Jan Kareš and JST’s Christmas present

Jan Kareš is a world-renowned Czech phenomenon. Multiple world record holder in pull ups on the horizontal bar. But he has a strange hobby, when he has some time, he climbs rocks bolting new routes. The most beautiful ones in Sardinia.

This summer we were on familly holiday  in Cala Gonone and Honza was bolting new routes on a granite rock 50km away, not far from Lotzorai. We had already agreed that we would come there to climb something new, when the SMS came “dude, I fell and I’m in the hospital in Nuoro. I broke both my legs”. Then his wife Eva called to say that they have a car parked  in Santa Maria Navarrese, that she does not have a driver’s license, that she is flying away with Honza on a jet, and if we would bring the car to the Czech Republic.

And yes, my wife Anna and I managed it, although I will say that it was very hard. Especially for Anna, who also had our two princesses in the car, driving more than 20 hours to Prague

Even though Honza is a tough guy, bone fusion has its own pace, and so does the subsequent rehabilitation. I was totally shocked when they posted pictures on Linkedin yesterday that they are already bolting next routes on their rock in Lotzorai, only 5 months after the total devastation of Jan´s legs. Just incredible.

And that they are looking for names to name new routes. So I poked them to remember the summer… and the result? My consulting company, beginning with the abbreviation JST after my name, is forever asleep in the Sardinian rock.

A beautiful Christmas present…

December 21, 2022

Jiří Stanislav