brettbrown
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Ice climbing season started late here on the east coast. I got out to the Catskills in NY last Saturday. The ice was only 2-3" thick (it made for an interesting lead) and a wet snow was falling. Within a few hours, my BD ice gloves were soaked through. Is there a warm, goretex glove suitable for ice climbing out there? I'm looking for something warm yet a glove that I can still sink a screw in with.
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climbhigher
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Hey,
When I climb, I wear a gortex glove shell, with different liner gloves, all BD. Usually bring 3 - 4 because even the best Goretex doesn't breath that well and where I climb tends to be -30.
Here is a good choice:
Matt
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lonegreeneagle
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Hello disappointed with GORTEX.
Those are great climbing gloves for ice! But with active precipitation, the working of squeezing and grabbing wet ice, you will force water through the shell. I plan on several liners also. I dry one set under my belt while warming another inside of my shirt. Using body heat to dry sometimes makes for uncomfortable situations; getting wet elsewhere!
I have worked with an NRS glove, sacrificing some grip, but stayed dry. With the perspiration inside, I couldn't take them off and put them back on with out them getting cold(frozen!). Early season ice always is a trying time. So good luck!
Van
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agoldstein
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Hmm, nothing like adding to a forum two years later. Anyway, I just bought a new pair of BD ice climbing gloves. I only used em once up in N. Conway so far, but they were amazingly warm while staying thin and dexterous. They aren't goretex, but made with whatever waterproof/breathable membrain BD uses. Keep in mind, the patent on goretex has expired, so many other options exist these days (although some claim that the secret laminating processes used by gore still make it a superior product).
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