Touchstone Blog Archive
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
SpiderDan Takes on SF Courts
Local climber Dan "SpiderDan" Goodwin climbed the Millennium Tower in San Francisco on September 6th, 2010. Goodwin, 54, made an ascent of the 58 story residential building with suction cups, beginning his climb around 2:15 and reaching the summit around 5:30 pm. During his ascent, residents opened their windows and offered him water. At the top, he was taken into police custody and cited for trespassing and public nuisance before being released.
On January 25th, Goodwin faced a San Francisco court for his actions. Goodwin testified that he climbed the 301 Mission St. high rise before a large Labor Day crowd to draw attention to what he sees as a national lack of preparedness to fight skyscraper fires.
He also said that he wanted to make the point that if he, a cancer survivor, can beat the deadly disease and scale tall buildings, other survivors can do daunting things, too.
Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson was not so receptive, asking the jurors to determine only if Goodwin trespassed, created a public nuisance and evade arresting police. was his stunt a nuisance to the public, and did he try to evade arresting officers.
The SFGate will be reporting on the event. Closing arguments will be made on the 24th and the jury will decide Goodwin's fate soon.
Goodwin has given slideshows at the local gyms promoting his book Skyscraper Man -Defender of Tall Buildings..
On January 25th, Goodwin faced a San Francisco court for his actions. Goodwin testified that he climbed the 301 Mission St. high rise before a large Labor Day crowd to draw attention to what he sees as a national lack of preparedness to fight skyscraper fires.
He also said that he wanted to make the point that if he, a cancer survivor, can beat the deadly disease and scale tall buildings, other survivors can do daunting things, too.
Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson was not so receptive, asking the jurors to determine only if Goodwin trespassed, created a public nuisance and evade arresting police. was his stunt a nuisance to the public, and did he try to evade arresting officers.
The SFGate will be reporting on the event. Closing arguments will be made on the 24th and the jury will decide Goodwin's fate soon.
Goodwin has given slideshows at the local gyms promoting his book Skyscraper Man -Defender of Tall Buildings..
Labels: Dan Goodwin, Millenium Tower, SpiderDan
¶ Tuesday, January 25, 2011 0 Comments
Monday, December 6, 2010
Skyscraper Man: A Multimedia Presentation
On December 11th from 6-8pm at Berkeley Ironworks, Dan "SpiderDan" Goodwin will be presenting a multimedia show about his adventures scaling the outside of the Millennium Tower, the Sears Tower, the World Trade Center, and more. Goodwin will be showing his new book "Skyscraper Man -Defender of Tall Buildings.” The 55 year old has a long history as an avid rock climber with first ascents of classics like White Rastafarian in Joshua Tree and a free solo of Mickey's Beach Arete. Goodwin also started a company helping to defend skyscrapers. Stop by Ironworks and check out Goodwin's exciting presentation.
Labels: climbing skyscrapers, Dan Goodwin, skyscraper man
¶ Monday, December 06, 2010 0 Comments
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
SpiderDan Climbs Again
Dan Goodwin, 54, also known as SpiderDan, made an ascent of the outside of the Millennium building in down town San Francisco on Monday afternoon. Goodwin climbed the 58 story residential building with suction cups, beginning his climb around 2:15 and reaching the summit around 5:30 pm. During his ascent, residents opened their windows and offered him water. At the top, he was taken into police custody and cited for trespassing and public nuisance before being released.
Goodwin has made a number of sky scraper ascents including the Sears Tower and John Hancock building in Chicago, and the World Trade Center in New York.
Goodwin wrote an account of his climb and his reasons behind it on his website Skyscraperman.com. He stated, "The reason for my scaling of the Millennium Tower today is twofold. One is to call attention to our nation’s continued vulnerability to attacks of terrorism upon our skyscrapers. Everyday, thousands of people in our country spend time in high-rise buildings above the seventh floor and beyond the reach of fire ladders. Though developers would like us to believe otherwise, these people are susceptible to being trapped like the people at the World Trade Center on 9/11.
My other reason is to increase public awareness of cancer. Despite my survival, cancer remains a top killer on the planet. My hope is, if a survivor of a Stage Four diagnosis can be seen continuing with their life, no matter how bizarre, others will gain inspiration and together we can find a cure for cancer."
Dan is a long time Touchstone member and is best known for his "Fly off Maneuver" while soloing a route at Mickey's Beach.
The Examiner and a number of other papers wrote about his climb.
Goodwin has made a number of sky scraper ascents including the Sears Tower and John Hancock building in Chicago, and the World Trade Center in New York.
Goodwin wrote an account of his climb and his reasons behind it on his website Skyscraperman.com. He stated, "The reason for my scaling of the Millennium Tower today is twofold. One is to call attention to our nation’s continued vulnerability to attacks of terrorism upon our skyscrapers. Everyday, thousands of people in our country spend time in high-rise buildings above the seventh floor and beyond the reach of fire ladders. Though developers would like us to believe otherwise, these people are susceptible to being trapped like the people at the World Trade Center on 9/11.
My other reason is to increase public awareness of cancer. Despite my survival, cancer remains a top killer on the planet. My hope is, if a survivor of a Stage Four diagnosis can be seen continuing with their life, no matter how bizarre, others will gain inspiration and together we can find a cure for cancer."
Dan is a long time Touchstone member and is best known for his "Fly off Maneuver" while soloing a route at Mickey's Beach.
The Examiner and a number of other papers wrote about his climb.
Labels: climbing skyscrapers, Dan Goodwin, Millenium Tower
¶ Tuesday, September 07, 2010 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Grab the White Courage, it is Fly Off time!!!!
Look what we found on YouTube. This is a vintage climbing video of one of our members, Dan Goodwin performing some maneuvers out at Mickey's Beach.
Now it is your turn. You can now try to preform your very own Fly Off. Look for the 'White Courage' route in Mission Cliffs and preform your very own Fly Off in the designated spot.
Now it is your turn. You can now try to preform your very own Fly Off. Look for the 'White Courage' route in Mission Cliffs and preform your very own Fly Off in the designated spot.
Labels: Dan Goodwin, Fly-Off, Mickey's Beach, White Courage
¶ Wednesday, June 24, 2009 0 Comments
