Padding out trad climbing is OK!

In the latest episode of Climbing Daily, Matt Groom wants to get comments in regards padding out trad climbing, upon which he says some do not agree. The main reason why this can be controversial is the British E-grading system, which is a combination of difficulty and danger. In other words, if you pad out a dangerous landing, the trad route should get downgraded. The UK guys are critical towards padding out things as it is less impressive to do a padded out dangerous trad route so it is like cheating as the injury risk gets reduced.