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ImplicitD
Trad climber
Boise
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 27, 2012 - 06:24pm PT
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Ok ok...here is my man card.
Now that that is over...
I want to buy some of those crack gloves made of climbing rubber for my lady. Ive looked at a few types online but Im not sure what types are good for bad ass chicks who climb cracks.
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Oct 27, 2012 - 06:32pm PT
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people keep telling me that if I have good technique and work the crack right, gloves aren't necessary...
so until then, I like my customized tape glove...less than $4 per pair...
are you and your lady taking up aid? ;)
cheers
LS
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Central Valley, CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 06:33pm PT
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Why not just tape?
Forget the tape gloves, just wrap the hands up. ;)
The problem with those types of gloves you are referring to is that they will inhibit your ability to get into thin hand cracks since they are relatively thick.
Try putting down a few layers on the backsides of the hands to add a little more comfort, then go for the wrap around.
I discourage tape gloves since they will become loose overtime with each use, which will become a hindrance when climbing thin hand cracks. I see this happen to so many people, then they wonder why crack climbing is so difficult.
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murcy
Gym climber
sanfrancisco
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Oct 27, 2012 - 06:47pm PT
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There are plenty of good uses for these gloves, including gym climbing and days when you need gloves for just one pitch or something. Taping is better for all sorts of reasons, but takes time and creates waste. Anyway maybe we can let the OP make that call and not do this all over again. :-)
The original Hand Jammies are fine, but the Ocun gloves are thinner and I think nicer.
http://www.ocun.cz/en/products/technical-aids/crackgloves.html
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Oct 27, 2012 - 07:29pm PT
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what messes me up on thin crack far more than my custom tape gloves is poor foot technique...
having tried jammies, I've found my hands sweat too much in them, and that my tape gets in the way far far less.
but perhaps this is cause my hands tend toward the smaller size?
I know all my old skool friends would say, forget the jammies, and you'll get the technique faster...;) it kinda worked for me....
cheers
LS
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 07:37pm PT
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I never liked the fit of the hand jammies. i just got a pair of the one's murcy showed above and they seem good - but I only use them in the gym, for convenience. Outside I just tape...
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Oct 27, 2012 - 08:02pm PT
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I like tape gloves. I can use the same tape gloves for a surprising long time until I rip out of a crack and I destroy a few finger loops.
With that said, we all use sticky rubber on our shoes. I see no problem with using hand jammies. I've used them and on the right crack size it's like aid climbing. The wrong crack size can put a reasonably difficult pitch out of reach for me.
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Nate101
Trad climber
Aliso Viejo, CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 08:51pm PT
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+1 for the Ocun. I love mine.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 27, 2012 - 09:04pm PT
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what messes me up on thin crack far more than my custom tape gloves is poor foot technique...
My foot work sucks ass on thin stuff, especially finger cracks. Getting really annoying.
I usually tape and use hand jamies in the gym at times. My friend got me a pair of those for my birthday. I like tape the most, but since I sweat a lot I have to change them often since those gloves get nasty.
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murcy
Gym climber
sanfrancisco
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Oct 27, 2012 - 09:22pm PT
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In terms of sweat and tape, and just in terms of stickiness of tape, Kendall Curity porous tape is way better than other tape I have tried. Even sticks on your tips pretty well when you need that.
http://www.dmesupplygroup.com/ke3027.html
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Oct 27, 2012 - 09:48pm PT
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TAPE IS AID AND CHICKS DIG SCARS
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 10:26pm PT
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My scarred up little butthole is hurt, knock it off. Im far from pure though. I work in healthcare too, I get gobis climbing, but never that bad. Just gotta bite the bullet and get your hands tough. By the time the hair on the back of your hands (not your palms, that will stay) is gone, youre skin is tough enough. If you tape, youll never get em tough. It helps your form when youre without tape, I think. Gotta pay more attention and milk into the good part of the jam.
That said, when I get older and my skin wont take it anymore, Ill be sportin some hand jammies or something.
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OR
Trad climber
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Oct 27, 2012 - 10:48pm PT
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Is this a troll?
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 10:56pm PT
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Buddha, are you still not ...ancient in age (like some of us)? My hands used to get tough but now the skin is just too fragile. Tape really helps. Not the case with his sweetie of course but at a certain point you don't distain the tape.
Captain - Never with basalt, of course. Goes without saying. And when are you coming to Cali?
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Oct 27, 2012 - 10:56pm PT
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is this anything like aid climbing?
At least I've always been told that tape is aid…
Post OP Edit:
bad ass chicks who climb cracks.
 Hate to say it but bad ass chicks who climb cracks laugh at guys, or girls who wear those crack climbing gloves made f climbing rubber… Noamsain?
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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Oct 27, 2012 - 11:11pm PT
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If rubber crack gloves take 2 grades off a climb are you supposed to feel as good about sending that 11d as you would if you had the jamming technique? How about just aid climbing the 11d with your gear? Why not just take a ladder or helicopter to the top...forget about challenging yourself or improving.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 27, 2012 - 11:42pm PT
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edit: Oh, holy sh#t, mountainlion is in the tape is aid crowd? You guys can claim that retard as your own, I'll be taping up even more proudly, thank you very much.
ROFL +1. You say some funny stuff at times Jebus.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Oct 28, 2012 - 12:04am PT
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Harvey Carter used to say that chalk was aid. Gloves......probably aid.
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