Wolfgang Güllich (24 October 1960 – 31 August 1992) was a German rock climber, who is considered one of the greatest and most influential climbers in the...
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Frankenjura, Germany. When it was first climbed by German climber Wolfgang Güllich in 1991, it became the first climb in the world to have a consensus...
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Frankenjura (DEU) – 1991 – First-ever consensus 9a in history, by Wolfgang Güllich, who originally graded it 8c+ (it held back other potential 9as), but...
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notch when a hold broke in the mid-1980s). In 1986, German climber Wolfgang Güllich free soloed the route, and the photographs by Austrian Heinz Zak [de]...
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night), in 1988, was the Yugoslav Route by the German team Kurt Albert, Wolfgang Güllich, and Hartmut Münchenbach. Another notable route is Eternal Flame (named...
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1986 : Wolfgang Güllich free soloed Weed Killer, at Raven Tor, in the Peak District, first-ever free solo at 7c (5.12d); that same year, Gullich also did...
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principal climbing doubles were Ron Kauk and Wolfgang Güllich. Kauk performed as Stallone's climbing double after Güllich died in a car accident in 1992. The doubles...
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disciplines. The campus board was invented in 1988 by German climber Wolfgang Güllich to help him climb the world's hardest consensus-graded route at the...
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cross-over amongst the three sub-disciplines. Leading climbers such as Wolfgang Güllich, Jerry Moffatt, Alexander Huber, Fred Nicole, Chris Sharma, Adam Ondra...
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sport, and led to the emergence of professional rock climbers, such as Wolfgang Güllich, Alexander Huber, Chris Sharma, Adam Ondra, Lynn Hill, Catherine Destivelle...
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the then emerging professional rock climbers such as German climber Wolfgang Güllich and French brothers Marc Le Menestrel [fr] and Antoine Le Menestrel [fr]...
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1990s as the world's strongest sport climber after the passing of Wolfgang Güllich. He is the second-ever person to redpoint a 9a (5.14d) graded route...
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Sharma carried the mantle of "world's strongest sport climber" from Wolfgang Güllich (who held it for almost a decade from the early 1980s), and passed...
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publicly recognizable names such as Edmund Hillary, Chris Bonington, Wolfgang Güllich and more recently Joe Simpson. Another example is surfing, invented...
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2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021. Nicholas Hobley. "Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 25-year-old Frankenjura masterpiece". Planet Mountain. Retrieved December...
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Kauk trained and doubled Sylvester Stallone along with late climber Wolfgang Güllich for Cliffhanger. He also doubled Michael Rooker, Leon, and actress...
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on setting new grade milestones in sport climbing. German climber Wolfgang Güllich, the strongest sport climber of that era, avoided the climbing competition...
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greater cross-over amongst the three sub-disciplines. Pioneers such as Wolfgang Güllich, Jerry Moffatt, Alexander Huber, Fred Nicole, Chris Sharma, Adam Ondra...
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Action Directe was a major milestone in free climbing grades when Wolfgang Güllich freed it in 1991 at 9a (French), 5.14d (American YDS), XI (UIAA)....
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1980s, leading European traditional climbers like Jerry Moffatt and Wolfgang Güllich changed to sport climbing, in which all future new grade milestones...
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Josune Bereziartu, greatest female sport climber of the 1990s and 2000s Wolfgang Güllich, greatest sport climber of the 1980s Fleur de Rocaille was initially...
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vision-impaired Paralympic gold medalist in skiing. Honoured in 2010. Wolfgang Güllich, Sport climbing, honoured in 1985, with Kurt Albert. Xu Huaiwen, Badminton...
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overhangs, one of the most notable being Separate Reality. In 1991, Wolfgang Gullich, who had set several grade milestones on bolted face climbing sport-routes...
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Barnett (born 1953), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag since 1994 Wolfgang Güllich (1960–1992), rock climber Barbara Eligmann (born 1963), television...
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Grylls (born 1974) in 1998, youngest Briton to summit Everest (age 23) Wolfgang Güllich (1960–1992) Germany, first to redpoint grade 8b (5.13d), 8b+ (5.14a)...
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it tradition), though not as much as it once was. German climber Wolfgang Güllich's ascent of Punks in the Gym in April 1985 was major achievement. The...
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are difficult to wash and splintering may become a problem with age. Wolfgang Güllich made the first campus board with wooden rungs to help him train for...
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Wallstreet, the world's first-ever 8c (5.14b) graded rock climb by Wolfgang Gullich. Wall Street (Asheville, North Carolina), a woonerf (or living street)...
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the first-ever 8b+ (5.14a) graded route, which had been freed by Wolfgang Gullich in 1985. On 5 May 1992, Pollitt eventually succeeded and immediately...
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First free ascent by Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber of the historic 1989 Güllich, Albert et al. route. A number of notable films have been made focused...
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