Royal Robbins, Renowned Rock Climber, Environmentalist, and Entrepreneur, Dies at 82
"True conquest was not of the physical mountains rising from the surface of our planet, but rather of the inner mountains of the soul," the legendary rock climber Royal Robbins once wrote. "Those were the mountains worth conquering." Robbins, a pioneer of modern rock climbing techniques, passed away last Tuesday, March 14 at his home in Modesto, California. He was 82 years old. Robbins was one of the icons of Yosemite's Golden Age-the period during the 1950s and 1960s when rock climbers squatted in Yosemite Valley and pushed the frontiers of their sport on the granite walls surrounding them.
In 1957, Robbins made the first ascent of Half Dome's Northwest Face.
Photo courtesy of royalrobbins.com
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