Wolfgang GULLICH vs Patrick EDLINGER, 1989

[@albertchailleux9719]

J'oublierai jamais cet homme araignée..tout comme Alain Robert...des géants de la grimpe.

[@fab21moreau]

merci Monsieur Edlinger, quel artiste !

[@clementverges4370]

Je n’ai jamais vu de grimpeur plus élégant que Patrick. Merveilleux à regarder.

[@杰-说话都要講道理]

Patrick est une légende, inégalable et inégalée, il était d’une souplesse inouïe grand écart et mega équilibre il s imposait des entraînements spéciaux taillés pour lui ‘ on peut en voir les résultats ici à sa manière de lire la voie se positionner et passer le ou les crux ( on se demande même s il y en a un avec son aisance ) il avait un rapport à la mort en solo très précis j’ai lu une explication dans un livre qu il a écrit ou un article je ne me rappelle plus trop ‘ m’y bad mais il expliquait la marge qu il avait sur le plan technique physique et psychologique une allégorie qui relevait du samouraï sur la paroi quand il grimpait en solo ‘ je regrette de ne pas avoir relevé le nom de ouvrage à l époque son explication était remarquable 😅

[@kakhak]

What a legend. Pioneer Patrick. Rest in Peace.

[@marcgibier6071]

Will always be the best ! Read cliffs and climbing routes like no one else

[@guillaumehautier9418]

Un artiste. Élégant.

[@fredericdondin]

Edlinger looked like a gecko on that wall. He gave the impression he could never fall. Very impressive !

[@ferrodal77]

Increible Patrick Edlinger, Qué movimientos !! Lástima que Gullich nos dejará sin poder ver finales tan emocionantes cómo esta ! :-(

[@joelrivet1511]

beautiful technical climbing images … nice friendschip of two climbing evangelists… my point of view ! Positive one ! ;-) They both inspired me at that time, … up to now ! ;-)

[@kakhak]

Patrick's movements was so smooth, unique and gracious.

[@TheKfdk]

R.I.P Patrick EDLINGER

[@alainsechaud2065]

Patrick c'était tjrs très beau à le voir grimper !!! la grande classe

[@PenaBruto]

It's the same wall though. They weren't climbing at the same time...

[@peppuig8530]

Edlinger was the beast on sight climber in those days, maybe better than Moffat and Nadin. Competition and on sight climbing never were Gullich's better skills

[@gewinnste]

+Pep Puig Agreed. I guess, Wolfgang was just the best project climber at the time or ever - very systematic and I think he was the first to realize that specific muscle training at the hangboard (mono stuff and such) was the way to push the envelope (for action directe in the mono case) and thereby paved the way for generations of climbers, breaking into new territories, to come. People just didn't think of working on projects that way afaik until Wolfgang "invented" it. A true genius.

[@peppuig8530]

indeed he was. Ten years before anybody else he climbed 8b+, 8c and 9a.

[@listrahtes]

Güllich simply never cared for indoor climbing. He didnt train for it and just wasnt invested. Countless episodes about that. Thats why he gladly changed climbing to buildung the routes for the world cup.

[@teoparaschiveanu]

Superb!

[@yannponty]

I think the move was super reachy and off-balance (judging by the size of the upper left pixel ;) ). Edlinger's height, flexibility and "verdonesque" slab experience would have been a clear advantage there. Nice to see some slabs in a climbing competition, it reminds me how homogenous IFSC route settings (but still usually awesome! :) ) tends to become these days.

[@kenmahdi1843]

Legend

[@platter1000]

patrick was a very strong climber. i say him do the finals rout when snowbird had it's first rock climbing contest. he did the whole thing. it was amazing to watch. i wonder if he still climbs?

[@senku5497]

Hes dead bruh

[@luridi]

@ferrodal77 no le gustaban las compes. Las dejó mucho antes de morir.

[@ThumbnailGrooveDen-qm8ef]

D’ailleurs, Patrick be disait-il pas : « Si c’est pas esthétique, c’est pas la peine! »?

[@aboumaryam1647]

Stylé

[@zeculi]

el más grande,action directe 9a, no digo mas.

[@mockum]

Interesting. Too bad there aren't closeups to see what stumped Wolfgang. I'm really surprised that he couldn't figure out the sequence.

[@juanmamartinez1985]

no le pusieron monodedos!!!

[@StreetvibeDnB]

wolfgang is like sharma all braun not as much technique

[@foxvideo2233]

Dommage pour la qualite!!!!

[@mangotreechen]

musik wie bei nem softporno... :) aber immerhin: sax!!

[@tommypickles7]

i think he probably knew that he had lost, because of the crowd reaction, so "abandoned" the problem

[@blackhawk0606]

french won this time !

[@wirsindsehr]

das war ja früher noch viel langweiliger als heut ...

[@foxvideo2233]

Patrick, Wolfgang, Kurt Albert etc.