Jean-Baptiste Tribout

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Also known as: Jibe, jb and Jibé

Quick Info

Nationality: FR
Hardest Sport (Worked): 8c+

Contributors: remus

Quick Info

Nationality: FR
Hardest Sport (Worked): 8c+
Contributors: remus

Podcasts


Pics + Vids

Just Do It (8c+, FA)
Added at 16:01 on 08 January 2024
To Bolt or Not to Be (8b+, FA)
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Added at 23:11 on 06 November 2021
Le Super Plafond (8c+, FA)
Added at 17:01 on 11 January 2023
Bronx (8c+)
Added at 17:01 on 11 January 2023
Just Do It (8c+, FA)
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Added at 06:06 on 20 June 2022

Ascents

16 recorded ascents.

This timeline is missing some ascents where the date of the ascent is unknown. Use the other tabs to view these ascents.
Year Climb Grade Style Ascent Date
1986 Tabou Zizi 8b Lead | worked 1986
First ascent.
To Bolt or Not to Be 8b+ Lead | worked Nov 1986
First ascent.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/72DU26vF5X/

1987
1988 White Wedding 8b+ Lead | worked Jun 1988
First ascent.
The Yorkshire Ripper 8b Lead | worked Jun 1988

2ns ascent after Dave Pegg. Described by Jibe as 'The Perfect 8b'

1989 Masse Critique 8b+ Lead | worked 1989
First ascent.
Cry Freedom 8c Lead | worked Jun 1989

2nd ascent. Date not exact. Jibe apparently found the endurance style of this route to his liking but found the shorter, more bouldery Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis much harder and didn't manage to redpoint it during his stay in the UK

1990
1991 Maginot Line 8c Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

Pre-1991. [1]

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

Badman 8b+ Lead | worked 1991
First ascent.

'Stolen' from the locals, the name is JB's opinion of himself!

La Rage de Vivre 8b+ Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

Pre-1991. [1]

[1] The Power of Climbing, David Jones, 1991

Les Mains Sales 8b Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

Pre-1991. [1]

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

La Mission 8b Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

Pre-1991. [1]

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

1992 Macumba Club 8c Lead | worked 1992
First ascent.
Just Do It 8c+ Lead | worked Apr 1992
First ascent.

As for the controversy, even if no one had tried the route when I started, Allan Watts bolted the line and tried it a little bit, and at that time the belief was that a line belonged to their bolter and no one else could have a go. So there was some tension with a few locals ... The cool thing is that on the very evening of my success, the boss of Metolius [Doug Philips] invited us to the best restaurant in Bend to celebrate and that, the next day, a doctor/climber organised a big party at his place with locals climbers and we partied, drank, consumed a lot of illicit substances, and it was a wonderful moment of reconciliation with the local community. This route and this ascent have been one of the peaks of my climbing career, one of the times I was certainly the strongest. At this famous party, I moreover won the pull-up contest, on cocaine it's true, but clocking 80 pull-ups in a row nonetheless… That's still a pretty number! [1]

References

[1] https://fanatic-climbing.com/il-etait-une-voie-once-upon-a-line-just-do-it/

[2] http://novebi.ning.com/group/smithrockclimbing/forum/topics/1389802:Topic:20521

[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/CfAO2ikvrr1/

[4] https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pZeqpNbv3KPe40WYci63E?

1993
1994 Le Super Plafond 8c+ Lead | worked 1994
Bronx 8c+ Lead | worked Jun 1994
Climb Grade Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Just Do It 8c+ Lead | worked Apr 1992
First ascent.

As for the controversy, even if no one had tried the route when I started, Allan Watts bolted the line and tried it a little bit, and at that time the belief was that a line belonged to their bolter and no one else could have a go. So there was some tension with a few locals ... The cool thing is that on the very evening of my success, the boss of Metolius [Doug Philips] invited us to the best restaurant in Bend to celebrate and that, the next day, a doctor/climber organised a big party at his place with locals climbers and we partied, drank, consumed a lot of illicit substances, and it was a wonderful moment of reconciliation with the local community. This route and this ascent have been one of the peaks of my climbing career, one of the times I was certainly the strongest. At this famous party, I moreover won the pull-up contest, on cocaine it's true, but clocking 80 pull-ups in a row nonetheless… That's still a pretty number! [1]

References

[1] https://fanatic-climbing.com/il-etait-une-voie-once-upon-a-line-just-do-it/

[2] http://novebi.ning.com/group/smithrockclimbing/forum/topics/1389802:Topic:20521

[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/CfAO2ikvrr1/

[4] https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pZeqpNbv3KPe40WYci63E?

Le Super Plafond 8c+ Lead | worked 1994
Bronx 8c+ Lead | worked Jun 1994
Macumba Club 8c Lead | worked 1992
First ascent.
Cry Freedom 8c Lead | worked Jun 1989

2nd ascent. Date not exact. Jibe apparently found the endurance style of this route to his liking but found the shorter, more bouldery Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis much harder and didn't manage to redpoint it during his stay in the UK

Maginot Line 8c Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

Pre-1991. [1]

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

To Bolt or Not to Be 8b+ Lead | worked Nov 1986
First ascent.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/72DU26vF5X/

White Wedding 8b+ Lead | worked Jun 1988
First ascent.
Masse Critique 8b+ Lead | worked 1989
First ascent.
Badman 8b+ Lead | worked 1991
First ascent.

'Stolen' from the locals, the name is JB's opinion of himself!

La Rage de Vivre 8b+ Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

Pre-1991. [1]

[1] The Power of Climbing, David Jones, 1991

Tabou Zizi 8b Lead | worked 1986
First ascent.
The Yorkshire Ripper 8b Lead | worked Jun 1988

2ns ascent after Dave Pegg. Described by Jibe as 'The Perfect 8b'

Les Mains Sales 8b Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

Pre-1991. [1]

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

La Mission 8b Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

Pre-1991. [1]

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

La Nuit du Lézard 8a+ Lead | worked
First ascent.
Climb Grade Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Climb Grade Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Climb Grade Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade