Winter Hand Care

[ynot]

Heres a mental picture for you. Ho,70 years old,sitting in a recliner eating Cheetos,wondering why his pecker is orange. "Dang beeotches! What did they do to me?" That's not fair,could happen to any of us.

[marathonmedic]

Quite true, but for some reason it's funny when it's Ho.

[hashplant5]

i find that i stick to holds better after allowing my tips to completely de-callouse, and become as soft as my ass cheeks. That way the hold is actually piercing the skin slightly in many places, and thus sticks like none other-- it also makes rubbin one out more pleasureable as well.

[Wes]

Meadows hooked me up with some sea salt / oil scrub thing and it seems like it really helped my tips. I just use it a couple times a week, and it *seems* like my skin lasts longer then before and I am not getting the crease splits nearly as badly. Not sure what the brand is or whatever, but I think she got it at trader joes?

Wes

[J-Rock]

Does anyone know how I can make my skin more calloused or rough? I climb all the time, but my damn skin is so soft and moist... it seems that I'm incapable of keeping my callouses. Grr....

[diggum]

I've been using hoof & heel lotion from feeders supply & it seems to be helping. My hands are tough but not so bad that they rip.

Like pliable(sp?) callouses I guess.

I paid like $7 for a huge bottle of it & it actually smells nice too.

[Meadows]

Meadows hooked me up with some sea salt / oil scrub thing and it seems like it really helped my tips. I just use it a couple times a week, and it *seems* like my skin lasts longer then before and I am not getting the crease splits nearly as badly. Not sure what the brand is or whatever, but I think she got it at trader joes?

It's from Trader Joes, but health food stores (like Roberts in Lex) and Wild Oats carry the scrub as well. I use the one made with sugar - I ate 1/2 of it actually.

[Legion]

Burts Bees hand salve works great and is much cheaper than the Climb On stuff that seems to be made of about the same goop.