Protect your hands.  That may sound like an incredibly obvious and unnecessary statement but it is the truth.  Your hands are amazing tools and they are pretty tough but they are also highly prone to injury.  Especially cold injury.  They are also great heat radiators and very important to good ventilation when you are working hard in the boonies.  From rope rescue work to shooting to mountaineering, good gloves are the answer to many problems and in my opinion, you can never have enough of the good ones.

Here is my list of recommended gloves.

Hanz Flame Resistant Gloves (simply the best all-around glove I have ever used)
Outdoor Research Alti Glove
Outdoor Research Alti Mitts
Outdoor Research Mutant Mitts (government sales only)
Outdoor Research Poseidon Glove (government sales only)
Mechanix Wear Original Gloves (in Coyote)
Mechanix Wear Original Vent Glove (in Covert)
Cloudveil Troller Glove
Mountain Hardwear Habanero Glove
Black Diamond Guide Glove
Cabelas Gore-Tex Thinsulate Deluxe Shooting Glove
Cabelas Gore-Tex MTO50 Whitetail Extreme Shooting Glove
Camelbak Max Grip NT Glove
Camelbak Combat Glove
Camelbak Friction Fighter NT Glove
Blackhawk Python Advanced Light Rappel Glove
CMC Rescue Riggers Glove
CMC Air Rescue Glove
CMC Rescue Rappel Glove
Fingerless Industrial Weight Kevlar Knit Glove (for rope rigging)
Arcteryx Vertical SV Glove
Arcteryx Alpha SV Glove 

Currently under consideration

Hestra Army Leather Glove
Hestra Heli 3 Finger Glove
Hestra XCR 3 Finger Glove
Hestra Soft Shell Short Glove
Hestra Primaloft Extreme Liners
Black Diamond Patrol Gloves 
Grandoe Logan Mountaineering Glove
Cabelas Grandoe Strata Gore-Tex Glove
Cabelas Grandoe Makalu Extreme Condition Gore-Tex Mitten
Outdoor Research Arete Glove
Outdoor Research Firebrand Glove
Outdoor Research Swoop Glove
Outdoor Research Swoop Mitt liner glover (FR)
Outdoor Research Extravert Work Glove
First Ascent Guide Glove
Kinco Ski Glove
Marmot Randonnee Glove
Marmot Ultimate Guide Glove

Thanks.
 
Wade Nelson
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