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Patrick Gabarrou a.k.a. "Le Gab" (born 19 July 1951 in Évreux), 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."

First ascents※

Mountain routes※

• Boivin-Gabarrou on the north face of Les Droites (with Jean-Marc Boivin), 1975
• Supercouloir and Gabarrou-Albinoni on Mont Blanc du Tacul
• Hypercouloir on Mont Blanc (with Pierre-Alain Steiner), 1982
• Divine Providence on the Grand Pilier d'Angle, 1984
• Gabarrou-Silvy on the Aiguille Sans Nom, 1985
• Directissime on the Grandes Jorasses (with Hervé Bouvard), 1986
• Aux amis disparus on the Matterhorn (with Lionel Daudet)
• Directissime de la Margerita on Monte Rosa (with Christian Appertet), 1992
• Alexis on Point Whymper of the Grandes Jorasses (with Benoît Robert), 1993
• A Leï on the Grandes Jorasses (with Philippe Batoux. And Benoît Robert), February 2003
• Heidi on the Grandes Jorasses (with Philippe Batoux and Christophe Dumarest), 17–21 March 2005
• Ciao Walter on Mont-Blanc (with Simon Deniel and Ben O'Connor-Croft), 2012
• Brigite on the Arête des Grands Montets (with his wife Franca et Philippe Lansard), 5 April 2013
• René Croft between the Boivin-Gabarrou and the Barnoud-Marsigny on the north face of Les Droites (with Ben O'Connor-Croft), 25–26 April 2013
• Padre Pio, Une Echelle Vers le Ciel on the south face of Matterhorn, 2015 (see Alpinist article)

Ice climbs※

• Cascade Notre Dame, 700 m, "V," WI6 (with François Marsigny), 1984
• Freneysie Pascale, 1984
• Abominette, 700 m, "IV," 5.8, WI3 (with Christophe Profit and Sylviane Tavernier), 1984
• Fantomastic, 700 m, V, WI6 (with François Marsigny), 1985
• Patagonic, 700 m, M6, V+, WI6, A1 (with Christophe Dumarest), 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

References※

External links※

• Gabarrou's personal web site
• Summitpost on Gabarrou