unknown athletes that have ever existed in Germany", noting that rock climbing was still a developing sport in the country. Personal life and death After moving to the Frankenjura in 1981, Güllich spent eleven years sharing an apartment, which included a gym in the cellar, with his life-long climbing partner Kurt Albert. The pair became famous for their hospitality and generosity to other international sport climbers. The Guardian said: "Their flat became a meeting house for climbers from all over the world, testament to the ability of both men to make friends wherever they went". Climbing said of their apartment, "[it] became one of the most significant addresses in free-climbing history. It was essentially an open-house for the best sport climbers of the 1980s, people like Ben Moon, Ben Masterson, Ron Fawcett, Ron Kauk and John Bachar", and adding: "in an era before the Internet, their place was a hub of ideas and information". In 1990, he met nurse Annette Favery whom he married one year later; Annette was photographed belaying him on his famous first free ascent of Action Directe on 14 September 1991; which happened just five days after their wedding. He was a climbing double for Sylvester Stallone in the 1993 movie Cliffhanger, along with Ron Kauk. On 29 August 1992 Güllich fell asleep at the wheel of his car and veered off the autobahn between Munich and Nuremberg as he made his way home from an interview. Two days later on 31 August 1992 he died in a hospital in Ingolstadt, never having regained consciousness. He was buried in Obertrubach. Awards and honours In 1985, Güllich, received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, Germany's highest sports award along with Kurt Albert, and . In 1997, German named one of Europe's hardest big wall routes in Rätikon, Switzerland, , after Güllich. Notable ascents Redpointed routes : Action Directe – Waldkopf, Frankenjura (GER) – 1991. First Ascent and world's first-ever XI route. Considered the "benchmark" 9a and an important and historic route. : – Frankenjura (GER) – 1987. First Ascent and world's first-ever XI- route. : Highlight - Frankenjura (GER) - 1990 - First ascent. Level 42 – Frankenjura (GER) – 1987. First Ascent, originally thought to be , but now considered an 8b+ / X+. Ghettoblaster – , Frankenjura (GER) – 1987. First Ascent and the first grade X+ route in Germany at the time. Deadline - Frankenjura (GER) -