news

Last days in Istria were nothing else than just amazing. The weather was great, climbing conditions were prime and climbers were all around. In between all the routes that were climbed, let us highlight a few of the hardest redpoints. In secret climbing area Baratro Ernest Piesta climbed La Supercanna (8b+) while his partner Lenka Micicova did Masochismo (8b), its easier variant Siddharta (8a+), Placcoman direct (8a+)

photo @ Indian summer in Istria Indian summer this Sendtember in Istria was great, with perfect and sunny weather and some fresh winds now and then. Starting with the fresh climbing news from the north of Istria towards south. ITALY: In Baratro, Andrea Padoan ticked La peste nera (8b+), totally artificial, but super fun competitive style route. Sebastian Castanetto smashed his first 8c ever over there, the direct

photo @ Andrea Chelleris while doing his best in between climbing Andrea is a 12 years old boy from Tarvisio in Italy. He was born in March 2009 to the family of climbers, mother Simonetta and a legend Michele Chelleris from an old classic climbing area Erto in the northern Italy. Of course, he started to climb at a young age, but as well he trained

The left part of the big cave of Osp @ photo by Mitja Živkovič After August heat, the temps finally dropped and the conditions for climbing are getting much better every day. Of course, Sendtember is almost here. Have you already booked accommodation for your next climbing holidays in Istria? Check: https://www.climbistria.com/accommodation/ Let us start with the ascents from the big cave of Osp, where Robert Pečenko

Photo @ secret crag named Baratro above Trieste It's been really long since our last post. Of course, summer arrived and high temps in Istria and usually one wouldn't expect any super hard crushes in a not really ideal conditions. But some refuse to be beaten. So, what has happened in Istria in the last month? Baratro is a secret crag above Trieste which is usually “quite”

We are receiving many emails lately about where to phisically buy the guidebooks for climbing in Istria. At www.krimp.si you can buy both climbing guidebooks, Karst edge and Istria. Climbing guidebook Karst edge consists of all the climbing areas in Slovenian and Italian part of Istria while Istria includes Croatian climbing areas of Istrian peninsula and the coastal part of Kvarner. Here is the list of places

photo @ new routes in Črni kal Silvo Karo, a world known alpinist who is living in Osp, cleaned and bolted a brand new sector in Črni kal a month ago or so. All the routes are around 30 meters long and they are situated in between sector above the road and Turkish tower. The access to the routes can be measured in seconds. From left

Samo Golob in Strelovod (8c) in Mišja peč @ photo by Štefan Wraber Only 15 years old Samo Golob climbed his first 8c, Strelovod in Mišja peč. He needed just 5 or 6 tries after he put the rope in the chain of Marjetica (8b) last autumn. Maybe, because of the beta he shared with his father, Jure Golob, who was the one who established the

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