Royal Robbins: Royal Robbins. Self: Brave New Wild. Royal Robbins (February 3, 1935 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia - March 14, 2017 in Modesto, California) was an American rock climber and mountaineer. He was one of the figures of the golden age of the conquest of the Big Walls in Yosemite in the 1960s. Along with Yvon Chouinard, he was one of the promoters of the clean climbing ethic in the early...
Known For: Brave New Wild (Self), Valley Uprising (Self), Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (Self), Stoney Point: Portrait of an American Crag (Self)