Vintage Footage of the First International Sport Climbing Competition in the U.S.
Vintage Footage of the First International Sport Climbing Competition in the U.S., which took place at Snowbird, Utah, in 1988.
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Vintage Footage of the First International Sport Climbing Competition in the U.S., which took place at Snowbird, Utah, in 1988. Jeff Lowe was the mastermind behind the competition, and Dan Goodwin, aka Spiderdan, designed, built, and installed the climbing wall with an exception of the roof.
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