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benjo
Oct 12, 2001, 9:31 PM
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I climb in Indian Creek a lot and my favorite type of climbing is crack climbing. I've had a hard time with tape because my hands sweat so bad that it slips off, even when I make a tape glove. I usually don't have a problem with it though. Me and my friend climbed the regular Northwest Face of Half Dome in 7 hours a couple years ago. He taped and I didn't. When we got to the top his hands were cut and bloody and I only had a few little scrapes. There have been times when I have shredded my hands quite a bit though. If I am climbing for more than two days in a crack climbing area, I usually tape. Because a week in Indian Creek without taping will shred your hands.
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scarface
Oct 12, 2001, 11:38 PM
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tape
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beta
Oct 17, 2001, 4:39 AM
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Lots of cracks here, can I ask, what type of tape do you use? anyone???
Jeff
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crackwhore
Nov 19, 2001, 8:11 AM
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another way to disconnect oneself from the rock.
another form of A0
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bart
Nov 19, 2001, 2:41 PM
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My uncle is a sports doctor and he said many climbing injuries could be avoided with tape. But I said it to another climber and he thought that if you tape your fingers every time, your fingers will loose there strenght instead of gain. If you would climb without tape then, injury will happen. So, what's the best thing. Maybe you should only tape if you're bouldering (hard moves with little holds)?
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rocmonkey
Nov 20, 2001, 7:43 AM
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I usually tape the three middle fingers on each hand just behind the first finger joint. I also tape my left wrist.
Dunno why I do the wrist...just something I do.
I only tape on rock, not indoors.
breathe stone
RoC
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graniteboy
Dec 5, 2001, 2:59 AM
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It depends on what you're climbing. I don't tape for most easy cracks (5.9 and down). On the other hand, my hands look pretty leathery from 3 decades of crack climbing. I always tape on walls (and use gloves sometimes, too), as you'll beat you hands jugging. I always tape for hard hand/fist cracks in Josh. For sprot climbing, I tape my ring tendons as many people are suggesting. Some sprot climbs need the x-finger mtd. And krazy glue is designed for flappers.
And last but not least: Duct tape your whole body for the Harding slot on astroman.
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floof
Jan 13, 2002, 2:10 AM
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(my first post; been lurking/learning/laughing. except for the occasional chuffer, this is a great climbing community)
If I get cut and I start to bleed, I put some anti-bacterial ointment on the cut and tape it to keep the ointment there, the blood off the rock/wall, and decrease the sensitivity over the cut. As for tape around the wrist, does that prevent carpal tunnel? I see some people doing it. As a programmer, I'm always looking for ways to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome. But other than cuts, I don't tape.
I thought I'd save some money and bought tape at a pharmacy and it blew. Need to wrap it a bunch or it just slipps off. Bought some of the 1/2" tape my gym sells and it's yummy sticky. It's made by Kendall (that's what the inner cardboard says).
I went to Joshua Tree for New Years and wore weight lifting gloves. I still had sensitivity in my tips, but didn't get cut up when mantling or stemming. The only cut I got was when a little rock crystal got stuck in a fingertip.
-John
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