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dontfall
Jan 10, 2004, 3:59 AM
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I do not have a crash pad right now nor the money to buy one. I climb at Emmaus alot and if you know the ground around some of the climbs, it hurts if you fall. I was wondering if you guys have any good ideas that I could use to improvise for a crash pad. Thanks
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cadaverchris
Jan 10, 2004, 4:30 AM
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maybe this suggestion is too obvious?...
a spotter?
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climbhigh2005
Jan 10, 2004, 4:31 AM
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fat people
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moeman
Jan 10, 2004, 4:35 AM
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A fat spotter?
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sandbag
Jan 10, 2004, 4:36 AM
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Here you Go....DONT FALL....
thats all
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chossmonkey
Jan 10, 2004, 4:37 AM
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A Ridge Rest or other similar foam pad. Better than nothing on sharp rocks.
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climber_osu
Jan 10, 2004, 4:48 AM
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Think orange shag carpet. The more layers the better :wink:
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tripperjm
Jan 10, 2004, 4:54 AM
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While all of those suggestions are good. The best solution is to go to your bedroom, strip your sheets off your bed. Drag your mattress to the crag, toss it in the dirt under the problem you want to do. Voila, you've got a crash pad!
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dontfall
Jan 10, 2004, 4:58 AM
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yes I know a spotter..fat spotter=fat climber=never really seen one
heh, I hear that once and awhile, dontfall is the answer for not falling
thanks everyone...I thought about the matress but Emmaus boulders is not the place where I wanna drag a matress...however if this is what I gotta go to stay safe well then I guess I'll do it, somehow or another.
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organic
Jan 10, 2004, 6:39 AM
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Dude drive around on garbage day and look for the foam padding that is used under carpet sometimes fold it and duct tape it!!!!
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strongerthanyesterday
Jan 10, 2004, 7:00 AM
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backpacks (backpacking size is great) filled with cushy things like pillows, clothes, etc, place over rocks and roots.
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hosh
Jan 10, 2004, 8:03 AM
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Here's what you do:
1) Dig through you kitchen and find a large mixing bowl
2) go to your cleaning closet (assuming that you do clean your house)
3) mix all the chemicals you find together in the large bowl
4) find a way to make a crash pad from the mixture
5) sell the formula to some climbing company for like a million dollars
6) give me half of the profits
7) don't fall.
After you follow these 7 simple steps to better bouldering, you'll not only have free crash pads and lots of money, but you'll also have given me lots of money and that would make us both a lot happier.
Or, you could buy a lot of duct tape and completely cover an old blanket that's been folded into a decent size and thickness. That might work pretty well too.
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moss1956
Jan 10, 2004, 2:42 PM
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Seriously,
I use a really thick futon doubled over. I got it cheap at the futon store because it was blemished. Its really firm, so its not as comfortable as a crash pad, but I have never been injured falling on it. Note however, that I do not do highball problems onto it. For those, I just rope up.
Someday, I might stitch a cheap fake indian area rug onto it if my hands are idle.
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climbhigh2005
Jan 10, 2004, 2:51 PM
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No not a fat aspotter... ok at our wall we have this kid that isnt exactly skinny (lets just put it that way) and he is always laying on thebouldering pads, wel I fell on him the other day and it was rather cushiony!
but seriously the matreess is the best idea
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dontfall
Jan 10, 2004, 4:35 PM
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I'll take everyones ideas and put them to use when some warm weather comes around. Thanks All,
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charley
Jan 10, 2004, 4:45 PM
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I used a
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rokklym
Jan 10, 2004, 4:45 PM
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Nothing is really going to substitute for a crashpad. The different densities of the foams is what keeps you from making contact with the ground. I'd say do what you can to find a deal on a pad cuz they are getting cheaper and maybe you can find a used one or try to get one of your friends interested in bouldering and split the cost.
Another possibility is to try to find a partner that has one. and if that stuff doesn't work, be crafty and build your own, just take a good look at the construction of a good pad.
Or, try to search out the problems that don't have as bad of landings or just work traverses, thats what I used to do alot when I didn't have a pad.
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aaronp
Jan 10, 2004, 4:53 PM
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What i did was, take a sleeping bag..a really thick old one..then i found some thick soft foam that's supposed to be for laying on when you're camping...then i also bought a couple thin..blue matts..(like from wal-mart, EL CHEAPO)..and put those on top. So what you get is a pad that will fold in half..has two or three laters of soft foam, and then one or two layers of firm foam, and a nice pillowy top..here's the kicker though. I took an old backpacking frame and a couple bungie straps, and just folded the mat in half, and synched it down. There ya go
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casco
Jan 12, 2004, 3:11 AM
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1.- five fat spotters,
2.- a carpet and a person at each corner to catch your fall (thanks firemen),
3.- ten spotters... or
4.- lots and lots of painkillers ;)
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climbhigh2005
Jan 12, 2004, 3:32 AM
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either way you need painkillers... for either you if u dont have a spotter or your five fat spotters!
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scubasnyder
Jan 12, 2004, 3:38 AM
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a stpotter and look for an old matress
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barefooter
Jan 12, 2004, 4:13 AM
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The Army Navy Store by my house has Mattress pads for cots that are about 2.5' by 5' or 6' and about 4'' thick. Not to heavy or bulky so they're easy to move around. They feel like a pretty good density for falling on and they're only 30 bucks.
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maldaly
Jan 12, 2004, 4:58 AM
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I started bouldering a lot in the early 70's, and with a gang of others, was doing lots of hard, highball routes at Horsetooth and other Front Range sites. Most of the landings were bad. We were attentative spotters and managed to keep each other off the ground. I don't recall any instance where anyone was injured when spotters were around. That said, some nut showed up one day with what may have been the first ever crash pad and we laughed our asses off. It was a piece of carpet glued on to the top of a chunk of 4" yellow mattress foam. Damned thing actually worked pretty well and I'll bet that the guy's only expense was for some rubber cement.
MCD
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dontfall
Jan 13, 2004, 2:27 PM
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that is just grose...
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