Murky, often muddy. A couple of months ago while bouldering indoors in my club in Swindon, I came across two young lads sporting apparently expensive fingerless gloves. To my amazement, they jumped onto the bouldering wall with their gloves on. It is good practice to assess fellow climbers' performance and suggest any possibilities for improvement. I suggested that they should consider taking their gloves off, which they did and as a result improved their bouldering straighta