Royal Robbins death: Three legends of rock climbing pay tribute

Name: Royal Robbins death: Three legends of rock climbing pay tribute
Uploaded: 2017-04-24T23:36:55.000Z
Duration: 4 min 3 s
Description: Three legendary climbers remember Royal Robbins, who made some of the first Yosemite ascents.

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Royal Robbins, an American rock climber famous for his first ascents of some of Yosemite National Park’s biggest mountains, died last month after a long illness. He was 82.

BBC News spoke to three legendary American climbers to find out how Robbins inspired them.

Video Journalist: Howard Johnson

US & Canada

25 April 2017