At what point do you have too many PADS bouldering?

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Russ Walling

Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 20, 2012 - 03:30pm PT

Photo by Wills Young,
http://www.BishopBouldering.info and http://bishopbouldering.blogspot.com

Go and check it out pronto. Cool site(s): http://bishopbouldering.blogspot.com/2012/01/alex-honnold-too-big-to-flail.html

Why not just go to a port-a-pit? Two port-a-pits? What exactly is the game called when the consequences are all but eliminated? What is the accepted thickness before it all just becomes a Flying Wallenda act?

Hate on haters!!!!!!!!!!!!6666
WBraun

climber
Jan 20, 2012 - 03:33pm PT
Plus the guy is wearing a green shirt.

What's up with that ....
G_Gnome

Trad climber
Pebble Wrestling.... Badly lately.
Jan 20, 2012 - 03:34pm PT
Doesn't look like enough pads to me. I would need at least 12 more layers before attempting that finish.
Mighty Hiker

climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Jan 20, 2012 - 03:36pm PT
Is it ethical to start from the pads, rather than the ground? It's kind of like using a soft ladder. And if one pad is OK, and five are better, what then?
Russ Walling

Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2012 - 03:37pm PT
Why not a window washers raising and lowering scaffold covered in marshmallows?
Or 350 cardboard boxes filled with ghost farts?
Or a giant air filled Santa with the fan on high?

What is the accepted standard of cushy radness?????
YoungGun

climber
North
Jan 20, 2012 - 03:43pm PT
Is it ethical to start from the pads, rather than the ground? It's kind of like using a soft ladder. And if one pad is OK, and five are better, what then?

The crux is apparently 20 ft up, so I don't think it matters...
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Jan 20, 2012 - 03:47pm PT
Better then pads!!!! The tramp you idjits, not the grrrrl.

You callin' that girl a tramp?
rbolton

Social climber
The home for...
Jan 20, 2012 - 03:51pm PT
One of my favorite John Sherman quotes occurred when passing a group with multiple stacked pads:
Ahhh...Starting from the ladies tee, are we?
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Jan 20, 2012 - 03:55pm PT
Filling a hole with pads is just leveling so that a fall isn't a sideways fall.


Only the top 3 or so pad layers (depending on model and foam type) would make any difference to the fall.


Used to be hard top ropes were cool. And you could hang out and have a beer and trash talk while doing it. The days of top ropes are over. Either solos or leads anymuchmore to have value.

jogill

climber
Colorado
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:05pm PT
Ah, for the simplicity of a top rope.
KyleO

Gym climber
Calgary, AB
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:10pm PT
If you put that boulder into proportion with any other odd boulder...
You'd need a 15 foot tall spotter! Seriously.

happiegrrrl

Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:18pm PT
At what point does a 50 foot tall boulder problem become a free solo?

Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:24pm PT
At what point does a 50 foot tall boulder problem become a free solo?

very good question. Some of those boulders are a lot taller than any of the routes at cosumnes river gorge
philo

Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:24pm PT
Just fill the ground with a case or two of Great Stuff expandable foam and throw the empty cans in the weeds. Good to go. No pesky mattress to lug around.
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:27pm PT
I always thought the whole purpose of bouldering ( now that it's no longer considered practice for real climbs ) was that it freed you from the burden of buying, carrying around, and dealing with a stack of equipment while you climb.

Apparently I've been doing it wrong all this time.
Prod

Trad climber
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:36pm PT
Seems like they could sell a few of those pads and buy a rope.

Prod.
mooch

Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:36pm PT
So, how's this guy got the "walk-off" dialed? Fixed anchor on top with rope knotted its entire length? I'm with you Prod.....bolt that thing!

I'd rather higball using these...


No compound fractures for me, thank you!

 mooch (pussy in practice)

climbnplay

climber
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:38pm PT
why the f* do you care what the "accepted" number of pads is? climb whatever the f* you want to climb and however many (or few) pads you want. It's not like the pads are stacked there permanently so the next boulderer would have to live with it. stupid f***ing standards. whoever comes up with these ideas and standards should be shot.
Beautiful_Corn

Trad climber
Brooklyn Park, MD
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:38pm PT
That climber is supposed to be Alex Honnold. I guess that's the price of fame: you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.

http://www.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/alex-honnold-too-big-flail
happiegrrrl

Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
Jan 20, 2012 - 04:40pm PT
Supposed to be? You mean he's using a stunt double!?

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