Jean-Baptiste Tribout
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1961-12-14) December 14, 1961
Paris
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade8c+ (5.14c)
Retired1998
Medal record
IFSC Climbing World Cup
Bronze medal – third place1992Lead
Bronze medal – third place1994Lead

Jean-Baptiste Tribout, or J.B. Tribout (born 14 December 1961) is a French rock climber and competition climber.

Climbing history

Tribout started climbing at age seven in Fontainebleau, France with his grandfather, a mountaineer, and also joined the youth section of the French Alpine Club. There he met other young climbers such as Catherine Destivelle. In 1982, he climbed his first 8a (5.13b)-graded sport climbing route, Fritz the Cat, at Saussois, and in 1985 climbed his first 8b (5.13d)-graded route, Les braves gens, in the Verdon Gorge.

Between 1986 and 1998, he participated in international competition climbing events, finishing third twice and fourth twice in the final standings of the World Cup. In 2008, aged 47, twelve years after he had last climbed an 8c (5.14b)-graded climb, he climbed two 8c routes.

Competition Record

World Cup

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
4  ? 4 3 16 3 6 19

World Championship

1991 1993 1995 1997
35 32 - 4

European Championship

1992 1996
17 16

Rock Master

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
3  ? 2 2  ? 9

Notable Ascents

The East Face of Monkey Face at Smith Rock containing Just do it, 8c+ / 5.14c, established by Tribout in 1992 and at the time considered the hardest route in the USA.[1]

8c+/5.14c

  • The Connexion - Orgon - 1994 - First ascent (combination of Macumba Club and The Bronx)
  • Superplafond - Volx - 1994 - First ascent (combination of the Maginot Line, called by the French Le plafond, and Terminator)
  • Just do it - Smith Rock - 1992 - First ascent

8c/5.14b

  • Intime étrangère - Tournoux - August 4, 2008
  • Guerre d'usure - Claret - 24 February 2008 - aged 47[2]
  • Macumba Club - Orgon - 1992 - First ascent
  • Huevos Rancheros - Gache - 1991 - First ascent
  • Maginot Line - Volx - 1990 - after Ben Moon in 1989

8b+/5.14a

  • Les intermutants du spectacle - St Leger - May 16, 2009
  • Deux cones - Orgon - August 9, 2008
  • Rollito Sharma - Santa Linya - April 19, 2008
  • Draconian Devil - Kalymnos - 2006[3]
  • I am a bad man - Smith Rock - 1991
  • Cannibal' - American Forks - 1990
  • Cry Freedom - Malham Cove - 1989 - Second ascent
  • Magie Noire - Traverses - 1989
  • Masse Critique - Cimaï - 1989 - First ascent
  • Revanche - Saussois - 1988 - First ascent
  • White wedding - Smith Rock - 1988 - First ascent
  • La rage de vivre - Buoux - 1987 - Second ascent
  • Le Spectre du surmutant - Buoux - 1987 - First ascent
  • Les spécialistes - Verdon Gorge - 1987 - First ascent
  • To Bolt or not to be - Smith Rock - 1986 - First ascent and first 5.14 in the United States

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Siegrist Completes Just Do It (5.14c) at Smith". climbing.com. 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "8a.nu - Article". 8a.nu. 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sharma and Tribout Kalymnos Odyssey". planetmountain.com. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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