Royal Robbins' accomplishments as rock climber and adventurer are legendary. An early advocate of boltless, pitonless clean climbing, he did much to transform the climbing culture to minimize the human impact on the vertical wilderness and protect its natural features. As a rock-climbing pioneer, he broke through existing standards to create wholly new skill and difficulty levels. In the 50's, 60's and into the 70's, Robbins established one daring new climb after another, among them many revered classics on Yosemite's Half Dome and El Capitan. Robbins' adventurous life story stands as a beacon of inspiration to those who ever pondered how to reach higher by reaching within. Robbins shares his extraordinary adventures in his new autobiographical series, My Life: Royal Robbins. In To Be Brave, the first volume of the series released in September 2009, Robbins details his historic solo ascent of the overhanging face of Yosemite's Leaning Tower, and chronicles his introduction to climbing while growing up in Los Angeles. For Royal Robbins, the real adventure is the inner one. By focusing upon the minds, emotions and spirits of those involved, he relates climbing escapades in terms everyone can understand. In addition to his new autobiographical My Life series, Robbins has written two seminal books on rock-climbing, Basic Rockcraft and Advanced Rockcraft, which showcased his skill and climbing ethic and inspired a whole new generation of climbers.