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Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 11:13:36 am
What’s with some people doing this? Is it a surplus of testosterone, drawing attention to themselves or do they like the ‘whump’ sound?. My first thought is that a dickhead has arrived when I hear it. Even more annoying when they do it near you especially when you are sitting three feet away on your mat and a load of dust flies in your face.

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#1 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 11:32:34 am
its because they are heavy and when you have 2 pads with the bag of boots and crap dangling off your shoulders by the time you get to the boulders you just want to get them off quick.
This doesn't apply to the Raven Tor walk in though.

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#2 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 11:44:15 am
Shark - you realise you’ve revealed (another?) a way for people to wind you up at the crag…

Sounds like it could be dealt with by an on the spot fine by the Tor police officer 😁

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#3 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 11:52:14 am
its because they are heavy and when you have 2 pads with the bag of boots and crap dangling off your shoulders by the time you get to the boulders you just want to get them off quick.

Not so much problem with that. However, turn up at an occupied crag and throw your mats down individually making noise and dust comes across as here I am, look at me, I own this place or being completely oblivious to anyone else.

In fairness mainly bouldering on my own and enjoying having places to myself I’m more probably more sensitive to these sort of unnecessary disruption when others turn up.

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#4 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 11:54:32 am
Shark - you realise you’ve revealed (another?) a way for people to wind you up at the crag…

 :slap:

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#5 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 12:05:30 pm
What’s with some people doing this? Is it a surplus of testosterone, drawing attention to themselves or do they like the ‘whump’ sound?. My first thought is that a dickhead has arrived when I hear it. Even more annoying when they do it near you especially when you are sitting three feet away on your mat and a load of dust flies in your face.

Is it acceptable if you throw the mat down on top of an incumbent team’s portable speaker?

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#6 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 12:07:37 pm
That’s a reason I can relate to but I think if they were there first then asking them to turn it off would be best before going nuts. 

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#7 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 12:39:04 pm
Van life boulderers happening upon Shark at the Tor.


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#8 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 01:26:23 pm
However, turn up at an occupied crag and throw your mats down individually making noise and dust comes across as here I am, look at me, I own this place...

This is quite funny to read from someone who may legally qualify for squatters rights under Ben's Roof.  :)

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#9 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 01:45:07 pm
I always throw my pads down extra hard to establish dominance

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#10 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 01:52:47 pm
Yeah, divvies.
But goodness isn't it satisfying that brief feeling of weightlessness after a 45 minute walk in with two pads, spare shoes, hot and cold drinks, two guidebooks and a spare jumper just in case? Back stronger than fingers.

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#11 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 02:39:42 pm
... turn up at an occupied crag and throw your mats down individually making noise and dust comes across as here I am, look at me, I own this place or being completely oblivious to anyone else.

Can't say I have ever really interpreted the underlying meaning behind the way someone puts their pads down, but I have noticed it is almost invariably a Snap pad which people do this with, possibly due to the extra weight meaning they don't just tumble and bounce like most other pads. I f**king hate snap pads, mostly because I find them to be absurdly bulky, and soft enough that I always fear for my ankles rolling when I fall on them. A few of my friends are Snap owners, and I absolutely refuse to carry them. Nothing screams "Londoners first trip out #climbingismypassion" more than a massive immaculate Snap pad thrown under Deliverance and a pair of baggy solutions. I am more than happy with my 10 year old discontinued Wild Country Big Air.

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#12 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 05:31:49 pm
 :clap2:
Baggy solutions, the true marker of punter power

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#13 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 06:25:07 pm
This seems like a peculiar thing to get mad and then start a thread about…  :lol:

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#14 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 06:33:54 pm
I opened this thread thinking it'd be about people throwing pads from high above, like from top of a crag so they don't have to walk them down. But, it's about... people taking their pads off...? Wild take, and I'm loving it.

That being said, I love nothing more than opening my pad out flat, then slapping it down on a dry, dusty day to really get that sand and soil in people's eyes. Only reason I bring a fan too, sprinkle salt into it from behind and direct it towards others.

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#15 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 07:23:57 pm
I am a well grumpy bastard, and even I think this is a ridiculous thing to get wound up by.

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#16 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 07:32:26 pm
This is some solid grumpy old man rant.

Probably just mad because you can't carry enough pads in to get the fat wumph that the youths can?

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#17 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 07:33:54 pm
Peak UKB?

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#18 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 07:50:27 pm
And don’t get me started on pads in bright, cheerful colours….they do it just to wind me up!!

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#19 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 07:51:49 pm
I thought this was going to be a rant about erosion, lamenting the near-highball nature of Ben's Roof given the drop in dust level due to careless pad chucking...

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#20 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 08:00:31 pm
Peak UKB?

you wouldn't catch this sort of behaviour in Yorkshire.

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#21 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 08:16:15 pm
Peak UKB?

you wouldn't catch this sort of behaviour in Yorkshire.

Well quite, after all the Peak's only real purpose is to shield Yorkshire from the hordes of London based climbers.

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#22 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 09:54:45 pm
The list of dickheads groweth

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#23 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 09:58:58 pm
I am a well grumpy bastard, and even I think this is a ridiculous thing to get wound up by.

Thought I could count on you to get behind this.

[Sad face]

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#24 Re: Throwing mats down
September 09, 2022, 10:11:43 pm
Did you actually address whoever it was that kicked sand in your face, or just retreat to the internet 😂

 

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