Royal Robbins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 3, 1935
- Place of birth
- West Virginia, USA
- Died
- March 14, 2017
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.
Movies with Royal Robbins
- Valley Uprising 2014 · ★ 7.7
- Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey 2017 · ★ 7.8
- Les Amants des Drus 2007 · ★ 9.0
- Vertical Frontier 2002 · ★ 9.0
- Sentinel - The West Face 1967 · ★ 10.0
- Brave New Wild 2014 · ★ 10.0
- Bachar: Man, Myth, Legend 2005 · ★ 10.0
- John Gill Across Time 2012
- Climb of Red Wall 1966
- Frost: The Story of a Lifetime 2026