Author: Klemen Vodlan

Sun and crowds were for sure the most common things in the crags of Istria in the last days. There were really a lot of climbers everywhere around. And even more are expected for this weekend. So, please be patient and follow simple rules how to act in this kind of situations. Basically, behave like at home: park the car on a proper parking place and

@new sector in Istarske toplice Luca Zardini - Canon has done it again! 42 years old ex World Cup competitor from the Dolomites ticked off 8c+ with The Core in Medveja in Croatian Istria. Canon worked the classic 35 meter line, one of the first of its grade in Croatia, already in the autumn and succesed this Monday. Bolted by Enrico Polo, first ascended by Klemen

Always smiling while being totally focused on climbing and training, this Slovakian climber with glasses and enormous core power turned out to be a really interesting guy to have a chat with. Stefan Bednar, born in 1990 in Slovakia, current Slovakian Lead and Boulder champion, came on Erasmus student exchange in Koper for the next 4 months. First of all he came to one of his

Urban Primožič, World cup competitor, showed up in Mišja peč on Saturday after his winter preparation trainings and just flashed classic Kaj ti je deklica using Gašper Pintar - Pinti's beta. The beautiful 8b+ in the right central part of Mišja peč is almost 35 meters long and has the hardest boulder in the lower part following by a good kneebar rest and beautiful sustained climbing

Mrtvaški ples - Dance of the death aka Danse Macabre, famous fresco painted inside Hrastovlje church back in 1490. This week the weather was great. The most repeated route was Mrtvaški ples, 8b in Mišja peč. It was climbed by Dominik Fon, Rok Blagus, Stephan Vogt and Stefan Bednar. Stephan Vogt from Germany redpointed Marjetica (8b) in Mišja peč as well. Davide Gaeta, strong climber from the Dolomites,

On Thursday the sun hit the walls and climbers started coming to the crags more and more often. So, the weekend was quite crowded in popular areas, but the hidden gems were still quite alone. The temperatures under the sun rose up, so the feeling was like the spring is fully on. Due to the good conditions many hard routes were climbed. 15 years old girl Janja

Lynn Hill @ Photo by Brad Clement/Spindrift Films Climbing legend Lynn Hill showed up yesterday in Osp with Slovenian photographer Luka Fonda to make some beautiful photos of her climbing in Babna. That was her second visit to this famous crag after more then 20 years. She came to Slovenija to give a lecture on 9th International Mountain Film Festival in Ljubljana on Wednesday. The lecture

Week fully started with warm sun and beautiful spring-a-like days. The first thing we noticed were young guns destroying the areas like Kompanj and Pandora in Croatian Istria. Staša Gejo from Serbia, but currently studying in Maribor, redpointed Rocket Max (8b) in Kompanj. The same route was repeated as well by Martin Bergant and Janja Garnbret. Martin also climbed Pandora's classics like Avatar and 90

Last couple of days was quite bad weather with many clouds, some rain, cold temperatures and humid air. Despite that there was plenty of stuff going on, from Carneval to Valentine's day,

Strong Italian climber, Silvio Reffo from Vicenza, was climbing in Istria for New year's holidays. In that time he visited Pandora, Kompanj, Istarske toplice, Medveja and also Mišja peč, where he briefly tried Histerija, the beautiful 8c+ in the central part. After couple of visits, he returned this Sunday on a beautiful sunny day. It didn't last long till he putted the rope in it's anchor.