Sport Climbing Systems, early 1988
Owned by: Kent Olmstead and Dan Goodwin
Bend, Oregon
- Other employees:
Dale Bard
Sean Olmstead
SCS brocure
Dan Goodwin, Photo: Anne Marie Weber
SCS ad - May 1988
SCS ad - June 1988
Dan Goodwin aka: "Spiderdan" is an American climber best known for performing gymnastic like flag manuvers and one-arm flyoffs while free soloing difficult rock climbs on national TV, and for scaling tall buildings.
Two weeks after the Snowbird Championship, Dan Goodwin scaled the CN Tower in Toronto Canada (100 floors)(climbed it twice in the same day, different sides of the building). This was his 9th building he scaled.
Soon after the 1988 June Snowbird Championship, Kent left the business and gave it to Dan. Kent and Dale Bard formed the climbing holds company Vertical Concepts. Dan moved Sport Climbing Systems to Berkeley California and continued making Roks and beautifully sculpted climbing walls.
Sport Climbing Systems - August 1988 advertisement
Sport Climbing Systems - August 1988 advertisement
Sport Climbing Systems
- October 1988 advertisement
Sport Climbing Systems - February 1989 advertisement
SCS Roks, November 1988 Product write up, Rock & Ice mag
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The International Sport Climbing Championship
Snowbird Utah - Ski resort
Wall is located on the west end of the Cliff Lodge.
June 6 -12, 1988
Jeff Lowe - Director
115 foot tall wall, cost $155,000
$17,400 in prizes
- The wall was designed by FFKR Architects/Planners who built the two triangle and Roof features. It is made out of plywood reinforced with fiberglass resin. The climbing surface is made of fine garnet crystals to create the required surface friction. Sport Climbing Systems made the wall climbing panels and climbing holds.
- 15 semi (5.12d) / 20 final (5.13b) -  minutes climb time to complete the route.
Course was designed by Kim Carrigan.

Results (lead):

1. Catherine Destivelle
2. Lynn Hill (tie)
2. Mari Gingery (tie)
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1. Patrick Edlinger
2. J.B Tribout
3. Marc LeMenestrel
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Results (speed)(5.10d):

Women - Catherine Destivelle
Men - Jackie Godoffe

Snowbird comp announcement - May 1988
Rock & Ice magazine # 26, July August 1988 has a excellent writeup of the first International Sport Climbing Championship held in the USA.
NOTE: Purplish colored hand and foot holds that are bolted and glued to the wall.