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Dear friends of Meltingpot. We are very sorry, but this July we will not meet in person in the Dolní Vítkovice area. The 19th year of
the Colours of Ostrava festival, which we host every year, has had to be postponed to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. See you on 14th - 17th July 2021.
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Radek Jaroš (CZE)

mountain climber and the first Czech with the title Crown of the Himalayas

„At the top of every mountain there is an empty space that will fill you. That's why people go there.“

 

Radek is the king of the Czech professional climbers who focus on Himalayan climbing. He specializes in expeditions with a small number of members. In particular, he climbs without the use of an oxygen device and without the help of Sherpas.

  In 2014, Radek successfully climbed the last, fourteenth eight-thousander - K2, and he entered the hall of fame of world mountain climbing. He became the first Czech, and only the 15th More…