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rideandclimbkid
Dec 16, 2002, 4:04 AM
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Has anyone ever thought about using shipping peanuts stuffed into a canvas bag as a bouldering pad? those little pink and green things that annoy the hell outta everyone cause they pack em tight in the boxes when the get shipped then you open the box and spend an hour cleaning up. think bout it. its light as hell, soft, and you can get 20 cubic FEET(a bag 5ft.X2 1/2 ft.X2 1/2 ft) for 30 bucks. youd have to double bag them incase one bag ripped so you wouldnt get styrofoam all over the woods...but im thinkin bout using that method at home for my bouldering wall. feedback?
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orangekyak
Dec 16, 2002, 5:26 AM
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I could see it working pretty well for a home climbing wall. I'm not sure it would be great outdoors. The only problem with the p-nuts is that they break apart under stress, so I'm not sure how durable they are. Now, a foot of layered bubble wrap with packing p-nuts ... would be fun, anyway.
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coldclimb
Dec 16, 2002, 6:01 AM
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I wouldn't, without lots of modification. I've had bags of peanuts before; we insulated our floor with them here at my house. When you press against them, the peanuts just move aside. If you were to make a crashpad with them, it would need sewn pockets about 10 inches square filled with peanuts, and several layers of those. Would be a pain to carry, and only a one-use thing unless easy-opening pockets were made somehow, but comparatively cheap.
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no_limit
Dec 22, 2002, 1:06 AM
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You would also have to replace the peanuts alot too, because they would become compact and hard.
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