Lambone Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 The Cloudveil glove is the best Ice climbing glove I have ever used. Warm and comfy. Just gotta be carefull about getting it wet. And bring mits for belaying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 Three little kittens, they lost their mittens, And they began to cry: "O mother dear, We very much fear, That we have lost our mittens." Lost your mittens! You naughty kittens! Then you shall have no pie. "Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow." No, you shall have not pie. "Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow." Â The three little kittens, they found their mittens, And they began to cry: "O mother dear, See here, see here! See! we have found our mittens." Put on your mittens You silly kittens, And you may have some pie. "Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r, O let us have the pie. Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r." Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 Kittens? Mittens? Pie? Â Now the true nature of that ditty comes out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 Please, don't go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jja Posted February 11, 2003 Author Share Posted February 11, 2003 The replacement gloves I got worked great this past weekend. The seams are showing no signs of undue wear. I'm sure it was just a bad pair I got before. Now that they haven't fallen apart on me, I can honestly say these gloves rock. Â the ice flows seem to have all the advantages of thin gloves like the drytool, but with a little bit more warmth and knuckle padding. My hands never got cold (well it never got below ~25F) and I really think the thin palms kept my hands / forearms from getting too pumped on long steep sections. FWIW, I'd recommend these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrogers Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 You can also get them for $60 at 2nd ascent- saving $15 over Marmot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Mine have been pretty durable so far. Rappeling hasnt damaged the leather yet, as with most gloves. I may try and treat the scholler fabric with some waterproofing stuff. That may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illimani94 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 I have about a week's worth of climbing, and no problems so far. I did cut off the little clips though. First time out one of those ended up under the cuff of a tool leash - painful. The only climbing I've done in them has been cold. I find them surprisingly warm, but I do swap into a pair of mittens at the belays. I like 'em. Â As to the guy touting the Vinylgloves, or whatever they're called.... A Canadian buddy of mine used to climb in these rubberized canvas fisherman's mitts (Nokia I think). I used to laugh at him until I tried them. Warm, very grippy on tools, precurved and box cut, and really really waterproof. The canvas interior takes a long time to dry, but even swapping a fresh fleece liner into a damp mitt was pretty warm the next day. The palms even survive rappels if you don't rush them. Certainly better than some of the OR mitts I've climbed in. Some of the oddest solutions can work really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Parker Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 I brought multiple gloves to Canada and ended up using my Cloudveils exclusively the whole time. For how thin they are, I was pleasantly surprised how warm they were! The leather is top quality (pigskin?) and survived all the raps I did no problem. I think these gloves are grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Dr. K ice climbs in scuba gloves...don't know how they'd work for ice since i don't climb ice, but i do dive around here and they work well under Puget Sound...dexterity is decent also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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