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WBraun
climber
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Jan 20, 2012 - 03:33pm PT
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Plus the guy is wearing a green shirt.
What's up with that ....
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Pebble Wrestling.... Badly lately.
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Jan 20, 2012 - 03:34pm PT
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Doesn't look like enough pads to me. I would need at least 12 more layers before attempting that finish.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 20, 2012 - 03:36pm PT
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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?
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2012 - 03:37pm PT
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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?????
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YoungGun
climber
North
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Jan 20, 2012 - 03:43pm PT
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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...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 20, 2012 - 03:47pm PT
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Better then pads!!!! The tramp you idjits, not the grrrrl.
You callin' that girl a tramp?
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Jan 20, 2012 - 03:51pm PT
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One of my favorite John Sherman quotes occurred when passing a group with multiple stacked pads:
Ahhh...Starting from the ladies tee, are we?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jan 20, 2012 - 03:55pm PT
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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.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:05pm PT
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Ah, for the simplicity of a top rope.
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KyleO
Gym climber
Calgary, AB
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:10pm PT
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If you put that boulder into proportion with any other odd boulder...
You'd need a 15 foot tall spotter! Seriously.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:18pm PT
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At what point does a 50 foot tall boulder problem become a free solo?
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:24pm PT
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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
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:24pm PT
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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.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:27pm PT
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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.
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Prod
Trad climber
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:36pm PT
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Seems like they could sell a few of those pads and buy a rope.
Prod.
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:36pm PT
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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)
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climbnplay
climber
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:38pm PT
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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.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:40pm PT
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Supposed to be? You mean he's using a stunt double!?
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