Royal Robbins - Other Climbing Achievements

Other Climbing Achievements

  • 1952 Open Book, Tahquitz, CA, USA. First free ascent.
  • 1960 The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite, CA, USA. Second ascent.
  • 1963 West Face, Leaning Tower, Yosemite, CA, USA. Second ascent and Yosemite's first wall done solo (Grade V).
  • 1968 Muir Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite, CA, USA. First Grade VI solo (and therefore the first solo of El Capitan).

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