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Crash Pads and Safety Gear

Essential guides and reviews on crash pads, helmets, and other crucial safety gear designed to protect you while bouldering and climbing.

A boulderer high on a granite rock face with a complex arrangement of crash pads covering the rocky ground below.

How to Place Crash Pads: Engineering Safe Landings

Alfredo Ramses - November 21, 2025

A fit couple in their late 20s wearing modern climbing apparel, arranging bouldering crash pads at the base of a sunny boulder.

How to Choose a Crash Pad: An Expert Framework

Alfredo Ramses - September 29, 2025

An experienced climber organizing next-level safety gear, including a PLB and first-aid kit, at the base of a cliff, illustrating essential climb safety beyond the basics.

Next-Level Climb Safety: More Essential Gear Now

Alfredo Ramses - May 29, 2025

Climber carefully adjusting the fit of a climbing helmet in a gear shop, emphasizing the importance of choosing the right helmet fit because your head matters.

Your Head Matters: Choose Right Climbing Helmet Fit

Alfredo Ramses - May 28, 2025

Two diverse climbers outdoors choosing from various bouldering crash pads, illustrating a full guide on how to choose the right crash pad.

Pick Your Best Bouldering Crash Pad: Full Guide

Alfredo Ramses - May 28, 2025