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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Mar 21, 2017 - 10:11am PT
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Royal, Chuck Berry, Don't you mess with my blue suede shoes!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Mar 21, 2017 - 11:49am PT
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I just learned of this sad news, while travelling in Ireland, with my wife. Royal leaves one hell of a legacy, which will endure thru the ages. I had a few memorable encounters with the legend which left quite an impression on an aspiring climber.
An icon has passed on.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mar 21, 2017 - 01:28pm PT
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Putting in clean pro, while quietly skipping a bolt put in by a later party, that speaks a lot of his integrity. (in one of the photos above)
Also, the way he reached across the generations, coming to the John Bachar Memorial Event to show his support for John's friends and family, that was really great. His integrity and ethical standards reached across the generations.
It is the end of an era, with Royal Robbins, Chuck Pratt, and Warren Harding all having left us.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Mar 21, 2017 - 01:46pm PT
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And Layton Kor and Bob Kamps . . .
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Mar 21, 2017 - 03:24pm PT
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All those guys above did more with less while pushing the bounds of possibility. What an inspiring lot for the generations to follow.
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Tamara Robbins
climber
not a climber, just related...
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Mar 21, 2017 - 04:41pm PT
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Dick, Roger, Grossman, Gill, Haan and anyone else - please reach out to me via email if inclined. I'm writing a piece and could use some stories and timelines.....
If you have my number feel free to ring, i lost all my contacts last July.
email is tamara@postpro.net
much gratitude -
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dhayan
climber
culver city, ca
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Mar 23, 2017 - 08:35am PT
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Respect. Thanks for the vision, inspiration, and legacy of climbs! Condolences to his family and all who knew him.
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dickcilley
Social climber
Wisteria Ln.
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Mar 23, 2017 - 11:42am PT
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There was an obit in the leading spanish paper.But the picture was Frost.RIP Royal.You were an inspiration.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Mar 23, 2017 - 12:30pm PT
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Royal on the Dawn Wall
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Pete_N
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Mar 23, 2017 - 04:10pm PT
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I was up in Yosemite for a couple days last week on my own. I set up a top rope on the Five and Dime cliff—not as much as having a partner, but fun nonetheless. The next morning I heard that Royal Robbins had died, so I went down to the Nutcracker on Manurepile Buttress. I didn’t want to solo it, but I wanted to do something in Robbins' honor. In any case, there was an Austrian couple hanging around, Stephan and Babsi, and, lucky for me, they were willing. We climbed Nutcracker in the sunshine, the waterfalls in full glory and thought about Robbins.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 23, 2017 - 04:28pm PT
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solo of DNB in Tretorn sneakers
I, like Werner, am stunned by that - in 70 was it? Oh, but that more details existed.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Mar 23, 2017 - 04:47pm PT
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Royal Robbins showed up unannounced at the Camp 4 Bachar Memorial for the regular folk who wanted to honor John. Royal gave a wonderful talk about John and RR's warmth and openness was just what was needed to make so many comfortable and give them the courage to come up to the (invisible) mike and talk about how Bachar's climbing and life influenced and inspired their own.
Now we are here for Royal, a man so influential yet humble, a human that paved the way for climbing and so much more. Thank you Royal Robbins and God give good rest to your soul. lynnie
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Mar 23, 2017 - 04:55pm PT
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^^^^
Nice photo Don, on the Dawn!
EDIT: Maybe this is when he came up with the idea for RR climbing shoes!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Mar 24, 2017 - 05:21pm PT
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Any info on a memorial for the climbing community at large?
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Mar 24, 2017 - 10:12pm PT
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Perhaps Royal's message to us is that we are better people as older climbers than as young striving climbers...
... age and shared experiences make a community complete.
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 24, 2017 - 10:13pm PT
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A real climber never gets old ......
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melski
Trad climber
bytheriver
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Mar 26, 2017 - 03:48pm PT
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Inspite of some rumors Royal was humble enough to personal y fit and sell my lovely wife with the hotest new climbing shoe of the time ,an EB. He will live forever as the Rockstar he is.
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