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Mendocino

(7,504 posts) Wed Mar 15, 2017, 11:46 PM Mar 2017

Royal Robbins died yesterday.

Most people would say WHO? Royal Robbins was one of Americas preeminent rock climbers, a true giant in the field. I had a distant relative, Bob Kamps who climbed with him. The death of RR leaves Yvon Chouinard, as the most prominent of the classic American climbers.

RIP

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Royal Robbins died yesterday. (Original Post) Mendocino Mar 2017 OP

This is HUGE news ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #1

May you wake before dawn, Mendocino Mar 2017 #2

ProudLib72

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1. This is HUGE news

Reply to Mendocino (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 11:50 PM

Mar 2017

I read through his primers in climbing techniques when I was 10-12. I remember all the old photos of him with the other legends. He was up there with Layton Kor and Warren Harding for me.

Mendocino

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2. May you wake before dawn,

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 12:04 AM

Mar 2017

ascend to the midday sun, then lovingly watch the day fade into a starry night.

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