By Will Rietveld
I do a lot of off-trail hiking, and I like to wear
lightweight liner gloves for summer handwear. However, these two things are not
very compatible – I frequently wear holes in the fingers of my liners from grabbing
branches and rocks, which gets me in trouble with my wife (who repairs them for
me, bless her heart). The solution I found is Gorilla Grip gloves, which are
super-durable and weigh just 1 ounce per pair in size XL. They are similar to
the nitrile-coated gardening gloves you can get at hardware stores, but much
better. Besides being lighter, they have a nicer coating that is more
compatible with backpacking and camping, they’re fairly warm, and they breathe
very well. I got mine at Home Depot for US$5, which is cheap for backpacking
gear.
On backpacking trips, I’m amazed with their grip on rocks,
their durability, and comfort over a fairly broad temperature range. They’re
great for scrambling. No more glove liners worn through on the finger tips.
This is a good example of finding off-the-shelf inexpensive gear that works
great for ultralight backpacking.
Gorilla Grip Gloves weigh just 1 ounce/pair for size XL and cost $5 at Home Depot. They are very durable, grip really well, fairly warm, and breathable.
Nice to see another UL backpacker using Gorilla Grips. A friend gave me a pair earlier this year, they've been on every trip with me since. I mainly use them for camp gloves, my hands used to always get beat up breaking firewood, moving rocks etc...no more, and they make gripping thin Spectra cord for bear hanging so much easier.
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