Royal Robbins

Biography

Royal Robbins is one of the pioneers of American rock climbing. After learning to climb at Tahquitz he went on to make first ascents of many big wall routes in Yosemite. As an early proponent of boltless, pitonlessclean climbing, he, along with Yvon Chouinard, was instrumental in changing the climbing culture of the late 1960s and early 1970s by encouraging the use and preservation of the natural features of the rock. He went on to become a well-knownkayaker.

Known For

Valley Uprising

Vertical Frontier

Les Amants des Drus

John Gill Across Time

Brave New Wild

Sentinel - The West Face

Bachar: Man, Myth, Legend

All Movies (7)

• Valley Uprising2014 · as Self
• Brave New Wild2014 · as Self
• John Gill Across Time2012 · as Self
• Les Amants des Drus2007 · as Self (related character)
• Bachar: Man, Myth, Legend2005 · as Self
• Vertical Frontier2002 · as Self
• Sentinel - The West Face1967 · as Self