Cheating?!?!?!

Post by **krampus** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:28 pm

http://www.mountaingear.com/pages/produ ... 168/N/1056

Yes piggie, I know we put rubber on our feet, and yes I do put tape on my hands. but sticky rubber on your hands? Come on, is this going to far?

Post by **Josephine** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:44 pm

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Hand Jammies are a great skin-saving alternative to tape for when climbing those gritty, skin-shredding cracks.

man i wish i would have had these in vedauwoo!!! while that place was super fun - the granite shreaded my tape gloves and scared my hands.

then again - i am a firm believer in the saying "you can cheat to win - you just can't quit"

Post by **rhunt** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:50 pm

ah the slippery slope...it's still slippery. If you have a problem with the "hand jammies" then you might want to consider getting an old pair of EB's shoes just to be consistent.

Post by **captain static** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:46 pm

rhunt wrote:ah the slippery slope...it's still slippery. If you have a problem with the "hand jammies" then you might want to consider getting an old pair of EB's shoes just to be consistent.

Yeah, and use only passive gear too.

Post by **usmcmars** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:29 pm

I have some nerve damage in my left hand and occasionally use a hand jammie on that hand if I'm going to be climbing a long crack, otherwise the pain is pretty uncomfortable.

I don't put one on my right hand. I find that the jammie adds some thickness to my hand and sometimes that poses a problem. (the rubber is about the same thickness as climbing shoe rubber)

I don't think the jammies make me climb any better but they do offer some protection that tape doesn't.

Post by **ReachHigh** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:32 pm

they make rattlley fist jams secure hand jams. other then that they get in the way.

Post by **pru** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:41 pm

meh, they are no more cheating than tape gloves, which offer their own advantages over the hand condoms.

But seriously, who really gives a damn? I sure don't. So long as the way someone climbs doesn't endanger me or mine or take away from my experience, they can cover their body in the stuff and use gear for footholds for all I care.

Post by **pru** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:48 pm

oh, and for the record, I wouldn't be caught dead climbing with those stupid things

Post by **ynot** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:56 pm

I kinda like the tape glove ritual. part of gearing up and something to teach newbies the proper way.

Post by **Wes** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:58 pm

Josephine wrote: then again - i am a firm believer in the saying "you can cheat to win - you just can't quit"

The actual quote is "you can cheat, you just can't quit" No winning/sending when you cheat, but you can have fun and get stronger.

Hand jammies are dumb, but so are a lot of other things, I guess. I don't even really like to tape that much, but sometimes you have to save some skin...