What is Royal Robbins?
{{Infobox person | name = Royal Robbins | image = Royal Robbins 2 by Tom Frost.jpg | caption = Royal Robbins in the early 1960s. | birth_date = {{birth date |1935|2|3}} | birth_place = [[Point Pleasant, West Virginia]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|14|1935|2|3}} | death_place = [[Modesto, California]], U.S. | occupation = [[Rock climbing|rock climber]], [[author]], CEO | known_for = [[Big wall climbing]], [[clean climbing]] | spouse = Liz Robbins }} '''Royal Robbins''' (February 3, 1935<ref>Robbins, Royal (2009), ''To Be Brave (My Life, Volume One''), Ojai, CA, USA: Pink Moment Press. {{ISBN|978-0-9825000-1-9}}.</ref> – March 14, 2017) was 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 climbing|big wall]] routes in [[Yosemite]]. As an early proponent of boltless, pitonless [[clean 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-known [[kayaking|kayaker]]. Robbins died on March 14, 2017 in [[Modesto, California]] from a long-illness, aged 82. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.royalrobbins.com/ Royal Robbins website] apparel company site {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Royal}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Businesspeople from California]] [[Category:Businesspeople from West Virginia]] [[Category:Writers from West Virginia]] [[Category:Sportspeople from West Virginia]] [[Category:Sportspeople from California]] [[Category:Writers from California]] [[Category:American mountain climbers]] [[Category:Kayakers]]