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Winter is coming to Istria in the next days. Last days were rainy and not so nice. But in the next days the sun and NE wind called „burja“ will arrive to Istria. „Burja“ always brings sun and chilly weather. This winter climbing conditions are perfect to climb in the sunny and wind protected climbing areas like Mišja peč, Lijak, Napoleonica, Aurisina, Costiera, Kompanj, Pandora

Photo @ Tedi's cave in the left part of Mišja peč The hardest route climbed last week was the first part of Sanjski par (8c+) in Mišja peč, redpointed by the Pole climber Mateusz Haladaj. Matusz is a 36 years old climber with two 9a+'s and many 9a's under his belt. He is currently in Osp and Mišja peč as a coach and photographer of Polish

Photos & text by Anja Bečan A little bit of history Since we started visiting Istria years ago, we have noticed many changes in the past few years. The climbing in Istria developed a lot and climbing tourism with accommodations expanded too. In the past climbers didn't know Istria as having potential for climbing. There were few places to climb. The first climbing began in 1922 on

photo @ Sara Čopar in Histerija (8c+) in Mišja peč Histerija (8c+) is a 32 meters long route in the central part of Mišja peč. It starts with an easy slab followed by beautiful climbing on tufas to a good rest on about 15 meters. Then it goes on with a hard boulder on small pinches, crimps and undercuts to another OK rest. After comes the

photo @ Eliška Adamovska in Mišja peč Czech republic team arrived in Osp last week. There is a big list of all the hard routes they have done. This year's Lead World Cup winner in Briancon, Eliška Adamovska, did Mr. Big hand (8b+) and her nemesis Missing link (8b+) in Mišja peč. In the big cave of Osp she onsighted her first 8b, the marathon challenge

photo @ Mišja peč Latest climbing news come from currently hot spot Mišja peč, where nice weather and autumn holidays nicely welcomed climbers from all over the world. The hardest route climbed was Xaxid hostel (9a) by Slovenian World Cup competitor, Martin Bergant. This is his second 9a. Xaxid hostel is characterized by the hardest first part of about 15 meters on micro crimps, small pinches

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