Jean-Baptiste Tribout

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Third ascent.

Second go.

Nearly onsight! No camalots, only sheet gear...Scary and runout at this time. [1]

References

[1] https://www.8a.nu/crags/sportclimbing/united-states/geology-tour-road/sectors/unknown-sector/routes/equinox/

Second ascent.

First ascent.

First ascent.

First ascent.

First ascent.

First ascent.

First ascent.

References

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

First ascent.

First ascent.

First ascent.

Second ascent.

References

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

Second ascent.

References

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

First ascent.

First ascent.

First ascent.

Second ascent.

Second 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

First ascent.

First ascent.

Pas ma plus belle création.... Le vrai nom est Mille millions de mille sabords. Sachez le bande de bassibouzouc! [1]

Translated:

Not my finest creation.... The real name is A Thousand Millions of A Thousand Ports. Know it, you bunch of bassibouzouc!

References

[1] https://www.8a.nu/crags/sportclimbing/france/saussois/sectors/chimpanzodrome/routes/confession/

Second ascent.

After the second ascent, JB described the route as the 'classic 8b'. (Source - Yorkshire Limestone 1990 Rockfax) Date of ascent not exact.

References

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

First ascent.

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

Pre-1991. [1]

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

First ascent.

Also repeated 7 times, including twice in one day!

References

[1] https://www.8a.nu/crags/sportclimbing/france/orgon/sectors/canal/routes/macumba-club/

First ascent. Belayed by Jerome Rochelle.

References

[1] https://youtu.be/1D5l14800GQ?t=2231

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?

Second ascent?

Not sure for the date! Close to do the first ascent but no! [2]

References

[1] https://youtu.be/1D5l14800GQ?t=3026

[2] https://www.8a.nu/crags/sportclimbing/france/orgon/sectors/canal/routes/bronx/

First ascent.

Second ascent?

Second go.