In reply to Tom Ripley Mountain Guide:
> Maybe as an experiment you'd like to lead The Vice with a crack glove on one hand and a no glove on the other?
I bought a pair last week in Outside, as much out of curiosity as anything else. Amongst the other routes I've done in them during the last few days, The Vice (actually my first time on this little b....) takes pride of place in the blood-saving honours. In the hot, humid conditions I think I would have pretty much torn my hands to pieces without the gloves (or lots of tape).
> For longer routes, or repeated days of crack climbing they are well worth considering.
Absolutely. I didn't really get the gloves for trying notoriously painful jamming cracks in the worst conditions imaginable for Grit, I got them so I could enjoy doing lots and lots of crack pitches in good conditions, without blood stopping play. A wimp? Probably, but there are worse things in life than having to glove/tape up...
Actually I still need a bit of tape, even with the gloves. I've been putting a single wrap around the wrist to secure the velcroe fastening, not because it looks particularly weak, but because it might come undone when dipping into the chalkbag (or reaching for a jam in the depths of a wide crack).
I'll be interested to see how they last. The materials look tough and the construction is excellent, but with routes like The Vice around...
Pete.
Post edited at 20:40