Winter climbing
Winter climbing
After climbing out in the cold for a few days I have realized that climbing crimpfest routes really helps keep your fingers warm instead of freezing cold. I would like to know how people keep the fingers warm on overhanging stuff with pockets and jugs. i have tried hand warmers in the chalk bag but it doesnt help all that much. what has been sucessful for you all?
Who Me? I gotta hitch hike god damn 18 miles to get a god damn beer......that's bullshit.
matt and i did 16 pitches on friday and climbed in the shade most of the day. we started before the sun came up and ended by headlamp. supposedly the high was 36 degrees but it was way colder at 7:45am.
our hands were definately cold at first the handwarmer in the chalkbag trick seemed to work pretty well. jugs were worse than crimps but if you just do a quick sqeeze every few moves it keeps your hands from numbing up. if you can't get to your chalk bag, touch the back of your neck with your hand, it works pretty well as well.
after 4 pitches or so I started to feel warmed up and my hands stopped being so cold. by the end of the day my hands didn't feel cold at all.
The couple of routes we did in the sun were perfectly awesome. in retrospect we probably should have tried to stay in the sun a little more. but hey it was still a frickin fun day.
I would suggest, use the handwarmers, expect some coldness and discomfort the first few pitches, follow the sun, don't start too early, and have hot drinks on hand.
oh and be psyched!!!
our hands were definately cold at first the handwarmer in the chalkbag trick seemed to work pretty well. jugs were worse than crimps but if you just do a quick sqeeze every few moves it keeps your hands from numbing up. if you can't get to your chalk bag, touch the back of your neck with your hand, it works pretty well as well.
after 4 pitches or so I started to feel warmed up and my hands stopped being so cold. by the end of the day my hands didn't feel cold at all.
The couple of routes we did in the sun were perfectly awesome. in retrospect we probably should have tried to stay in the sun a little more. but hey it was still a frickin fun day.
I would suggest, use the handwarmers, expect some coldness and discomfort the first few pitches, follow the sun, don't start too early, and have hot drinks on hand.
oh and be psyched!!!
Back from the Dead!
Yeah Amy Tackett and I climbed Friday too. It was great in the sun. We were at Skybridge and you end up belaying in the shade a lot. If it weren't for that, the weather would have been perfect...of course it would have been better if with hot tea. If I hadn't broken the thermos we would have been even warmer...but that's another dumb story.
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
-Everlast
-Everlast
My hands froze today! When it's cold, I just climb, hang, climb, hang......... 
Oh wait! I do that all the time
.......nevermind!
Oh wait! I do that all the time
.......nevermind!What I love about running is you can meditate while running. It's a peaceful place.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd, Runs marathons to raise money and awareness about children orphaned by AIDS
Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd, Runs marathons to raise money and awareness about children orphaned by AIDS