When tree climbing, you need to protect your hands as gripping ropes and grasping tree trunks and branches with rough barks can chafe or even graze and scrape your palms. At the same time, however, you need to maintain your manual dexterity in order to be able to manipulate your carabiners, ascenders, rope grabs, and [...]
Gripping ropes, grasping twigs and branches and perhaps even hanging on them requires adequate protection for your hands, otherwise you risk cutting them with the rough bark of tall trees. At the same time, however, you also need to be able to manipulate your ascenders, descenders, pulleys, and carabiners, as well as the knots and [...]
With its French cowhide leather main body, the Metolius Belay Gloves looks elegant enough to give the impression that it was intended for cold weather city wear. A closer examination, however, reveals that the split cowhide reinforcement at the palms is simply too durable for just opening car doors and gripping steering wheels. Unless, of [...]
If your sports and adventures sometimes put you in situations where your life literally hangs on threads you will need to maintain a good grip on those threads. You definitely do not want your hold slipping. You may also need to keep a tight grasp on rough and even thorny barks of trees to get [...]
Chaps are the leather trousers without seats worn by cowboys to protect their legs from thorny or poisonous brush while riding through dense vegetation. They must be effective because cowboys have been using them since the late 1800s. The men of VanStarr picked up this idea and began manufacturing the VanStarr Enterprises Arm Chaps to [...]
Designed for professionals whose hands are exposed to risk of abrading or even cutting them while at work, the Timberland Pro Taktyl Gloves not only provides excellent protection but also comfort and even style. Tree climbers, whether professional or amateurs, can also use Taktyl gloves as their hands are also vulnerable to injury. The palm [...]
Combining the latest technologies and products from different sources, the Ringers Rope Rescue Gloves offers superior protection for your hands in comfort and style. The gloves’ rope control channel is padded with gel assuring a soft feel but tight grip on ropes. The palm is made of water-resistant Pittards leather. In addition to keeping your [...]
Our hands are our chief means of managing and influencing our physical environment. It therefore behooves us to protect them from needless harm or injury, or from exposing them to unnecessary risks. When climbing trees, there is always the possibility of cutting or scraping them when grabbing branches, and burning them when rappelling. These can [...]
Tree climbing ropes may be soft but they can burn your palms when rappelling. Also, when you are up in the trees you may have to grab a branch or twig for support. These, of course, can be rough and sometimes even thorny. It is for this reason that you need to wear protective gloves [...]
Eye protection is important in most outdoor sports and activities as prolonged exposure to the sun can damage the eyes. If your sport involves dust and debris such as leaves, twigs, or barks of trees, and insects, protective eyewear becomes even more important. If you are looking for a good pair of sunglasses for tree [...]