Jean-Baptiste Tribout, better known as J.B. Tribout (born 14 December 1961) is a French rock climber and sport climber.
He started climbing aged 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, Fritz the Cat, at Saussois and in 1985 climbed his first 8b, Les braves gens, in the Verdon Gorge. Between 1986 and 1998 he participated in international competitions, 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 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
European Championship
Rock Master
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
|---|
| 3 | ? | 2 | 2 | ? | 9 |
Notable Ascents
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
- 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
- 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