join the club.mine is because i spend an hour in the bath every day which softens your skin!!
Doesn't using surgical spirit make you more prone to splittage?
Quote from: wannaclimb8a on April 29, 2006, 11:24:12 pmjoin the club.mine is because i spend an hour in the bath every day which softens your skin!!ah... the route of the problem then! bugger. I hate showers!
Except you don't get quite as much action as you'd have hoped for nowadays
fatneck's right - the more you climb, the more you can climb. My mate's a Devon boy and after all the razor sharp shit out there he never struggled with the comparatively cotton-wool qualities of grit.At the risk of sounding like some sorta London metrosexual gaylord, I'd add moisturise - I got a big pot of E45 to treat my busted arm scar back in the day and reckon it sorts the skin right out.
I rarely split tips and can climb all day for several days on the trot without great trouble.
I'd say that the reason climbing indoors makes skin worse is again one of mousturisation. Intense climbing in an intensely chalky environment dries the skin out terribly. The knowledge is as soon as you get home- wash off the chalk thoroughly and mousturise.
Quote from: Scouse D on May 04, 2006, 01:44:48 pmI'd say that the reason climbing indoors makes skin worse is again one of mousturisation. Intense climbing in an intensely chalky environment dries the skin out terribly. The knowledge is as soon as you get home- wash off the chalk thoroughly and mousturise. Excellent points there Dave. I concur.One pedantic and weak attempt at humour though... What is "mousturising"? Anything to do with a) mice or b) facial hair?
It doesn't work, I've tried rubbing mice into my fingers, they just squeal and nip...