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Half pad, quarter pad.. can someone pls explain the meaning?
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alps_p
15 Mar 2013
I often come across these terms in relation to the size of holds in write-ups from American boulderers e.g.
http://island.io/p3IdaHrj
description of Lucid Dreaming by Daniel Woods.
Does "pad" simply mean 1 inch?
Fraser
15 Mar 2013
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alps_p:
Pad....of your finger. As in 'finger-pad'.
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alps_p
15 Mar 2013
In reply to
Fraser: quarter pad sounds really sinister now! thanks for the explanation
Fraser
15 Mar 2013
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alps_p:
Yep, below 'quarter pad' you're into 'matchstick' descriptive territory!
Not positive, well, not large at least.
catt
15 Mar 2013
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Fraser:
Average of 6.5625mm by my measure. Bigger than the smallest Moonboard crimps, but not as big as the bottom rung crimps which are 8mm.
So practically jugs...
Fraser
15 Mar 2013
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catt:
Is that for 1/4 pad? The small campus rungs are for weaklings - you should be on the FATTEST ones, like me!
Fraser
15 Mar 2013
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catt:
I was going to say 6mm's fine if you're tooling....but I see that thread's been pulled. ~
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< I didn't say that - I never talk about pulled threads >
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