Frozen Istria

Sachi Amma in Waterworld (9a) in the big cave of Osp @ Photo by Luka Fonda Already last week Japan superstar climber Sachi Amma on his second day and 4th try in the route successfully clipped the chains of 55 meters long Waterworld (9a) in the big cave of Osp. That was the third repeat of this route after first ascent by Klemen Bečan and second

Two new hard first ascents in Istria! Klemen Bečan did the extension of Troja in the big cave of Osp, now with the name Couch surfing and the grade 8c+. After classic Troja (8a), you get a batman rest position, followed with some hard and long reaches, then a boulder you can find only on world cup boulder competitions, something incredible to climb on and even

Mina Markovič in Histerija @ Photo by Luka Fonda On Sunday 22nd November, Mina Markovič, best Slovenian female climber and current overall lead world cup winner, on her third go sent Histerija (8c+) in the central part of Mišja peč. Histerija was first climbed by Matej Sova back in 2004, the first and until now only female repeat was done by Natalija Gros in 2008. It

After the last stage of IFSC lead world cup that took place in Kranj this weekend, many competitors visited famous crag Mišja peč. Almost everybody from the world of competition climbing is enjoying rock these days in Mišja peč! There has been so many impressive ascents, that we don't know where to start. Ramon Julian Puigblanque had a productive on-sighting times in Mišja peč. In just one

Vanda Michalkova from Slovakia became the youngest girl (with 13 years) to redpoint typically powerful "men's" route Missing link, 8b+. 17-years old Igor Primc had an interesting day in Mišja peč as well. He climbed his first 8b ever and then on the same day added another two 8b's! Wuau, he climbed Marjetica, Mrtvaški ples and Pikova dama (all 8b's, all in one day). Respect!

In the big cave of Osp this Tuesday Klemen Bečan made the first ascent of The Secret Project (8c+), old project located on the right of Active discharge (8b+). It was bolted many years ago as an extension to Rudolfo which joins the last 15 meters of Active discarge. The first 15 meters are easy (5c). Then it gets suddenly very steep, where one should give

Photo @ Pandora Last week nice weather and Halloween holidays allowed many climbers from all over the world to come to the beautiful Istria. There were climbers climbing in hidden gems as well as in popular venues. Some ascents were noticed: In Mišja peč Omar Genuin from the Dolomites fired long and beautiful Kaj ti je deklica, 8b+. Andrea Padovan redpointed Gorenjski šnops and Luka Šorli did Pikova

Gogo in Snejkuljčica (8b) in Kamena vrata @ Photo by Anja Bečan In Kamena vrata Klemen Bečan cleaned the route he had opened 2 years ago. Soon after Gogo - Goran Matika did the first ascent of it - Hollywood, beautiful 27 meters vertical wall with the grade of 7b. It is located first to the left of Snejkuljčica, another Klemen Becan's 8b. In Istarske toplice in

Stefan Bednar from Slovakia came here for the weekend and already first day third try finished his late spring project, Martin Krpan - the 9a endurance testpiece in the right part of Mišja peč. This is Stefan's second 9a after Sanjski par extension this spring. Bravo! On Sunday he easily clipped the chains of Millenium, the long 8b+! Already on Thursday Jernej Kruder walked through Histerija,

Benjamin Marjanovič in Osapska pošast (8c) in the big cave of Osp @ Photo by Žan Kuralt After some rain this night and in the morning, the sun came out with the company of some fresh wind from the north-east! The weather forecast for next days is just astonishing, sun and wind, around 10 degrees in the morning and 15 during the day. Awesome conditions for