Biography

Patrick Gabarrou is a French mountaineer, mountain guide and lecturer born on July 19, 1951 in Évreux. French ski-mountaineering champion in 1989, Patrick Gabarrou is first and foremost a high-level glacier climber, even though he has taken part in a number of high-difficulty rock climbs. He is one of the most active forerunners of his generation: 300 firsts, including fifteen on the prestigious Mont Blanc. He is also the author of several routes in the very difficult north face of the Grandes J...Read more