Patrick Gabarrou
Patrick Gabarrou a.k.a. "Le Gab", is a French mountaineer and mountain guide who is credited with more than 300 first ascents, most of them in the Mont Blanc massif.
He has been the president of the international environmental NGO Mountain Wilderness from 2006 to 2010. He is mostly an ice climber, and is considered to be a pioneer of the modern wave of ice climbing.
He also opened routes in several other regions like Canada, Bolivia and Patagonia.Mountain routes
- Boivin-Gabarrou on the north face of Les Droites, 1975
- Supercouloir and Gabarrou-Albinoni on Mont Blanc du Tacul
- Hypercouloir on Mont Blanc, 1982
- Divine Providence on the Grand Pilier d'Angle, 1984
- Gabarrou-Silvy on the Aiguille Sans Nom, 1985
- Directissime on the Grandes Jorasses, 1986
- Aux amis disparus on the Matterhorn
- Directissime de la Margerita on Monte Rosa, 1992
- Alexis on Point Whymper of the Grandes Jorasses, 1993
- A Leï on the Grandes Jorasses, February 2003
- Heidi on the Grandes Jorasses, 17–21 March 2005
- Ciao Walter on Mont-Blanc, 2012
- Brigite on the Arête des Grands Montets, 5 April 2013
- René Croft between the Boivin-Gabarrou and the Barnoud-Marsigny on the north face of Les Droites, 25–26 April 2013
- Padre Pio, Une Echelle Vers le Ciel on the south face of Matterhorn, 2015
Ice climbs
- Cascade Notre Dame, 700 m, V, WI6, 1984
- Freneysie Pascale, 1984
- Abominette, 700 m, IV, 5.8, WI3, 1984
- Fantomastic, 700 m, V, WI6, 1985
- Patagonic, 700 m, M6, V+, WI6, A1, 2003
Skiing
- First descent of the north face of the Col de Peuterey, with Jean-Marc Boivin, 1977
- Winner, French championship of ski-mountaineering 1989, together with Pierre d'Alboy
- Sixth place, Pierra Menta 1989, together with Pierre d'Alboy
- Fourth, Pierra Menta 1991, together with Lionel Mailly
- First descent of the south face of the Tour Noir, with Ben O’Connor-Croft, 16 April 2013
