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Photo @ Sunset in Istria This year is one of the best winters for climbing in Istria as far as we remember. Almost no rain, so everything is dry all the time. Of course, climbers are everywhere around using prime conditions to climb. Hardest route climbed in the last weeks was the powerful classic Missing link (8b+) in Mišja peč which was done by Andraž Gregorčič and

Nice weather invited climbers to the sunny crags of Istria and many hard routes were climbed everywhere on this peninsula. Let's start from north towards south. In Lijak, in winter crag above Nova Gorica, ex World Cup winner Mina Markovič redpointed the amazing James Bond (8b) on her second go. The same route was also climbed by Andraž Gregorčič, who needed three tries to reach the

About a week ago Domen Škofic made a first ascent of Andea Polo's route in Medveja with the name The End and proposed grade of 8c+. We have made a short interview with Domen about the route, his current life and plans for the future. Here you can see the full video of his first ascent of The End (8c+). Enjoy! Hi Domen! First we have

Domen Škofic returned from his winter holidays in Catalonia (Spain), where he sent a remarkable number of hard routes in Santy Linya and Siurana. He visited Istria in the last days, more specific the wonderful crag of Medveja, hardcore sector Knezgrad. There he succeeded in the classic route called The Core (8c+) in just a couple of goes. The route was bolted by Andrea Polo

After his first 9a a couple of weeks ago, Halupca 1979 in the big cave of Osp, Matjaž Zorko continues his rampage over there. This time he did the rare ascent of Working Leon (8c), which consists of a start in Working class hero (8b+), hard crux of the route and a finish in Leon (8b). He also made a retro onsight of 55 meters

Looks like the new year of 2022 started just great for all the climbers in Istria. First snow in the inlands and then many sunny days attracted climbers from all over to get our climbing areas even crowded somewhere. It is hard to start what was climbed in the last days as there are so many hard sends from everywhere. The hardest route was climbed by Spaniard

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022 to all of you climbers! We wish you a healthy and injury free year, full of prime conditions for climbing, with lots of fun. May it bring a bunch of hard onsights, flashes and redpoints. In Istria, Christmas and New Year passed with great conditions for climbing. Sun, clear skies and wind made it possible for many routes by many

Photo @ Mišja peč Last days in Istria were awesome. During the week it was nice but weekends were crowded as everybody escaped the fog, snow and cold in the cities around. Rok Blagus did probably the longest route in Mišja peč, Bastilla (8b+). Bastilla was first ascended by Marko Lukič back in 1997. The first part Giljotina is a powerful 8a, then you have a no

Photo @ inside Plus climbing boulder wall World Cup Lead climbing will take place for the first time in Koper on 02.-03. September 2022 on a brand new wall owned by Plus climbing. The outside climbing wall is still under construction but we are already super excited to see this climbing spectacle with the best climbers from all over the world in our region. All the

Maja Oleksy on the crux of Lahko noč Irena (8b) in Mišja peč @photo by Mateusz Haladaj Seems like mainly local climbers from Slovenia succeeded last week in the hard routes around Mišja peč and the cave of Osp. Enej Novak redpointed his first 8c ever by clipping the chains of powerful classic Talk is cheap in the left part of Mišja peč. Jaka Šprah and Matjaž Zorko