Janja Garnbret Repeats Bibliographie 5.15c in Céüse

janja garnbret repeated Bibliographie 5.15c in Céüse, France, and became the second woman to climb that grade. The ascent was her first at 5.15c, a mark that places her in a small group on one of the hardest routes in the sport.

Bibliographie in Céüse

Bibliographie stretches for more than 80 moves over 35 metres, and Garnbret’s send ended a run with no repeats since Jorge Diaz-Rullo climbed it later in 2023. She is the first climber to send the route since Diaz-Rullo and the latest name added to a short list that already includes Alex Megos, Stefano Ghisolfi, Sean Bailey and Sébastien Bouin.

Megos made the first ascent in August 2020 and originally suggested 5.15d. Just over a year later, Ghisolfi made the second ascent and proposed 5.15c after finding more efficient beta, and Megos agreed with the adjustment. Bailey followed in September 2021, then Bouin in June 2023 and Diaz-Rullo later that year.

Brooke Raboutou and 5.15c

Garnbret is now the second woman known to climb 5.15c, after Brooke Raboutou sent Excalibur in spring 2025. That leaves Garnbret with a clear new line on her record sheet, and it adds another benchmark to the small set of women who have reached the grade.

After the climb, Garnbret said the send felt incredible and very hard to describe, and she pointed to the route’s demand for commitment, patience and mental control. She said the climb forced her to return after failing again and again, a change from the quicker approach she said had ended other attempts in the past.

Garnbret in Italy

The ascent also follows another recent high-end result for Garnbret, who flashed Pure Dreaming 5.14+ in Italy last fall. For climbers watching the upper end of the sport, the relevance is straightforward: she has now added 5.15c to a resume that already included a flash at 5.14+ and one of the most significant repeats of the year.