IN 2001 SCOTT SOLLE REGISTERED SOLGEAR AS DOING BUSINESS IN UTAH. THIS WASN'T THE BEGINNING OF SOLGEAR. IN 1995 SCOTT STARTED RIVER GUIDING IN MOAB, UT. IT WAS ON THE COLORADO RIVER THAT HE FOUND A PASSION FOR RIVER RUNNING THAT HAS TAKEN HIM FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO WEST TEXAS TO ALASKA AND MANY RIVERS IN BETWEEN. NOW SCOTT ONLY GUIDES RIVERS OCCASSIONALLY.

WHILE GUIDING IN ALASKA, SWIFTWATER RESCUE BECAME AN ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY AND SCOTT NOW TEACHES RIVER RESCUE FOR RESCUE 3 INTERNATIONAL AS AN ACTIVE NON-PROVISIONAL INSTRUCTOR. TEACHING FOR RESCUE 3 INTERNATIONAL HAS ALLOWED SCOTT TO WORK WITH AGENCIES LIKE SALT LAKE CITY FIRE RESCUE, ANCHORAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT, MAT-SU WATER RESCUE, ALASKA PARA-RESCUE TROOPERS, NOVA RIVER RUNNERS, CANYON VOYAGES ADVENTURE COMPANY, DENALI RAFT ADVENTURES, DENALI OUTDOORS CENER, KENAI FIRE DEPARTMENT, SHERI GRIFFITH RIVER EXPEDITIONS, ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERISITY, USGS, HDR, GRAND COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE. CHECK OUT THE RIVER RESCUE SCHEDULE TO SEE WHERE THE ACTION WILL BE NEXT.

RIVER RUNNING ISN'T THE ONLY FORM OF DECENDING WHITEWATER FOR SOLGEAR. THE WASATCH FRONT IN UTAH HAS CAUGHT SCOTT SINCE HE STARTED RIVER GUIDING AND HE CURRENTLY WORKS AT THE ALTA SKI RESORT AS A SKI PATROLLER IN ADDITION TO WORKING FOR UTAH MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES AS A BACKCOUNTRY SKI AND SNOWBOARD GUIDE. BEFORE SKI PATROLLING OR SKI GUIDING, SCOTT WORKED FOR VOILE EQUIPMENT IN SALT LAKE CITY, PRODUCING SKI BINDINGS, AVALANCHE SHOVELS, VOILE STRAPS AND SPLITBOARDS.

IT WAS WHILE WORKING AT VOILE IN THE WINTER AND INSTRUCTING RIVER RESCUE IN THE SUMMER THAT SCOTT FOUND A WAY TO SEW A BETTER THROW BAG USING SOME INCREDIBLY STRONG MESH MATERIAL. ARMED WITH AN OLD VOILE SEWING MACHINE, MESH MATERIAL, WEBBING AND PLASTIC BUCKLES, SCOTT WAS ABLE TO MAKE MORE THAN JUST THROWBAGS. SOON AFTER, SOLGEAR WAS REGISTERED. THE PRODUCT LINE IS BECOMING BIGGER AND THE EXISTING PRODUCT CONTINUES TO BECOME BETTER.

ALTHOUGH SOLGEAR HAS EXHIBITED AT TRADE SHOWS AND PAID FOR BOOTH SPACE AT DIFFERENT FESTIVALS, WORD OF MOUTH CONTINUES TO BE THE BIGGEST METHOD OF ADVERTISING SO THANK YOU AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

SOLGEAR IS RUN BY ONE PERSON, SCOTT SOLLE. SCOTT DOES ALL THE SEWING, SELLING, CUSTOMER SERVICE, ACCOUNTING, WEB DESIGN, MARKETING, PURCHASING, PRODUCT TESTING, PRODUCT DESIGN AND ANYTHING ELSE A SMALL BUSINESS DOES. ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ABLE TO REACH SOMEONE AT SOLGEAR, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BEAT THE PERSONAL SERVICE WHEN YOUR MESSAGE IS RETURNED.

ENJOY THE RIVER WHERE EVER YOU ARE AND TRY TO STAY SAFE.