2002Winner
Best Performance
Vertical Frontier
Royal Robbins
Actor
West Virginia, USA
February 3, 1935
Biography
Royal Robbins is one of the pioneers of American rock climbing. After learning to climb at Tahquitz he went on to make first ascents of many big wall routes in Yosemite. As an early proponent of boltless, pitonlessclean climbing, he, along with Yvon Chouinard, was instrumental in changing the climbing culture of the late 1960s and early 1970s by encouraging the use and preservation of the natural features of the rock. He went on to become a well-knownkayaker.
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2014Winner
Best Performance
Valley Uprising
2012Nominee
Best Performance
John Gill Across Time
Career Highlights
2017Highlight
Best Performance
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Highlight
Best Performance
Frost: The Story of a Lifetime
Video
Vertical Frontier
Valley Uprising
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey