oh no take a step up on that one more no
just okay at least go up on the foot and
I'm with you spotting so your territory
there you about [ __ ] okay now it's
really high now it's high but you got
this I'm with
you why do we do this why we do this uh
you tell me like I personally wouldn't
try to fall from high above on really
shitty pads but that's basically what
we're going to do now while most of you
know me as a professional rope hanger on
rare occasions I also do some indoors
bouldering but then they said hey come
try Outdoors bouldering it's going to be
fun this sping is so not not Soft C CTO
Z Sounds like potato bag
yeah so yeah I quickly realized that
falling Outdoors it's not the same as in
the gym I mean the difference in cushion
is pretty obvious and then my nerdy gear
started spinning on so many questions
for example if I stack two pads which
one I put on top soft or
hard and that's how I ended up in Magic
Woods this place is truly magical
especially the crash pad situation bit
higher come on buly some weight on it
yeah come on oh [ __ ]
me get this right off my head I don't
need music right
now thought you just had come on come on
my God so [ __ ]
far no I'm bailing that's okay I'm with
you when you fall from there you just go
who you land on this and then you just
slide
into if you have bad falling technique
actually that does
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happen that rock for example looks like
as penetrator you would have to put a
lot of effort into it if you're going to
penetrate your ass on that one but I
think so it looks like really sharp
there yeah but you have to really focus
in on it and like land on it but uh you
can maybe hurt your ankle on it maybe if
you're very unlucky this is the ass
penetrator entire that situation that
it's built here
to on this little stick that you're kind
of sitting yeah that's that's actually
yeah this is keeping the PS up in case
you don't know this is EML he is
basically my favorite bouldering
YouTuber this what we're going to need
how many pads you have there I think
it's probably roughly 30 who has a hobby
of building climbing gyms in the woods
so it's about kind of figuring out how
far you fall if I were to like swing
super much on the last hold I would
still have I I would know that I fall
safely this seems like building a
Climbing
Gym yeah but Jokes Aside he was
projecting this incredible climb which
requires a lot of padding so a perfect
guide for my
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experiments
here all right now if we look into
modern crash pads we will find multiple
layers of foam inside usually a hard top
and soft bottom or a sandwich of open
and closed cell Foams and if you ever
wondered what these buzzwords mean here
is a microscope picture closed cells
look like a lot of connected bubbles
while open cells seems like a much nicer
place for the bugs to live so hard layer
helps to spread the impact and also
provides more stable surface to fall on
if entire crash pit would be soft then
there might be too much force
concentrating in a small area contrary
if top layer is too hard entire crash
bed becomes more like a trampoline so
wel welcome to the
experiment of me falling on trash pads
and testing my human suspension right
let's get started I was thinking we have
three pads of very different calibers
nut one which is brand new and has like
a thick upper layer this madrock which
is like slightly worn in but a very
average crash pad and then we have the
foot Destroyer 3000 or something like
this Destroyer you know like taped up
with duct tape and complete trash it
could be good for you to just feel how
that is and then we have a giant boulder
that that he's going to CL F that
everybody does and I'm afraid to do yeah
you haven't even dared to yet oh it's
good um do I need a helmet I hope not
wait you're going to spot me no I'll
well sure but I feel like that's going
to be redundant but I I'll be here for
you and catch you before like what do
you mean redundant you're going to have
to learn your your suspension if I catch
you that's going to take a part of the
fall right that's good now yeah but not
if we're testing the
pads
yeah maybe from around there it's a good
height you see see you see you
jump okay yeah I think we're good to go
I cannot tell you that it's not already
a bit scary oh
[ __ ] did this one feel too stiff or like
did you enjoy falling on it or was it
comfortable enjoy falling is you know
what we'll take the softest one now
because I want you to feel the contrast
between
them questionable but yes this is small
this one like we mentioned earlier is a
trash pad not a Crash Pad but a trash
pad since he's jumping from so low he
could technically fall on the branches
without a pad and probably still be fine
but it's going to be interesting to see
how noticeable the difference is now for
you in terms of it doesn't feel so low
all right go
[ __ ] oh [ __ ] no you
okay yeah I'm okay but I'm not falling
from higher on this one okay I just felt
you already the branch is going into my
gut yeah I was surprised by your
reaction I was actually thinking this
would be slightly more fine than what
you had there my leg went and twisted at
the branch we upgrade
disqualification although I think
falling like this on the
soft table it's quite okay yeah this
next pad that we're on is average crash
P when you go out into the woods this is
what you'll find so it's soft but not
too soft soft by Design or it gets just
sof gets softer over time okay you try
you try
okay okay we're good to
go Felts soft yeah I did not F the
branch yet so these are pretty ideal for
most cases the only thing is when you
get higher and higher like this will be
a little bit too soft okay I'm going to
try one more move higher yeah I think
they go back to the original PAAD up so
from what height is it okay to fall on a
single good quality pad depending on how
new it is like with this one that has
the thicker layer this will take so much
of the impact that I think you will be
fine falling from the top of this
Boulder with just this single with this
Boulder yeah which is a total of 8 m I
think in at the top uh and I think you
should be safe to fall there with just
this one ideally you'll stack two pads
maybe this time you can actually stand
behind me and spot
me oh no take a step up on that one more
no just okay at least go up on the foot
and I'm with you spotting so
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okay
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[ __ ] this exploded
backwards oh my God I have no idea how
it would feel to fall from the top of
this baller no I was like already waving
my arms yeah when I say you can fall
from the top it's like if you fall
optimally you don't explode backwards
like you did now
yes you can V from the top but the
higher up you get the more chaos it's
going to create in the air this is
however something we're going to compare
with the other one because since this
one is so stiff it didn't really cushion
your fall as much as you might want to
when you're at that height it's you
bounce off this like a like a trampoline
almost from the other one you'll fall
slightly more into it which will stop
your your swing so you're not going to
barrel roll as much than the other one
you okay with this you think it's uh
sayfe yeah I would feel very comfortable
but I would also know exactly how to
land and stop my momentum so there is
like a lot of technique in falling in
bouldering as
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well yeah oh this is skinny come
on oh [ __ ] how's that it's okay but I
fell into the branches yeah and that's
where I think this one is at its peak
the height you fell at now is fine it
doesn't look that high from here from
where we are falling but when I'm
standing there I'm like yeah not
comfortable does it look uh very not
scary to fall from there it looks big
yeah a little bit Yeah Yeah it feels
like I'm falling for a while what would
you do to make this uh softer Cozier
better maybe have this one underneath
this one softer on top of the harder why
is not the other way get so stiff that
you're not even reaching halfway through
the pad you're landing on something
pretty stiff which allows you to bounce
off further with the stiffer one
underneath when you reach through this
pad into this one it will be a softer l
so okay you always have to balance these
things out so the higher up you get you
might switch the layers but now that
we're still relatively low I would say
softer on top and then heavier below
hard at the bottom so I'm not falling on
the branches then we have a soft one so
this one already it's like going to be
quite comfortable to land on the only
thing is now we have a smaller area to
land on but you should be quite all
right okay so I will try one step higher
you feel comfortable One Step higher no
got
it okay the same height as last time see
one more set to go no I'm definitely
higher
now W that was okay yeah the thing is
with fast pads as soon as you stock them
it's an entirely new game yeah that was
the most comfortable fall so far yeah
yeah for anything that this High you do
want to have layer like two pads
stacking each other we could also flip
these around for you to compare it won't
be dangerous it's just that it's going
to be a slightly different feeling now
we're going to try stiffer crash pad on
top of the softer and he's telling me
that I'm going to bounce off like of
trampoline a little bit more than the
previous one for sure and uh I'll be an
even more attentive spotter because if
it goes really bad when you're that high
you can actually bounce quite a bit and
then it's very important to have
somebody to kind of catch you so I'll be
there to catch you like a giant baby
giant baby got
it ah but see I'm getting way more
comfortable just moving on here around
me so
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okay how much of a difference did you
feel because did you realize just how
much you move
differently I felt that like yeah I'm
moving more but I'm landing kind of in a
controlled way as soon as the feet touch
the ground I could roll in a controlled
way the thing is though if we didn't put
the pad over there this black one I just
put here for extra Comfort now or like
to be extra cautious and without this
you would have just rolled into the yeah
rocks which if it's a flat Landing or
sand or whatever it's totally fine but
here like I I've had friends who have
had fingers get stuck in between the
branches and just which is why I earlier
mentioned like having the S one on top
could be better cuz then you won't roll
as much as you were now so maybe we swap
back and I try one step higher higher
but on the other hand right now where
you're falling from like having your
feet that high probably the top of the
average Boulder you'll just mantle it
out or F on top by yeah but imagine like
falling while mantling and falling some
kind of weird but that's when the
spotters come in and do help reduce the
fall and and keep you in control let's
see if I can um yeah you can do that go
a little bit higher and I can reduce my
fear of falling a little bit more
yeah literally every time one step
higher is like uh maybe not your
territory there about [ __ ] okay now it's
really high now it's high but you got
this I'm with
you you really have these explosive
Falls man but it's
good how was that that was already very
big
but uh now it felt like I'm I did not
had that much control I just felt like
something happened yeah I mean I had to
stop you quite a bit there yeah yeah
yeah I felt that you saved you might
have been fine without me but you you
started rolling quite far off I think uh
if we don't any step higher we start
getting into a more dangerous s you're
okay I'm okay and we are back early
morning we're going to Showcase just a
little bit how you properly can fall
because when Ben's been doing it it's
not that he's falling necessarily
really bad but he's just rolling quite a
bit so I figured we could just showcase
how it looks when I fall only one crash
B today because he super confident I
won't injure myself falling here that's
the thing because I'm experienced and I
know the techniques oo and soon you guys
will
too like a boss yeah like a boss I'm
still taking basically the same impact
but then here at the end there's not
actually so much force left so I
counteracted with my legs and just push
myself up and the further up you go the
more your body will have to adapt to
this so if the force is way too high
then it might be better to just barrel
roll and explode but at the heights that
we're climbing on generally it's better
to absorb it with your legs and learn to
manage how to fall on the pads and you
sink
down especially Outdoors indoors is kind
of a different question because you have
such massive pads you won't ever roll
off the pad you know absorb the fall try
to land in a squatting position I guess
a good way to strengthen that if you're
really want to work on it would be to
sit in a squat and like jump down land
in a squat jump up land in a squat okay
let me try since I don't have a spotter
I cannot roll anymore or I will roll on
the branches pressure
on okay let's try from here
thirst that look good oh good
morning [ __ ] now I need to not miss
the
pad oh [ __ ] but good still good I
bounced
up I felt the impact going through
entire of my body and I don't think that
that's like really good for the body
it's surprising how much softer it looks
on Emil he just went nothing actually if
we look into slow motion it's not that
surprising I managed to land out of
balance and instead of using all of this
range to squat and absorb the impact I
engaged my legs too much and got a nice
impact to my entire body so that's
probably showcases that human suspension
is way more important than your crash
pad quality or I think so too I think
Crash Pad quality is only when it's bad
that it really matters but otherwise
it's really very much the technical
thing and suspension that's going to
play a big role in your fa yeah
so things I learned falling outside does
not feel the same as in the gym and if I
take a lot of shitty Falls I might have
back pains next day guess how I know I
guess some of you were right by saying
that I look very ancient already on a
flip side stacking the pads helps a lot
and also having quality pads that you're
not going to just fall through is a
smart idea so thank you to mamut for
creating Swiss quality products and
supporting this video and also thank you
Emil for testing my breaking limits and
if you're wondering about the legs yeah
that was Anna who came to help us what
did you say about the rope that I came
to be on a bouldering trip but found
myself dingling from a rope instead and
I'm really
happy I feel thoroughly ashamed of her
it hurt my soul to hear her say that but
a