Biography
Patrick Berhault, born July 19, 1957 in Thiers (Puy-de-Dôme), grew up by the sea between Nice and Monaco. He joined the Club Alpin Monégasque at the age of 13 and started climbing with friends at La Turbie. He left school after the second, and devoted himself to his passion for the mountains and opened these first routes in the Mercantour massif. In 1978, Patrick Berhault had his first accident in the mountains with his friend Pierre Brizzi, following the break of a ledge, they descended an 814 meter corridor at the three Dents du Pelvoux. and should only salute them to a rope of mountaineers bivouacking near the place of their fall. At the end of the 1970s, together with Patrick Edlinger, he took part in the free climbing revolution in France. In 1980, he "released" the first 7c+ in France. He also practices full soloing in a confidential manner, always in a style based on fluidity and the search for gestural aesthetics. He will share three years of climbing and mountaineering with his brother in arms Patrick Edlinger, and will live from day to day solely for their passion between climbing and intensive training. In 1980, with Jean-Marc Boivin, they took the incredible gamble of…
Movies & TV Shows
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Dans la voie, Portrait d'un guide au travail (2004) — Self
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Fortune Express (1991) — Doublure séquence montagne
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Sur Le Fil Des 4000 (2004) — Self
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First On The Rope (1999) — Fernand
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Là-Haut, Un supplément d'âme (2001) — Self
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Metamorfosi (1987) — Self
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Berhault (2008) — Self
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Nanga Parbat 80, La revanche de futur (1980) — Self
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Dévers (1981) — Self
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Les Conquérants de l'Impossible: Portrait de Groupe (1986) — Self
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Voie Express (1979) — Self
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The Backstage Wall (1983) — Self
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Verdon Forever (1998) — Self
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Oversand (1981) — Self
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Overdon (1980) — Self
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Over-Ice (1981) — Self
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Patrick Berhault - Il Gesto e La Grazia (1997) — Self
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Partition Libre - Sur Les Traces De Patrick Berhault (2019) — Self
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Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes (2015) — Self (archive footage)
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La Cordée de Rêve (2001) — Self
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Jean-Marc Boivin, Extremely Yours (2006) — Self (archive footage)
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When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema (2000) — Self
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Les Piliers Du Rêve (1987) — Self
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Rock Auvergne (2019) — Self (archive footage)
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The Companions Of The Void (1989) — Self
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Grimpeur Étoile (1989)
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Cateissard (2016) — Self (archive footage)
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Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief (2008) — Self (archive footage)