Wolfgang Fietz

Wolfgang “Flipper” Fietz (born November 8, 1953 in Nuremberg ) was one of the best climbers in the world in the 1970s and had a major impact on bouldering , especially in Franconian Switzerland . In many projects that were considered non-climbable at the time, he was the first to climb freely , thus laying the foundation for the performance explosion in the 1990s.

First ascents

• 1979 Electric Storm in Hell ( col. 7a + / 7b )
• 1979 Fallout (col. 7a +)
• 1981 Maud (col. 7a)
• 1982 England greets Falklands (col. 7b +)

For the first time bouldered routes

• The Face ( UIAA 10- ); first started in 1983 by Jerry Moffatt ; second European route with this level of difficulty
• Canal in the back (10), first ascended in 1984 by Wolfgang Güllich ; world's first route with this level of difficulty
• Kamasutra 218 (10), first written in 1986 by Wolfgang Güllich
• Hardly any time to breathe (10-) first climbed in 1985 by Wolfgang Güllich
• Mr. Magnesia (9+), first started in 1983 by Wolfgang Güllich
• Siphon (10), first started in 1990 by Wolfgang Güllich

swell

Kurt Albert : Fight Gravity. Climbing in the Franconian Jura. tmms, Korb 2005, ISBN 3-930650-15-0