Patrick Berhault

Patrick Berhault
Personal information
Born	19 July 1957; Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Died	28 April 2004 (aged 46); Dom (Mischabel), Switzerland
Climbing career
Type of climber	Sport climbing; Free solo climbing; Alpine climbing; Ice climbing;
First ascents	Pichenibule (7b+) at Verdon Gorge; La Haine (7c+) at la Loubière/La Turbie Monaco; Le Toit d'Auguste (8b+) at la Loubière/La Turbie Monaco;
Major ascents	La grande traversée des Alpes, 167 days crossing the Alps from East to West (22 summits and major routes), Aug. 2000 to Feb. 2001; Award-winning 16 rock and ice link-up (2003 with Philippe Magnin) in Mont Blanc; 82 days for 82 4000m summits (2004 with Philippe Magnin) in Alps;

Patrick Berhault (19 July 1957 – 28 April 2004) was a French professional rock climber and mountaineer, who specialized in sport climbing and alpine climbing. He died climbing the Dom ridge, Switzerland, during his attempt to do an enchainment of all 82 Alpine 4,000-metere summits in 82 days.

Patrick Berhault is best known for popularizing sport climbing in France with his friend rock climber legend Patrick Edlinger in the late 70s and in the 80s. He also practiced free solo climbing and was one of the pioneer alpinists who developed light and fast mountaineering in the nineties.

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