Author: Klemen Vodlan

With good weather conditions also hard ascents came immediately. In the first days of this week we noticed some impressive ascents all over Istria. For the weekend young Jaka Šprah from Ljubljana redpointed his 3rd 8b ever, Lahko noč Irena in Mišja peč. In Baratro Klemen Kejžar sent Sicario di sanguinario, historical 8c which was done this summer as well by strong climbing couple from the Dolomites:

The autumn season for climbing in Istria began! Friday and Saturday was raining a bit, temps drop down significantly and the cold wind from north started to blow, so this week we expect beautiful weather and perfect conditions for climbing in our favorite climbing areas. Yesterday there were already many climbers in Osp, the camping is getting crowded, the grapes in vineyards are being picked, autumn

Finally the temps dropped down and immediately we saw some impressive ascents in the crags of Istria. Marko Šturm from Nova Gorica, Slovenia redpointed his first 8b+ ever. He climbed the 45 meters long Active discharge in the big cave of Osp. Well done, dude! Croatian Gianfranco Dušič visited for his 26th birthday the secret cave of Skedenj near Sežana. He gave himself the best birthday present

The summer is here! That's the reason for this article. :) In Istria you can easily combine summer holidays on the seaside with some climbing in between. Of course you have to avoid climbing in the sun, so we suggest you the following summer climbing areas in Istria: Buzetski kanjon For sure one of the best summer destinations you can choose in Istria. Sector Pengari is in the

This spring Betka Galičič (Slovenian famous bolting lady, author of the majority of routes in Slovenia) cleaned and equipped 10 new routes in Buzetski kanjon near the town Buzet in Croatia. You will find them on the left side of sector Pengari. The routes are all 25-40 meters long in the range from 6a to 6c+. They are completely vertical and of great quality on

#Tbt: In the end of May Stefan Bednar from Slovakia succeeded in his first 9a: Sanjski par extension in Mišja peč: check the news! In this post, we are attaching a video of his ascent of the route: And to make you laugh, here is a video of his brutal fall to the ground where he skipped three quickdraws in a row, knowing that in case of

It's already been half a year since our portal www.climbistria.com was first launched and the time passed really fast! A lot had happened from the birth of the page that made us happy. Starting with our first visits and good feedbacks that grew interest among climbers, to more serious business later on, including our first promotions and first advertisements. We are proud to announce that in

The extreme heat arrived in Istria. Last days were still possible to climb hard, but in the next days it is probably best to escape somewhere higher in the mountains. Some of the ascents of the last week were: In Italian Baratro Carlo Giuliberti onsighted Placcoman and flashed Formica atomica lunga (both 8a). Stefan Bednar before finishing his Erasmus study and leaving Istria fired another two 8b+'s

@Gašper Pintar climbing Helihopter v omaki in the cave of OspWhat was happening last week in our beautiful Istria?There was burja AKA strong and cold wind from north-east which always brings us nice weather

As the summer hitted the region, all the climbers moved to the cooler spots like Skedenj near Sežana. In Skedenj all the routes are totally dry, the temps under the wall are nice and some hard ascents were already registred. Strong Slovenian boulderer Boštjan Weingerl switched his crashpad for a rope and easily redpointed Sežana 31249 and Onda anomala (both 8b). Sežana 31249 was climbed as