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parhelia0
May 20, 2004, 10:47 PM
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well it could be worse... at least your hands aren't bleeding, eh? if the palm side of my hand is bleeding, i've probably been in the gym too much and need to go outside. if the back of my hands are bleeding... i feel good :D
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nas
May 29, 2004, 11:18 PM
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In reply to: also, i will try that cream and that new product from madrock(finger protectors) and let you know how it is! thnx again! rock climbing is soo fun :)
just curious about the madrock finger protectors, how are they working out for you? do they fit women's finger okay? i have been looking high and low for some but couldnt find it anywhere and madrock didnt return my email .... do you know of somewhere that will ship them to canada? my problem is that i would lose a couple of layers of skin on my tips at the end of a climbing day and i am normally forced to stop climbing when some of my tips start to bleed and that usually ruins my sunday after climbing on saturday. unlike some of you, i never get calluses but i get bloody fingers instead :(
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granite_grrl
May 31, 2004, 2:47 AM
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I find that when I get to go out climbing on a regular basis my hand will reach and equilibrium. Tough enough to handle the rock, but are no long peeling.
If you are climbing in the gym you will get calluses on your fingers where you're holding onto jugs, outside I find the finger tips will toughen up a little more. But I also find that I just don't build up much of a callus unless I'm climbing on something like rough granite.
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nas
May 31, 2004, 7:12 PM
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In reply to: I find that when I get to go out climbing on a regular basis my hand will reach and equilibrium. Tough enough to handle the rock, but are no long peeling. If you are climbing in the gym you will get calluses on your fingers where you're holding onto jugs, outside I find the finger tips will toughen up a little more. But I also find that I just don't build up much of a callus unless I'm climbing on something like rough granite.
hmmmm...... granite is what i climb on normally and instead of building up callus, my skin just shreds but i think it might be a reaction to chalk....
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thegogirl
Jun 1, 2004, 12:33 AM
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Peeling does depend on allergy to the chalk? or just callouses and peeling from dry hands or fingers. for some, skin peels because of the type of rock, granite, sandstone or other...(could be). Some hand creme that helps is:
*hand cream at Eckers/CVS:yellow colored small round canister with yes, a cow on it-utter cream...)
*vitamin e gel capsules (take one and prick it with a safety pin, smush the gel stuff on your hands..feels gooey but is great), a bit oily
*Carmex for cold sores-has aspirin it and is wonderful if your fingertips are red/gnarly. Just dip your fingertips in their and ahhh
*Corn huskers' lotion-comes in a yelllow labeled old fashioned style plastic container at Eckerd/CVS or right aid-is clear/gel and a bit gushy. Can stick this in the fridge. Super ahhhhh.
enjoy...
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thegogirl
Jun 1, 2004, 12:34 AM
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Mast General Store also has most of this stuff, if not other wonderful, and I mean wonderful old fashioned fun stuff. I date/age myself....go look
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granite_grrl
Jun 1, 2004, 5:02 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: I find that when I get to go out climbing on a regular basis my hand will reach and equilibrium. Tough enough to handle the rock, but are no long peeling. If you are climbing in the gym you will get calluses on your fingers where you're holding onto jugs, outside I find the finger tips will toughen up a little more. But I also find that I just don't build up much of a callus unless I'm climbing on something like rough granite. hmmmm...... granite is what i climb on normally and instead of building up callus, my skin just shreds but i think it might be a reaction to chalk....
It'll shread my skin too at first, but I do find that as long as I keep climbing on a regular basis, and get to climb on it for a little while, then my skin toughens up.
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nas
Jun 1, 2004, 5:13 AM
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[quote="granite_grrl"][quote="nas"]In reply to: It'll shread my skin too at first, but I do find that as long as I keep climbing on a regular basis, and get to climb on it for a little while, then my skin toughens up.
i think ii climbed on a regular basis, until 2 weeks ago, i climbed indoors 3-4 times during the week and sat and sun on weekends outside. i am now taking a break to nurse the tendonitis on my elbow....
i only climbed indoors once in the last 2 weeks and outdoors once or twice and and the skin on my tips are not fully recovered....
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missedyno
Jun 1, 2004, 12:40 PM
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i never went through this skin shreddage until i spent 9 days climbing in the red (mostly overhanging sandstone) and then came back and bouldered in the gym (slapping plastic slopers) somehow that combination made my hands shed/molt for almost a month! eventually i took about 5 days off climbing and my body was able to rebuild the epidermis on my hands and it's been all good since.
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txclimberchick
Jun 4, 2004, 3:09 PM
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Maybe I'm weird (although I suspect I'm not the only person that feels this way) but I actually like it when my hands get toughened up from climbing. My non-climber friends think it's gross, but I look at callused-up hands with pride. I actually get sad when they go away, b/c like someone else said earlier, it means I've been laying off to much (like now).
Courtney
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