Brief History

Adventure climbing was born in 1998 from an idea created from a local rock climbing group that had built their own indoor portable rock climbing wall.  Also helping this idea was the fact that Randy Cook, (event manager) had a strong interest and had been involved in rock climbing with his family for many years. a rock,

Cook toured many portable rock climbing manufacturers looking for the best in mobile rock climbing walls. The Entre Prises, mobile rock wall was selected due to its real rock like structure. Other portable rock climbing walls were made of fiberglass and became slippery when wet and the fiberglass surface overtime would wear through and splinter.  The Entre Prises portable rock climbing wall was made in the same way their world-famous indoor competition walls were constructed. Entre Prises was no stranger to the rock wall business having built walls for the Olympics and the X Games. The material is a patented epoxy and concrete texture giving extremely good grip and rocklike feel that seasoned rock climbers had come to experience. It also was configured for manual belay using standard rock climbing rope for each climber's safety, versus an automatic retracting steel cable. This feature gives the climber the most realistic experience of being a true rock climber using authentic gear. The traditional belay allows the climber to slip, regain their grip, rest, and continue without being sent back to the ground as would be the case on an automatic or cable belay. This belay method also gives the climber, a one-on-one with our staff belayer for direction, decision making, and encouragement.

The traditional manual belay method became especially important when Cook and his team were selected by famous rock climber and guide, Mark Wellman, to work with children at the Empire State Games  For The Physically Challenged. This event is held each year at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York. This event designed for children of all handicaps, brought blind, deaf, single amputee, double amputee and wheelchair participants to compete at various levels.  Wellman and Cook had specially rigged the climbing wall to allow wheelchair and other physically challenged participants the opportunity to climb using their upper body only. With the back up of the safety rigging and special climbing equipment these participants now had the exhilaration of making it to the top of the wall and sounding the buzzer. The entire wall staff became charged with the excitement, huge smiles, and the climbers newly found sense of accomplishments they were getting to experience for the first times in their lives

Cook and Wellman have worked together on several events including the Para Olympics, ( the World Olympic Games for the physically challenged) held just before the regular World Olympics, as well as training and other motivational seminars for the Physically Challenged.

As Cook and his crew traveled throughout New England to various events, he was asked about inflatable bounce houses or moon walks as some call them.  The bounce houses were popular among smaller children but also had a higher injury rate due to the nature of the activity.  Inflatable slides were just as popular but had a very high safety record. After much research for a slide with appeal and an impeccable safety record Cook. selected the Sabretooth Tiger inflatable slide.

The Sabretooth Tiger inflatable slide was the largest and most dynamic inflatable slide made.  Its sheer physical size (35 ft high, 50 ft long, 30 ft wide) coupled with its one-of-a-kind design graphics, bright color, drew children of all sizes and ages, with many moms and dads as well.

This inflatable slide has become the center of children's activities. Because of its eye popping size and design it stops people in their tracks and they are lured in awe for a closer view.  Event organizers quickly learned that the Sabretooth Tiger inflatable slide was a showstopper and they would position us strategically to draw people passing by into the event.  Pre advertising our presence made the event much more of an attraction for those families with children. We quickly became one of the major draws to many events.

Although adventure climbing is based in Maine, their work has brought them to  New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and as far away as Washington, DC to bring their unique attractions to many private and public events.  On their list of top corporate events are McDonald's Corp., Kellogg's Cereal, Balance Bar Nutritional Bars, Hartford Insurance, Royal  Caribbean Cruise Lines, Self Magazine, American Canoe Association and the U.S. Army.

If your event is looking for one of these top rated attractions, call Randy Cook at 1-800-244-7282 between 9am and 6 pm EST to see how they can enhance your participants experience. Thank you for visiting our site.

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Below is a partial list of some of our past events and clients.