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Turn Crutches into Stilts

Are you short? Ever wanted to be as tall as everyone else? Well, now you can! You can now feel tall, important, and awesomely-epic!

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Step 1What You Need

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1 old pair of crutches

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13 comments

Jul 15, 2011. 1:52 PMxinistrom says:

would be ironic if you break your leg using this xD

Nov 23, 2010. 8:46 AMSWV1787 says:

If you have enough crutches of the same height you could also make a crutch tripod.
http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/reflections/2003/dnelle.1.html

Dec 1, 2010. 8:28 AM

Culturespy says:

That's completely awesome! Thanks for posting and putting up the link.

Nov 26, 2010. 7:18 PMshveet says:

can you post up an ible for that? that would be awesome since i have more then a few pairs of crutches in my basement.

Nov 23, 2010. 4:07 PMMcNoodle (author) says:

thats pretty cool

Nov 27, 2010. 3:41 AMjacqsquin says:

yea this is very good idea.
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Nov 26, 2010. 8:26 PMComplacentBard says:

i did this a very long time ago. ifeel cheated :(

Nov 23, 2010. 11:56 AMknektek says:

Yeah, this is cool, but you can always donate them back to the hospital or healthcare assiciated stuff with crutches... but this ible makes that out of the question...

Nov 21, 2010. 2:25 PMhawkfrost64 says:

slick. I think there's a pair of crutches in my basement....

Nov 21, 2010. 10:53 AMjoey99 says:

I looked at this instructible after i did this same exact thing.

Nov 21, 2010. 5:53 AM

thegreat58 says:

This is a cool idea, if you fall and break something, the crutches are right there.

Nov 21, 2010. 9:51 AMMcNoodle (author) says:

lol

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Nov 20, 2010. 8:57 PM

l8nite says:

Neat idea but I would suggest testing the handgrip with your weight before really attempting this. I use basically the same crutches as stakes for halloween ghouls (after cutting off the toppad) while trying to drive the ends in the ground I pushed on the handgrip with my foot, instead of going in the ground the screw/bolt ripped through the thin metal but then Im just a couple of tacos short of 250lbs. Just attempt with caution.....