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Rubber Crack Gloves

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coop Best · · Glenwood Springs, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 485

Anybody know what gloves he is wearing?

Damien Brickpack · · Park City, UT · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 15

Probably these...

ocun.cz/en/products/technic…

Bob Dobalina · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2009 · Points: 140

Step 1. Pull up your skirt.
Step 2. Tape up, like a real man. :)

Dustin Drake · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 5
Bob Dobalina wrote:Step 1. Pull up your skirt. Step 2. Tape up, like a real man. :)
Pretty sure the real men don't use tape.
David Appelhans · · Broomfield, CO · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 410
Jay Willis wrote:Rubber gloves certainly don't look as cool as tapeing up, but that's not the point. It's not that tape doesn't work or that these make jamming easier. The reason people buy these gloves is so that they don't have to go through endless rolls of tape. Also useful if just doing a single pitch of jamming.
I think the reason people buy these is they don't know better...

Endless rolls of tape? I reuse my tape gloves, they last me many pitches (about 6 months?) and I can throw them on for single pitches without taping the wrists if I just want them for one pitch.
Jason Halladay · · Los Alamos, NM · Joined Oct 2005 · Points: 15,143
Dave Birkbeck wrote:Probably these... ocun.cz/en/products/technic…
Agreed, looks like Ocuns. I've climbed cracks without tape, with tape, with hand jammies® and with the Ocuns. As far as crack gloves go, the Ocuns are my favorite. Low profile and the closest thing to taping up but much faster and, in the long run, likely cheaper than all the rolls of tape one might go through in their life.

David Appelhans wrote: I think the reason people buy these is they don't know better... Endless rolls of tape? I reuse my tape gloves, they last me many pitches (about 6 months?) and I can throw them on for single pitches without taping the wrists if I just want them for one pitch.
I don't agree. I "know better" and still will use crack gloves from time to time. (As well as reuse my tape gloves for many sessions.)
Tape up or use crack gloves. Effectually the two options are identical--reduce skin loss and reduce discomfort.
David Appelhans · · Broomfield, CO · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 410
Jason Halladay wrote: I don't agree. I "know better" and still will use crack gloves from time to time. (As well as reuse my tape gloves for many sessions.) Tape up or use crack gloves. Effectually the two options are identical--reduce skin loss and reduce discomfort.
Fair enough.
mt.wilson · · Golden, CO · Joined Jun 2009 · Points: 45
Russ Walling wrote:Either (HandJammies or tape) are like having only one nut, and that one nut is shaved. Fun oddity for ladies, sorta neat for flashing your bro's in bars, but definitely not something a man would do long term.
Dustin Drake wrote: Pretty sure the real men don't use tape.
truth. tape is for covering cuts
coop Best · · Glenwood Springs, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 485

Anyone know where I can buy a size large in the US?

Dave Birkbeck wrote:Probably these... ocun.cz/en/products/technic…
Tea · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 223

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Steve Williams · · The state of confusion · Joined Jul 2005 · Points: 235

A buddy of mine had a pair that lasted all of 1 climb before they
tore apart. Go back and buy that tape, you can make gloves that last for days. . .

Brian · · North Kingstown, RI · Joined Sep 2001 · Points: 804

Yeah...and sticky rubber climbing shoes are for girly-men. Real men where hobnail boots.

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sfotex · · Sandy, UT · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 225
Dustin Drake wrote: Pretty sure the real men don't use tape.
I used to think I was manly but passing on the tape. then one random night I ended up drinking with Jim Bridwell at a friends house. He noticed my hands were shredded and asked about them, I told him I was working a roof crack. He asked me if I had ever heard of tape...
Dave-o Friedman · · Fort Collins · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 5
Tea wrote:
+1
Sir Spanxalot · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 5

Can I use those when wanking it? If so, will they prevent chaffing?

Ed Wright · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2006 · Points: 285

I still have, and use, a pair of Dave Crawford's original Spider Mitts.

Way better than hassling with tape.

Morgan Patterson · · NH · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 8,945
Ed Wright wrote:I still have, and use, a pair of Dave Crawford's original Spider Mitts. Way better than hassling with tape.
Spider mitts?

spider mittens?
Crag Dweller · · New York, NY · Joined Jul 2006 · Points: 125
Dave Birkbeck wrote:Probably these... ocun.cz/en/products/technic…
Note the web site description: "Technical Aids"
Colonel Mustard · · Sacramento, CA · Joined Sep 2005 · Points: 1,241

Men who tape probably also use condoms.

Marc H · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 265
Colonel Mustard wrote:Men who tape probably also use condoms.

Then what do men who use "jammies" for climbing use for "safe" sex?
Damien Brickpack · · Park City, UT · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 15

No "Glove"...No Love...

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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