Patrick Berhault (19 July 1957 – 28 April 2004) was a professional French free climber,

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and

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. He died while climbing

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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

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in France with his friend rock climber legend Patrick Edlinger in the late 70s and in the 80s. He also practiced

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and was one of the pioneer alpinists who developed light and fast mountaineering in the nineties.

Documentary films

* Voie Express 1979 (Laurent Chevalier) * Nangat Parbat 1980 (Laurent Chevalier) * Overdon 1980 (Jean–Paul Janssen) * OverIce 1981 (Jean–Paul Janssen) * Oversand 1981 (Jean–Paul Janssen) * Dévers 1981 (Laurent Chevalier) * Paroi en coulisse 1983 (Laurent Chevalier) * Histoire de l’alpinisme 1985 (Bernard Choquet) * Pirates (Roman Polanski) (stunt) * La chance de grimper 1987 (Bernard Giani) * Métamorphoses 1987 (Bruno Soldini) * Les piliers du rêve 1987 (Guy Meauxsoone) -

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ascent, Greece * Grimpeur Étoile 1989 (Laurent Chevalier) * Fortune Express 1990 (Olivier Schatzsky) (stunt) * Les voies de l’équilibre 1992 (Pierre Ostian) * Premier de Cordée 1998 (Édouard Niermans) * La Grande Crevasse 1999 (Édouard Niermans) * La Cordée de rêve 2001 (Gilles Chappaz), produit par Migoo Productions retrace le grand voyage alpin réalisé en 2000-2001. * Sur le fil des 4000 (Gilles Chappaz), retrace l'enchaînement de 64 des 82 sommets de plus de 4000 des Alpes. Monté à titre posthume par Gilles Chappaz avec notamment des images Mini-DV réalisées par Patrick Berhault et Philippe Magnin au cours de cette aventure. Produit par Migoo Productions. * Berhault 2008 (Gilles Chappaz & Raphaël Lassablière), produit par Migoo Productions: www.migoo.com

Books

* Encordé mais libre, la traversée des Alpes, Éditions Glénat Livres, Grenoble, octobre 2001, 258 p. () * Le Grand Voyage alpin, la traversée des Alpes, Éditions Glénat Livres, Grenoble, novembre 2001, 144 p. () * Patrick Berhault (Michel Bricola et Dominique Potard) ; Éditions Guerin, mai 2008 () * Un homme des cimes (Jean-Michel Asselin) ; Éditions Glénat, mai 2008 ()

References

External links

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