Quote from: dave on April 01, 2016, 11:18:52 pmBouldering with a helmet, that's never a good sign.Or it could be considered sensible to do most of the time.
Bouldering with a helmet, that's never a good sign.
Quote from: slackline on April 02, 2016, 09:02:31 amQuote from: dave on April 01, 2016, 11:18:52 pmBouldering with a helmet, that's never a good sign.Or it could be considered sensible to do most of the time.Good article by John Sherman (don't know how old it is) but food for thought.I usually wear a helmet when indulging in grit soloing.I've never knocked my head bouldering though - anyone else ?
I'm surprised there isn't a 'bouldering and sport climbing' helmet that is designed to stop injury from your head hitting things rather than the mountaineering helmets which are more to stop objects falling splitting your noggin open. The article seems to say as much too (though not directly) and manufacturers say there is no standard for such helmets - so they wouldn't sell. Though I would have thought the same standard that apply to cycling/skateboarding and possibly ski-ing helmets would apply here.
I'm surprised there isn't a 'bouldering and sport climbing' helmet that is designed to stop injury from your head hitting things rather than the mountaineering helmets which are more to stop objects falling splitting your noggin open.
I'm surprised there isn't a 'bouldering and sport climbing' helmet that is designed to stop injury from your head hitting things rather than the mountaineering helmets which are more to stop objects falling splitting your noggin open. The article seems to say as much too (though not directly) and manufacturers say there is no standard for such helmets - so they wouldn't sell.
Are there any recorded instances of people sustaining head injuries when bouldering? I've never come across any.
You can't blame the manufacturers.
Head injuries are no joke.