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Careless Torque 12-Mar-2013 At 1:19:40 PM davidn

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On 12/03/2013 nmonteith wrote:
>On 12/03/2013 One Day Hero wrote:
>>It does surprise me that boulderers are stuck in their funny little crash
>>pad paradigm. If they'd carried a couple of foam mattresses down there
>>and put the double layer of boulder pads on top, you could fall all day
>>without rooting your knees and back. Why do half a job?
>
>Good call. Is there an ethical or moral reason why 2 mats is ok but 10
>mats isn't?

Yes. Mat stashing. That's not to say everyone who brings in 10 mats stashes them, but it does happen, and is much more likely to occur when the walk-in is long. Which goes with the 'don't build endurance whatever you do' approach to climbing :)

Other than that, it's a bit like most discussions on chocky. Most people want to be *seen* as well 'ard, even if they're a complete wussbag.