Using Chalk

[Tom willetts]

Hi, i sometimes av trouble with my hands e.g. blisters:thumbdown: and i wanted 2 know if using chalk while climbin will be eny gud cos i've seen rock climbers use them.

[Bundle 2]

No.......

[Andy Collins]

Are you new to the job Tom?, if so the skin will harden up with time and use handling ropes and timber. I wouldnt recommend chalk, just maybe a barrier cream if necessary b4 you go to work.

[treemeup]

gloves with rubber palms they're great!

[Leyburn Lad]

Hi, i sometimes av trouble with my hands e.g. blisters:thumbdown: and i wanted 2 know if using chalk while climbin will be eny gud cos i've seen rock climbers use them.

 

You great big nancy:001_tongue:

 

only joking I started using timberland gloves after years of saying gloves in a tree was for the gay. Plenty Of grip and brilliant for fidily karabiners etc, would'nt climb with out them now.

[ecolojim]

i find it interesting the mixed reports on them. I couldnt grip in them, the stitching was going in no time, and ended up resigning them and using builders gloves. many have said the same, but there are those who get on really well with them.

 

however... considering using them again as the temp drops.

[Leyburn Lad]

i find it interesting the mixed reports on them. I couldnt grip in them, the stitching was going in no time, and ended up resigning them and using builders gloves. many have said the same, but there are those who get on really well with them.

 

however... considering using them again as the temp drops.

 

did you not find the rubber on the builders gloves gets stuck in your climbing hitch.

 

Like you say some like the timberland and some dont, but I have a goosed right hand from yonks ago and gloves just give it that helping hand in the cold and these seem the best so far.

[mattylee]

i indoor climb and the chalk is only to keep the sweat at bay matey doesnt do much for your skin...

 

so wouldnt try it and plus it will get everywhere lol the locals will think someone has hung themselves and your taking part in a fingerprint search lol

[ecolojim]

did you not find the rubber on the builders gloves gets stuck in your climbing hitch.

 

Like you say some like the timberland and some dont, but I have a goosed right hand from yonks ago and gloves just give it that helping hand in the cold and these seem the best so far.

 

yeah i do and it does wind me up sometimes. I seem to have good days and bad days for it. however, I found that the timberland ones, the grippy surfaces on them just werent grippy at all, and I ended up having to grip much harder and felt like I was expending much more energy climbing

[Mesterh]

Surgical spirit is supposed to toughen your hands up.

 

And dont use gloves there for girls