Royal Robbins
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Royal Robbins

The American Climber

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eBook - ePub

Royal Robbins

The American Climber

About this book

"Royal Robbins had an outsized impact on climbing history. This great new biography by David Smart brings the man behind the famous climbs to life in a way that's both relatable and inspiring." --Alex Honnold

  • Robbins's passing in 2017 was covered from the BBC News to NPR to the New York Times, which deemed him the "conscience of rock climbers"
  • Includes never-before-published information drawn from Robbins's family archives and personal papers
  • International interest in the Golden Age of Yosemite only continues to grow

Acclaimed writer David Smart illuminates the fascinating life of Royal Robbins---in all its soulful ambition, rivalry, and romance. Royal Robbins chronicles his early years growing up as a latchkey kid in Southern California, the push and pull between being an aspiring banker or one of the original Camp 4 dirtbags, and his later decades as a father, husband, kayaker, and the trailblazing founder of the outdoor apparel company that bears his name. This intimate, colorful tour of climbing history covering Yosemite, the Tetons, the Gunks, the Alps, the United Kingdom, and more from the 1960s onward features star characters such as Liz Robbins-- Robbins's wife and a pioneering adventurer in her own right-- Yvon Chouinard, John Harlin, Steve Roper, Warren Harding, Tom Frost, and Doug Tompkins.An important addition to our knowledge of the Golden Age of rock climbing in Yosemite and the development of the clean climbing ethos, Royal Robbins sheds new light on an elemental figure of outdoor culture.

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781680516593
Edition
0
Subtopic
Historical Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Royal Robbins: The American Climber
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by John Long
  6. A Note on Sources
  7. Chapter 1 Ride the Trail in Style
  8. Chapter 2 Anarchy and Aimlessness
  9. Chapter 3 Rotten Lucky Bastards
  10. Chapter 4 The Big Daddy
  11. Chapter 5 Poste Restante, Chamonix
  12. Chapter 6 We’ve Got Nothing Else But Climbing
  13. Chapter 7 When the Saints Come Marching In
  14. Chapter 8 To Engrave My Initials on the Face Forever
  15. Chapter 9 What Is Acceptable and What Is Not
  16. Chapter 10 There Is Only One Eminence
  17. Chapter 11 Rivers and God
  18. Chapter 12 A Mountaineer Is Always Free
  19. Epilogue: The Fanatic
  20. Author’s Note: A Remote, Hard-to-Fathom Figure
  21. Notable First Ascents
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Select Works by Royal Robbins
  25. About the Author