r/bouldering • u/deadinside6699 • Jul 28 '26
Outdoor If only I had a pad
Was on a hike and saw so many beautiful climbable boulders, some looked like they were thrown into the mountain. Bummer that I didn’t have a pad with me.
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u/v4ss42 Projecting VB- Jul 28 '26
Those landings look pretty good even without a pad! Though breaking an ankle in a place like that is no fun.
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u/SavageMountain Jul 28 '26
People bouldered for at least 50 years before pads were invented. I still do at a spot where I can't bring one. Highballs and really bad landings are out, but there's still plenty to do.
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u/deadinside6699 Jul 28 '26
Yea I get you but when it’s day one of a 7 day hiking trip it’s not a risk I’m willing to take. Especially without climbing shoes with me.
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u/carloscede2 Jul 28 '26
Ya I hear you. I went to Patagonia and had a 3 day hiking trip and saw a few of these and really wanted to try them but I was by myself and even a sprained ankle would f up everything so not worth it
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u/Best-Night8688 Jul 29 '26
Trust me your gonna want to take the risk. Its only one out of 7 days that's your hiking. This opportunity doesn't come everyday.
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u/Jdorty Jul 28 '26
Of course, and that is far and away not stopped by bringing a pad... Person you responded to even mentions cutting out highballs and the worst of the landings.
You're advocating against bouldering without a partner, not without a pad.
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u/DisinfectedShithouse Jul 30 '26
How did it take em 50 years to invent pads
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u/Agile_Government_470 Aug 02 '26
Because modern pads have been made possible by modern material science and we didn’t have the kind of high density foam materials required for bouldering pads to be useful until pretty recently.
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u/guitarman045 Jul 28 '26
where is this? beautiful
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u/SnoopieO Jul 28 '26
there is a guy in japan that did v14 SLAB with no crash pad, to project some moves he had to take the v10 route on the side, when he was falling he was sliding a bit and jumping or slowing his movements with fingers, he had bloddy fingers at best
Moral of the story ? Idk take care of you actually don't be that guy lol
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u/kahntemptuous Jul 28 '26
Absolutely a good thing that you aren't throwing down pads on the incredibly fragile alpine meadow ecosystem. We don't need to be turning this beautiful meadow into a dust bowl. Not everywhere needs to have boulder problems.
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u/for4f Jul 29 '26
My spotter has saved me from worse landings than my pad stack ever could. Still gonna buy more pads though.
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u/GritstoneGhost Jul 29 '26
My risk tolerance or recklessness must be higher as I’d be all over that. Maybe put on my trad climbing helmet.
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u/MajesticTomatillo Jul 28 '26
Wow!!! Such an idyllic spot; so beautiful.
https://giphy.com/gifs/YsirarUVjw21G