| From: | Switzerland 🇨🇭 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked): | 8B |
| Hardest Trad (Worked): | E10 |
Didier Berthod is a Swiss climber who is known for his crack climbing. Famously, he came very close to making the first ascent of Cobra Crack in Squamish in 2006 before injury stopped him and Sonnie Trotter made the first ascent..
Around the same time he stopped trying Cobra Crack his partner became pregnant. Didier was unable to to imagine a life as a father and he fell back on his Catholic faith, first becoming a Monk with the Eucharistein Fraternity and later being ordained as a priest.
In 2020 he then left the church to pursue 'a more balanced life', including starting climbing again.
He has since reconciled with his child and her mother (Previously his partner), and has started making hard fist ascents again such as The Crack of Destiny in Squamish and then, in 2024, coming full circle and climbing Cobra Crack in 2024.
[1] Interview with Tom Randall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aSZ19z41Hg
[3] Interview with Niall Grimes, 2023 https://open.spotify.com/episode/32F0fKdpvYNkGup6pRtKMk?
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjXzfkm6mgk
[5] https://www.grimpactu.com/post/de-la-corde-%C3%A0-la-foi-le-retour-victorieux-de-didier-berthod