Timeline for A suit that realistically protects against impact, falling, being thrown around?
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| Mar 26, 2020 at 10:39 | comment | added | AI0867 | The mat protects your ankles and knees. The ankles and knees then protect the rest of you by turning your legs into shock absorbers. Your legs may be a meter long, but to function as a meter-long shock-absorber, they have to hit the ground at nearly-full extension, which is hard on the feet unless the ground is soft. | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 8:00 | comment | added | Michael | @AdrianColomitchi: Yes for deadly injuries a broken ankle won’t matter (or could even be beneficial). But wrist, ankle, knee and shoulder injuries are very common in bouldering and could be avoided with an exoskeleton (won’t make the mats or other shock absorbers obsolete though). | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 22:35 | comment | added | Adrian Colomitchi |
@Michael I chose 8g as the upper limit, which is well inside the 'survivable' territory. If accepting higher limits, the shock-absorbers can be shorter. an exoskeleton which protects you from broken ankles or wrists. mind you, it doesn't help if your ankles are protected if your internal organs rupture or get bruised on the nearest bone (e.g. brain gets concussed)
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| Mar 25, 2020 at 19:53 | comment | added | Michael | A fall of 5m is easily survivable with bouldering mats which are just 20cm thick or so. Especially when you have an exoskeleton which protects you from broken ankles or wrists. | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 18:52 | comment | added | Adrian Colomitchi | @JoeBloggs or hydraulic dampers | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 18:37 | comment | added | Joe Bloggs | Go-go-gadget springs!! | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 17:48 | history | edited | Adrian Colomitchi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2020 at 11:34 | history | edited | Adrian Colomitchi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2020 at 11:20 | history | answered | Adrian Colomitchi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |