamena vrata @ photo by Anja Bečan Last week we saw climbing action all around Istria. The most remarkable ascents were: Italian guy Fabio De Cesero from Belluno achieved in his first 9a ever - Halupca 1979 in the big cave of Osp. Besides his first 9a redpoint, he also onsighted Helihopter v omaki (8b) in the same cave. In Mišja peč Slovakian

Domen Škofic in Medveja @ photo from his FB profile Domen Škofic has showed up after some years at a small »secret« Croatian crag Medveja. He easily onsighted Venga vecchio (8a) and Colpo di Fulmine (8b+), while for the bouldery Outdoorfingerspiele (8c) he needed only two tries after blowing his onsight attempt, of course everything in one short afternoon. Many hard routes to onsight and even