How Ice Climbers Got Hooked on Showa Fishing Gloves : vimars

Climbers call them  “smurf gloves.” In fact, they’re polyurethane coated fishing gloves made by a Japanese company called Showa, and they’re one of the most unexpectedly ubiquitous pieces of gear in ice climbing.

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