So in my city, one of those bouldering / indoor rock climbing halls opened and I thought I'd give it a try (I had no experience whatsoever concerning climbing, but I thought it would be interesting and a good workout).
It was fun and I stayed there for a couple of hours, but there was one problem: I had some calluses on my hands from weightlifting (I always have those even though I use gloves) and when I climbed, the skin there tore open and basically came off. There was even blood and it took like three weeks to heal.
Is there a way to avoid this? I saw that they were also offering climbing gloves, but nobody used them.
>>881056
Yeah, you wanna sand down your callouses with an emery board and start moisturizing on your hands, otherwise you get big flappers from ripping raised callouses
>>881188
Yep, this is what works. Also dont shower too close to climbing.
So you just grind away those caluses? Where can you get emery boards?
>>882805
>Where can you get emery boards?
At your local beauty supply shop.
And then I just apply them until the skin of the palm is more or less equally thick?
Not OP, but do you really think that's going to work? I'm not sure because the callused skin is not really dead skin you can just grind off but rather normal skin that just tends to be a bit "higher" than the rest of the palm.
>>881056
>I had some calluses on my hands from weightlifting (I always have those even though I use gloves)
Stop using gloves and learn how to hold barbells and dumbbells properly. Pic is my hand, and I deadlift 5.5plate and do a fair amount of rows and weighted chin-ups and pull-ups. Some calluses, but not enough to give me trouble when I occasionally go bouldering. Hell, I've probably got more calluses on my knuckles than on the palm of my hand because of pyjama wrestling.
That said, the other solution ITT will works too.
>>885799
Yup, you can grind or file them down easily enough.
>>885840
Apologies, forgot to post this, explains proper grip to avoid calluses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OK-S3ZJZxQ
