First ice climbing day of the season, at Cascade with Aaron. It was pretty cold out and my hands suffered badly. I am wondering if I ought to just give up on ice climbing--my hands are just abnormally susceptible to cold, it seems. I make it about half to 3/4 of a pitch and they just stop working right. This is even with hand warmer packs applied directly to the insides of my wrists.
My forearms are definitely a weak point--we did 4 or 5 pretty hard mixed climbs and I didn't feel physically taxed at all, except in my forearms, which are smoked. My technique is weak, and my grip is weak. I can fix the grip with correct training. Technique is a matter of getting out more often. And the cold hands? Who knows...
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