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RIP Royal Robbins 20-Mar-2017 At 9:27:30 PM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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This is indeed sad news about the passing of one of Big Wall Climbings greatest icons.

He was a long held inspiration for me personally; so much so, that I once even made a pilgrimage to climb at Tahquitz Rock (southern California), to experience first hand where Royal was prolific in his early days of freeing early hard routes and putting up new lines...

Amongst my many climbing books that feature him, or were written by him, is a copy of his book Basic Rockcraft that is personally signed by him; ... something that I will treasure a little more whilst it sojourns in my possession.

I'm still somewhat stunned by this news though I read it the other day; (thanks for bringing it to our attention PI), ... as he was certainly the main influence on my climbing for pretty much the whole of my climbing career...

My sincere condolences go to his family and friends, as we are all poorer for his passing.